- IBM is announcing a new cloud computing offering called IBM Smart Business Development and Test on the IBM Cloud, which will provide enterprises with a dynamic virtual development and test infrastructure service hosted on IBM's public cloud.
- The service will allow customers to provision virtual server configurations on demand, with options to add persistent storage and bandwidth on a pay-as-you-go basis. It will provide pre-configured software stacks including Rational Application Lifecycle Management tools.
- The service is aimed at helping enterprises accelerate application development and testing cycles through an on-demand, self-service cloud model with billing based on actual usage and reserve capacity options.