IBM Signs Hybrid Cloud Deal With Energy Giant Schlumberger

Technology titan IBM (NYSE: IBM) and its Red Hat subsidiary just launched a wide-ranging collaboration with energy services veteran Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB). The companies are building a hybrid cloud system that makes Schlumberger's energy exploration data and analytics available worldwide in an easy-to-manage package.

Schlumberger brings its cognitive exploration and production (E&P) platform DELFI to this partnership. Red Hat's OpenShift software container environment will help the energy company deploy this advanced toolkit to partners, clients, resellers, and in-house E&P staff around the world.

Software containers provide a simple and secure way to deliver programs or advanced computing systems in a package that holds a complete virtual computing environment. DELFI's containerized version can be delivered as a public or private cloud-based system, or installed on data center servers according to the specific needs of each user or group of users.

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