immixGroup, Inc., which helps technology companies do business with the government, has expanded its cloud services program through an agreement with SoftLayer.
Using the SoftLayer infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform, immixGroup will act as a broker and support its business partners, which include more than 250 enterprise technology vendors and 800 solution providers, as they migrate applications to the cloud and sell them to public sector customers via hosted models.
SoftLayer provides cloud infrastructure that allows solution providers and customers to deploy bare metal servers, virtual servers, storage and more.
Through its cloud services program, immixGroup offers enterprise IT vendors, channel partners, and government agencies access to a number of cloud brokerage capabilities, including:
- The SoftLayer IaaS Platform, which immixGroup will sell as a stand-alone service and/or make accessible to channel partners and government agencies through a cloud portal;
- Technical resources for developing, customizing, deploying and supporting cloud-based applications within the public sector;
- Consulting services to assist vendors in using SoftLayer to move their products to the cloud;
- A billing portal to enable and track consumption of cloud-based services by government agencies;
- A broad range of government contract vehicles;
- Relationships with software and hardware vendors, systems integrators, solution providers and value-added resellers (VARs); and
- Marketing, market intelligence and lead generation services for vendors and channel partners.
