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We've got two options: Dedicated and Local. Dedicated runs on Bluemix Bare Metal in any of our global data centers. It requires no upfront expenditure and is pay as you go.

You can reach out to me, or any of the IBM cloud sellers, or @Bluebox on Twitter. Just ask for #BluemixPrivateCloud

Local is operated from any data center a customer can choose. The @IBMBluemixPCaaS team handles the end to end deployment and operations of the environment.

The best part is that #BluemixPrivateCloud can be used on a month to month basis

Our dedicated offering is the fastest path for users to go from 0 to a true OpenStack Private Cloud. We often find our customers start their and then add additional Dedicated or Local deployments.

@jesseproudman and it's the same customer experience regardless of deployment model. A shared management team and code base makes for a consistent user experience between dedicated and local models

here is the contact us page; https://www.ibm.com/...

Think of public as shared hardware in a provider location, delivered aaS. Private being physically dedicated and also delivered as a service. PCaaS gives you all the public benefits and model, while preserving single tenant security and performance.

Public clouds are wonderful and for organizations who want to ensure end-to-end single tenancy of both the control plane of the cloud, and the workloads, Private Cloud is the best alternative.

And the kicker is that #BluemixPCaaS is powered by #OpenStandards preserving flexibility. No major public cloud does this today.

Hi Robert - Simply put, Bluemix private cloud is private cloud as a service, powered by #openstandards

It's the easiest way to get private cloud for your org, while using IBM's scale and expertise. Available in a local model and hosted model

Organizations often find operating OpenStack difficult. We fix that. Private Clouds should drive efficiency, not cause pain.

Is there a specific #openstandard strategy we delploy?

The idea is helping to preserve customer flexibility by embracing standards that are NOT proprietary. #OpenbyDesign

@MarkvanOppen in our case, #OpenStack delivered as a service

Bluemix Private Cloud is a complete end to end Private Cloud service. We've taken care of every detail for you, allowing you to focus exclusively on what will drive the most business value.

Unfortunately, the notion that one can simply download OpenStack is a fallacy.

In any given OpenStack deployment, the number of variables and decisions that need to be made are enormous. We want to eliminate that challenge.

One monthly fee that encompasses #Hardware, #SLA, and long term upgrade path, and cloud OS management.

@jesseproudman Yes! The biggest misconception we encounter with customers is that "it's easy" to download #openstack and run it.

2017 will be the year of unification for Bluemix. Between Softlayer and Bluemix, we've had multiple user experiences from a UI and Billing perspective. That will no longer be the case. Bluemix will be THE single IBM Cloud Platform.

Think of IBM Bluemix as the brand umbrella. Long term, customers will be able to get all cloud functions from one dashboard, and product group.

BlueMix is unifying the key offerings in our Cloud Platform catalog under one single portal. This includes traditional BlueMix, SoftLayer, BlueBox, VMware Cloud Foundations, and ICOS. Under one brand, one sign-on, and one centralized portal.

The unified portal will allow clients one place to perform all of the following actions for their Cloud Platform offerings. Including offering news, descriptions, documentation, live support, ordering, billing, monitoring, managing, and users.

Here is the contact page; https://www.ibm.com/...

We look forward to speaking with all of you

good question

We have options for bare metal in both Dedicated and Local

Typically, Bluemix private cloud dedicated customers connected to SL baremetal using vLAN spanning.

Bluemix Private Cloud Dedicated runs on top of SoftLayer Bare Metal and has access to the SoftLayer private network. Customers can use the complete SoftLayer service catalogue with Bluemix Private Cloud.

thanks Mark and Jeremy!

customers can use virtualized resources for some workloads and bare metal for others. #choicewithconsistency

Yes, it lends well to a true hybrid cloud experience

Absolutely! The most common use case is an small green field application deployment that wants/needs dedicated infrastructure.

Customers often connect their private clouds back to on premise hardware or existing alternate infrastructure

Then, they grow with #BluemixPCaaS because it is so easy, and grows linearly.