5 ms·25k customers paying into this cloud is also pretty valuable for IBMby hemancuso 13y ago25k customers paying into this cloud is also pretty valuable for IBMnknighthb 13y agoIBM had 104 billion in revenue and 16 billion in earnings last year. I'm not sure I see 25,000 SL customers, most of whom are quite small, as substantially more than noise on IBM's books.late2part 13y agothis acquisition buys credibility for IBM in the 'cloudosphere'.