WPP signs whopping $1.25bn hybrid cloud deal with IBM

Sooraj Shah
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IBM to provide marketing firm with service delivery and technology platform in seven-year contract

Global marketing communications firm WPP has signed a whopping $1.25bn (£800m) seven-year deal with IBM, involving the creation of a hybrid cloud infrastructure. IBM said it would provide a serv...

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