<p>IBM announced on Thursday that its newest SmartCloud data center in Europe will be located in Ehningen, Germany.</p><p>The company will use the facility to provide public, private and hybrid cloud services to enterprise customers. These services will include tooks like online meetings, email, calendaring and instant messaging, among others.</p><p>A major push with this project is social networking for business. Platforms available through the data center will include capabilities for collaboration across multiple companies, while meeting necessary privacy requirements.</p><p><a href="http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/focus/archive/2013/04/ibm-launches-social-business-data-center-germany">Keep reading...</a></p>