US-based information technology giant Cisco is partnering with 35 independent software vendors (ISVs) to accelerate the creation of innovative cloud services for the Intercloud – a global network of clouds being established by Cisco and its partners.

This first wave of hand-picked ISVs would offer cloud services to help customers capture the multitude of opportunities created by the Internet of Everything (IoE).

The Intercloud delivered highly secure cloud services everywhere in the world, making it capable of meeting the robust demands of the IoE. It was designed specifically for high-value application workloads, with real-time analytics and “near infinite” scalability.

“Cisco's open approach delivers global scale, with local presence: this allows local hosting and local provider options that enable data sovereignty. The Intercloud provides a choice of services, with compliance and policy control; cloud the way our customers need it,” Cisco VP of cloud and managed services Nick Earle said at Cisco Live 2015, in San Diego, in the US, on Wednesday.

“To help businesses capture the cloud opportunities presented by IoE, Cisco is partnering with the 35 ISVs across three key areas: next-generation developer platforms, big data and analytics, and IoE cloud services,” said Cisco VP of cloud services Peder Ulander.

Cisco and its partners would offer next-generation cloud services to customers through the Cisco Intercloud Marketplace – a partner-centric global storefront for Intercloud-based applications and cloud services.

Cisco would launch the Intercloud Marketplace later this year.

The company also unveiled its latest hybrid cloud software innovations spanning new security capabilities, increased manageability across clouds and support for additional hypervisors, or virtual machine managers.

“By enabling flexible workload placement and consistent network and security policies across public and private cloud environments, Cisco Intercloud Fabric is taking the complexity out of hybrid cloud,” said Earle.

By simplifying hybrid cloud, Cisco Intercloud Fabric was showing strong market momentum with more than 100 customers and 30 partners worldwide. At the Cisco Live conference, ten Intercloud partners announced new hybrid cloud services built on Cisco Intercloud Fabric.

Cisco pointed out that KPIT Technologies, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and the Salvation Army were using Cisco Intercloud Fabric to implement a single operational model across development or test, quality assurance and production environments.