IBM, at 100, unveils 2015 India roadmap

BANGALORE, INDIA: IBM India, the Indian subsidiary of American multinational technology and consulting firm IBM (International Business Machines), announced that its future business vision for the country is focused on growth market, analytics, next-generation data centers and building a smarter planet.

Over the next few years, IBM would penetrate deeper in the next-level of cities for newer market and skills, while on the surface it would chase the telecommunications, banking, public/infrastructure sectors.

Speaking to media at its celebration of completing 100 years of business operations, Shanker Annaswamy, managing director, IBM India Pvt. Ltd, shared the vision of next five years.

“IBM has been investing heavily in India and we will continue with that commitment. Coming five years IBM will play a major role in growing its business in growth economies especially the BRIC companies. Analytics and building next generation data center and cloud services would be the next leap forward., along with our global theme of building a smart planet with our research and innovations,” he said.

IBM India has a few Indian clientèle in its bank like Bharti Airtel, Idea, Vodafone in telecommunications; State Bank of India, Canara Bank, HDFC Bank in BFSI; Amul, Tata Sky, Indian Railways, Income Tax department of India and many more.

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On 16 June 2011, IBM will complete its 100th year. As part of the centennial celebrations, IBM India will take part in their global initiative wherein IBMers around the world will volunteer their time in support of Smarter Planet initiatives throughout 2011. In India, over 50 per cent of the employees will pledge a minimum of eight hours of voluntary service each and work with over 100 NGOs engaged in different community programs.

Throughout 2011, IBM will partnering with universities around the globe to host a series of lectures and conversations exploring how the world has changed in the past 100 years — and how it will change in the decades ahead.