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Follow UsMUMBAI, INDIA: IBM, today announced that Suzlon Energy Limited, a wind turbine generator (WTG) manufacturer, has chosen IBM as a strategic partner for the company’s business transformation initiative.
In this 5-year engagement, IBM would provide business consulting services to Suzlon and would also manage its application development and maintenance requirements. This partnership is expected to help Suzlon expand its presence globally by bringing more efficiency to its worldwide operations and enhancing productivity of IT applications, said a press release.
An existing user of IBM’s Power Systems, System x and Storage to run their mission critical applications, Suzlon also recently upgraded its storage infrastructure with IBM’s next generation, high end open disk storage system, XIV.
With presence in over 25 countries in four continents, Suzlon has component-specific and integrated manufacturing units across the world and research and development (R&D) centres in India, Belgium, Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands.
IBM would help Suzlon optimize its costs and resources and enable the company’s IT team to focus more on the transformational capabilities of IT and move beyond everyday transaction management. It would also help Suzlon streamline its IT operations and improve the levels of serviceability to business.
During this engagement, IBM would provide Suzlon with full-scope application management service, along with seamless IT support for its operations globally.
Vanitha Narayanan, managing partner, Global Business Services, IBM India/South Asia, said, “We are excited with the Suzlon engagement and consider this as a great opportunity to work with a client who is in the business of generating green energy.”
She added, “ IBM believes in fostering strong partnerships with its customers and providing them with maximum value for their investments. We look forward to a very rewarding partnership with Suzlon and help them continue their strong growth, both domestically and abroad.”