IBM opens GDCs in Pune, Cairo

BANGALORE, INDIA: IBM has announced the inauguration its new Global Delivery Center (GDC) in Pune, located in Hinjewadi Information Technology Park.

The GDC will provide business consulting and application services. The center, spread over 180,000 square feet, can house 2000 employees.

The center is IBM Global Business Services’ fourth site in Pune.

IBM today also announced a new global delivery center in Cairo to provide consulting and application services, with a focus on embedded systems development.

The Pune and Cairo sites will be an integrated part of IBM’s vast network of business consulting and application services centers, located in eight countries around the world, said the company in a press statement.

“Our new facility in Pune will further augment our delivery network worldwide, providing clients in key sectors with differentiated solutions to help them innovate and transform their businesses,” said Rajesh Nambiar, vice president and general manager, Global Delivery, IBM India.

The Pune center will also provide services for clients in the travel and transportation, chemicals and petroleum, and energy and utility industries.

LTSC center in Pune

IBM also announced a new Language Translation Services Center (LTSC) in the Pune facility to address increasing demand from clients in Europe for non-English language skills.

The Pune center’s LTSC will offer a full scope of quality language translation services for clients and professionals at other IBM global delivery centers.

The services include assisting with document translations – such as emails, web pages, contracts, etc. – from French, German, Italian and Spanish to English.

More LTSC sites will open at other global delivery center sites in Asia and Europe later this year.