IBM to hire 600 workers in N.Carolina

DURHAM, USA: IBM Lender Business Process Services Inc., a subsidiary of IBM, will hire 600 workers and invest $3.7 million in a new process service center at its North Carolina campus, which is situated in Durham's Research Triangle Park, in the next two years.

With this the company could get a tax rebate of nearly $8 million from North Carolina state government while paying wages below the local average, if it meets hiring targets and retains the jobs.

IBM had recently said that it would open a new technology service delivery center in Columbia, Missouri, creating up to 800 technical professional jobs.

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The technology company, which employs about 10,000 people in RTP campus, will start the hiring process immediately.

“IBM has been a major employer in North Carolina providing thousands of skilled jobs for more than 30 years,” Governor Beverly Perdue's office said. “We value this company's ongoing commitment to North Carolina and Research Triangle Park.”

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The new center will be in one of IBM's existing buildings at its sprawling campus in RTP. LBPS also will transfer its Charlotte office to the new facility, while continuing to maintain a presence in Charlotte, according to an IBM spokesman.

Employees in the new center will perform various business process outsourcing activities for financial industry clients.