Intel opens 3 e-biz labs in India

BANGALORE: Intel Asia Electronics has announced the setting up of three new

e-business solutions labs in India. These labs, being set up along with

associate partners, will develop solutions on Intel Architecture.

Wipro Infotech, Satyam Computers Services and PricewaterhouseCoopers are the

associate partners in whose premises the labs will be set up. While the labs in

Wipro and Satyam will be geographically located in Bangalore, the one in

Pricewaterhouse Coopers will be located in Kolkata.

"Through these initiatives we aim to help PwC, Satyam and Wipro to

provide users with Intel Architecture-based solutions that solve real business

problems. We expect the work in these labs to clearly demonstrate to customers

that industry standards servers are the best choice for building flexible,

scalable and innovative mission critical e-business solutions. Our teams will

share best practice learning with Indian companies, who are looking to reduce

cost and risk by identifying issues early and by optimising all of their IT

investments," said, Intel’s vice president and general manager of

business solutions, John Davies.

The three labs will be used for the development, optimization, validation and

porting of solutions based on Intel Architecture. The facilities will be

equipped with high-end server hardware, software and technical information

provided by Intel and the companies will develop and showcase solutions to their

customers. The labs are expected to accelerate the delivery of solution across

several industries, including the finance and banking, manufacturing and telecom

sectors.

While PwC offers SAP `test-drives’ on Intel Architecture, Satyam develops

best practices for enterprises and Wipro targets mission critical solutions.