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IBM expands Innovation Center in India

Thursday, June 5, 2008

IBM has expanded its IBM Innovation Center in Bangalore in response what it sees as a growing demand for IT resources by the burgeoning technology community in India.

The center is intended to assist smaller players in the tech world, from start-up companies and software developers to IT professionals and academics, in growing their IT skills, creating new software and hardware applications and services, and introducing their innovations to the global marketplace. It also provides IBM with an early chance to become partnered with these potential innovators.

The center will be equipped with labs and infrastructure for working with technologies such as RFID, Pervasive and SOA. IBM’s business partners will also be able to test, develop and demonstrate Software as a Service business models and even conduct proof of concepts. The center also features remote access capability and technical support from IBM.

IBM has invested more than $250 million in the IBM Innovation Center initiative, which consists of 38 IBM Innovation Centers around the world. [end] 

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