Naveen Patnaik inaugurates IBM’s Client Innovation Center in Bhubeneswar
NEW DELHI: IBM today announced the opening of its new IBM Client Innovation Center (CIC) in Bhubaneswar, India. This is in line with the forays IBM has been making into emerging cities to get access to the diverse and rich talent available across the country. The Center will fast-track the digital transformation and economic growth […]
Vodafone Idea inks pact with IBM on data transformation
NEW DELHI: Telecom major Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) on Tuesday announced that it has selected IBM Services to help it embrace open source at scale across the enterprise by implementing the big data platform on open source Hadoop framework. The IBM big data platform helps businesses address the “full spectrum” of big data business challenges. […]
Vodafone Idea Limited achieves major production milestone with IBM and Red Hat
NEW DELHI: IBM announced that Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) has delivered the first major production milestone for core network functions on its Open Universal Hybrid Cloud, powered by IBM and Red Hat. The platform now enables IT and network applications to run on a common cloud architecture – designed to deliver breakthrough ROI improvements through […]
Airtel selects IBM, Red Hat to build open hybrid cloud network
NEW DELHI: India’s largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel has selected IBM and Red Hat to build its new telco network cloud, designed to make it more efficient, flexible and future-ready to support core operations and enable new digital services. Under the agreement, Airtel will build its next generation core network, analytical tools and new consumer […]
Indian-origin Arvind Krishna elected IBM Chief Executive Officer
NEW DELHI: The IBM Board of Directors has elected Arvind Krishna as Chief Executive Officer of the company and a member of the Board of Directors, effective April 6, 2020. Krishna is currently IBM Senior Vice President for Cloud and Cognitive Software, and was a principal architect of the company’s acquisition of Red Hat. James […]
IBM appoints Sandip Patel as MD of its India and South Asia operations
NEW DELHI: IBM on Wednesday said it has appointed Sandip Patel as managing director of its India and South Asia (ISA) operations. He succeeds Karan Bajwa, who is quitting the company to pursue opportunities outside of IBM, the company said in a statement. In his role, Patel will be responsible for all strategic and operational […]