IBM launches global business solution centre in B'lore

IBM on Wednesday announced a new Global Business Solution Centre in Bangalore that will enable it to provide clients worldwide a range of high-value solutions through its global network of delivery centres.

The Bangalore centre will allow IBM consultants to develop and deploy solutions in over 50 key business areas such as Consumer Driven Supply Chain Optimisation, Banking Risk and Compliance and Retail Merchandising.

According to a statement from IBM, with this centre, it will create and enhance a portfolio of replicable industry solutions that are developed by combining the strengths of IBM's business consulting, research, software, systems, engineering and emerging technologies.

These new solutions will be built based on IBM's Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) methodology and in collaboration with IBM clients and business partners. The centre will become a foundry for the solutions, enabling IBM to deliver them to clients globally, rapidly and cost-effectively, through its global network of consulting delivery centres.

"At the Global Business Solutions Centre, IBM is embedding a range of high-value capabilities such as consulting, research, and emerging technologies, into easily managed reusable tools that can be delivered globally," said Amitabh Ray, director of Global Delivery, IBM India.

"In doing so, we are creating a new model for delivering consulting services that will allow our clients to have greater access to innovative solutions for solving their most important business issues," he said.

IBM added that other solutions being developed and managed at the centre include Property and Casualty Claims Processing for the insurance industry, Tax and Audit Compliance, Fraud and Abuse Management for healthcare billing, and Secure Trade Lane for real-time cargo shipment information. IBM expects to invest more than $200 million, per year, to develop, enhance and market these solutions.

The launch of the centre expands IBM's presence in India, a fast-growing market where IBM has over 38,500 employees, advanced software, services and research centres of excellence, and where IBM has invested in companies like Daksh and Network Solutions.