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IBM and Vodafone India today announced a multi-million dollar, five year agreement for IBM to manage IT services support for Vodafone India’s IT infrastructure and applications environment. By bringing together Vodafone India’s enterprise data and cloud ready applications into a scalable environment that keeps data local, private and secure, the new IBM hybrid cloud platform will enable delivery of faster and more insightful data intelligence and support faster decision-making. IBM will support Vodafone India’s IT environment transition into IBM hybrid cloud, allowing the company to leverage and integrate existing IT...

IBM today unveiled a new IBM MobileFirst for iOS Garage in Bangalore, India. The Garage — part of a network of centers at Atlanta, Cupertino, Toronto and Chicago — will help clients around the world achieve mobile-led, digital transformations at speed and at scale on the iOS platform. IBM also announced Mobile at Scale for iOS, a new offering specifically for clients looking to invest in digital transformation projects that include more than three iOS apps over a multi-year period. Clients opting for this model have full access to IBM’s...

In a bid to give boost to the startup ecosystem in the state, the Karnataka government has joined hands with a wide range of companies including IBM, Amazon and Microsoft to offer a slew of benefits to startups. Under the initiative called as the Startup Booster Kit, IBM will offer a suite of cloud services including SoftLayer and Bluemix worth $10,000, Amazon will offer $3,000 of cloud credits, and Knowlarity and Exotel will offer cloud telephony services at discounted rates. The state-run BSNL will offer discounted rates for accessing the...

Infogain, a business and IT consulting firm, has named Sunil Bhatia as Chief Executive Officer effective July 1st, 2016. Bhatia has held the position of CEO Designate at Infogain since the completion of Infogain’s acquisition of the IT assets of Blue Star Infotech Ltd. (BSIL) in January 2016. Founder and former CEO Kapil Nanda will remain an active part of the company as full-time Executive Chairman of Infogain’s board of directors. Read Also: Criteo Pursues Further Growth With New Office and New Hire “It’s been a great honor to serve as...

Former Microsoft veteran Karan Bajwa is set to join enterprise IT major IBM. Karan Bajwa, the former managing director of Microsoft, stepped down from the company in June this year. The appointment of Bajwa is expected to boost sale of IBM products and solutions in India. Bajwa tweeted that he is a reborn IBMer. “Starting my second innings at IBM, a company that earlier taught me the first principles of business”, he tweeted on 4th June. According to the report published in BusinessLine, Karan Bajwa would be the second in command reporting to...

IBM recently launched new global programmes which tools in India to boost developers’ skills around Cloud and emerging technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT). “The world will be re-written in code and much of it will be done right here in India,” said Vanitha Narayanan, Managing Director of IBM India, in a statement. According to Narayanan “IBM’s leading capabilities in Watson, IoT, Cloud, mobile and blockchain will help developers innovate and succeed. At IBM, we are committed to investing in this ecosystem and will continue to collaborate with developers...

IBM and VMware, have announced they are enhancing their strategic partnership by enabling VMware Horizon Air customers to take advantage of cloud-hosted desktop and application services via the IBM Cloud. This announcement reinforces IBM Cloud being a strategic cloud partner for VMware. VMware Horizon Air cloud services deliver full Windows desktops or published applications to desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones. These services running on the IBM Cloud will give customers the flexibility to access critical apps and data from any device, anywhere, at anytime. Earlier in 2016, IBM and VMware...

In less than five years, disruptive technologies such as cognitive computing and blockchain are expected to drive dramatic shifts in every industry, from healthcare, to financial services, to tourism. To help clients of all sizes in the Asia Pacific region lead in shaping the future of their industries, IBM announced plans to assist in the rapid prototyping and commercialisation of solutions based on cognitive computing and blockchain. Read Also: Indi.com’s Ropes In Anil Kapoor For “IBM Startup Star Challenge” IBM today opened The Watson Centre at Marina Bay, an incubator...

After the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, flagged off the ambitious and empowering Startup India, Standup India campaign, Anil Kapoor has found a unique way to inspire and fuel the dreams of young entrepreneurs. Following his undisclosed investment in the Indian operations of global social video sharing platform, Indi.com, Anil Kapoor will now be seen inspiring early stage entrepreneurs at an event on 15 June 2016 in Mumbai. Conceptualized with a vision to provide brands with superior digital media engagement across multiple social networks, Indi.com invited brands to organize...

HCL Technologies has signed partnerships with two leading automotive solution providers to expand its offerings for the fast-growing smart vehicle ecosystem. Working to enhance HCL’s existing Smart Mobility and Vehicle Engineering Services, alliances with Movimento and Rightware will bring invaluable services to HCL’s clients. “In the automotive sector, HCL’s services are centered around the four key areas driving industry innovation: efficiency, safety, autonomous driving and personalisation. As part of our commitment to providing next-generation services, we look for partners with technologies that will help us in serving the industry’s transformation,”...