India gets an IBM cloud computing center

India gets an IBM cloud computing center

US based technology giant IBM has announced the launch of cloud computing centre in India.

This center is being established in the IT city of Bangalore.

The company said that this unit would provide access to expertise and infrastructures for clients to design and deploy applications.

IBM India software lab vice-president Ponani Gopalakrishnan spoke about this center: “When the network is tapped, the power of thousands of computers can come together to access information or data in seconds. Our cloud computing is based on open standards and open source software which is a family of ready-to-use platform with systems technology and services.”

He added: “This computing model allows businesses and consumers alike to remotely access a vast computing resource that can be tapped on-demand to deliver next-generation services that consumers demand such as online medical records or mobile stock portfolio management.”

IBM India Ltd managing director Shanker Annaswamy had this to say: “We are already collaborating with partners, government and academia in other emerging countries to facilitate innovation supported by a cloud infrastructure. In India, clients such as mid-market vendors, academic institutions, telecos and government bodies will be able to access the centre to service their customers.”