Tag: IBM

IBM and MuleSoft announce global relationship to help accelerate flexibility across public and private clouds

IBM and MuleSoft announced a global relationship. MuleSoft plans to extend its Anypoint Runtime Fabric, a container service for multi-cloud and hybrid deployments, to run on Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s leading enterprise Kubernetes platform. IBM and MuleSoft plan to deliver increased integrations and solutions around the IBM Z product family to support financial services and other mutual…

Bengaluru-based Puravankara collaborates with IBM for digital transformation

IBM announced that Puravankara Limited, a real estate company, is collaborating with IBM Global Business Services (GBS) to fuel tech-led innovations in its operations by adopting RISE with SAP. Through this association, Puravankara will reinvent its processes for superior business outcomes. IBM will integrate the SAP Cloud environment with Puravankara’s cloud environment to harness the…

IBM inks five-year agreement with Honda Motor Europe to run its finance and procurement operations

IBM and Honda Motor Europe announced a five-year agreement under which IBM plans to manage and run Honda’s finance and procurement operations across Europe. The contract is designed to deliver integrated end-to-end service which can help Honda improve efficiency, reduce costs, standardise processes across its European operations and ultimately set it on course to a “Zero…

IBM ropes in Al Zollar to its Board of Directors

The IBM board of directors has elected Al Zollar to the board, effective October 25, 2021. Al Zollar, 67, a former director of Red Hat, brings deep technical knowledge and experience to the IBM board.  Since 2014, he has applied his expertise as a technology investor working with cloud-based technology providers, leading providers of enterprise…

Atos to create center of excellence to accelerate digital transformation in the financial services industry

Atos and IBM have announced plans to further expand their global relationship to help banks and insurance companies address their increased security and regulatory compliance demands when moving their workloads and applications to the cloud. Atos and IBM intend to support financial services clients through the creation of a new Atos Cloud Center of Excellence.…

IBM & IIT Madras collaborate to augment NPTEL courses that build industry-relevant skills

IBM announced that it is collaborating with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras to support their Online BSc Degree program and augment select courses on the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) platform.  IBM experts will be co-offering a Quantum Computing course on the NPTEL Platform and augment select NPTEL courses such as…

IBM plans to set up Software Lab in Gujarat

IBM announced that it is working to set up a Software Lab in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in India. IBM Software Labs are among the leading global innovation centers that develop and deliver next-generation software portfolio and cloud offerings. “In a meeting, Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani, Sandip Patel – Managing Director, IBM India and Gaurav…

IBM expands operations in India, to set up software lab in Kerala

IBM announced that it is working to set up a Software Lab in Kochi, Kerala in India. IBM Software Labs are leading global innovation centers that develop and deliver next-generation software portfolio and cloud offerings. In a virtual meeting, Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, Sandip Patel – Managing Director, IBM India and Gaurav Sharma…

Bangalore International Airport enters ten-year partnership with IBM

IBM and Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) — operator of Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB/BLR Airport) — announced a ten-year partnership under which IBM and Kyndryl will provide best of breed IT solutions to create a new “Airport in a Box” platform that will support transforming the end-to-end travel experience for passengers at BLR Airport,…

IBM and NASSCOM Foundation makes about 5000 students employment ready

IBM announced it has skilled about 5000 underserved youth from regions across Karnataka, Telangana and Delhi-NCR in Data Science and Cloud computing, with over 2000 of them placed in jobs through a program in partnership with NASSCOM Foundation aimed at making India’s youth future ready. As part of IBM’s SkillsBuild career readiness program, IBM and NASSCOM Foundation…

IBM announces acquisition of Bluetab

IBM announced an agreement to acquire Bluetab Solutions Group, S.L. to extend its portfolio of data and hybrid cloud consulting services. Financial details were not disclosed. Bluetab will become a strategic part of IBM’s data services consulting practice to further advance its hybrid cloud and AI strategy, the company said in a statement. “The outside-in digital transformation of the…

Kyndryl Names Antoine Shagoury As Chief Technology Officer

Kyndryl, the new, independent public company that will be created following the separation of IBM’s Managed Infrastructure Services business, has announced the appointment of Antoine Shagoury as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. In addition, Kyndryl also is establishing an advisory practice of senior experts to assist customers with designing and deploying advanced technology environments, and…

IBM and IISc launch Innovation lab to advance Hybrid Cloud research in India

IBM and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), one of the premier academic research institutions in India, announced the launch of the IBM-IISc Hybrid Cloud lab to advance research in hybrid cloud technologies and drive breakthrough innovations in this area.   Located at the IISc campus in Bengaluru, students and faculty across departments of the institute will work…

IBM Collaborates with 30 Organizations to Re-Skill & Connect the Workforce with Real Career Opportunities

At VivaTech, IBM CEO, Arvind Krishna announced a new partnership with 30 global organizations including governments, community colleges, non-profits, and employment agencies, focused on improving underserved populations’ skills and employability. 11 organizations from India will be part of the collaboration and will contribute to IBM’s total goal of 500,000 by the end of 2021 through the…