Tag: IBM

Martin Chee appointed new MD of IBM Singapore

IBM announced the appointment of Martin Chee as the Managing Director of IBM Singapore, effective April 2020. Martin will report to Patricia Yim, General Manager, IBM ASEAN. In his new role, Martin will harness his experience in spearheading IBM’s digital transformation initiatives in Singapore. He will be responsible for business growth and strengthening IBM’s partnership…

Tech Mahindra and IBM to set up innovation centres to help clients modernize their operations

Tech Mahindra Ltd. a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering services and solutions, is collaborating with IBM to help businesses transform their operations and accelerate their hybrid cloud strategies. Tech Mahindra will help clients migrate core business applications to the IBM public cloud using IBM Cloud Paks. As part of this relationship,…

Indian-origin CEOs heading global companies

India has a big pool of talent, capable of changing the world for good. Indians for long have been making their mark in the world with their brilliant innovations and life-changing discoveries. In the business ecosystem as well, Indians have proved their worth, leading global companies. Especially in the technology industry, Indian-origin Chief Executive Officers…

IBM names Brenda Harvey as new Asia Pacific chief

IBM has appointed Brenda Harvey as its new Asia Pacific general manager, following the departure of chief executive and chairman Harriet Green recently. As per media reports, an IBM spokesperson confirmed the appointment to CRN, mentioning  that Harvey will replace Green despite the different title. Harvey joins from IBM USA, where she has been working…

IBM Asia-Pacific Chairman Harriet Green announces her exit

“My time with IBM has been among the most fulfilling periods of my career, working closely with clients on their most challenging business transformation initiatives. I’ve valued this opportunity tremendously and will take only good memories with me to this next important chapter – one that many of you will have undertaken.” she said.

IBM launches Advertising Accelerator with Watson

At the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), IBM has announced the launch of Advertising Accelerator with Watson, a first-to-market offering that leverages artificial  intelligence (AI) to predict the optimal combination of creative elements to help drive high engagement and conversion for a given audience. The predictive solution from IBM leverages Watson to create campaigns designed…

Sandip Patel to succeed Karan Bajwa as MD of IBM

Global tech-giant IBM on Wednesday announced the appointment of Sandip Patel as the Managing Director for its India and South Asia business. He will be succeeding Karan Bajwa who resigned from the company to pursue opportunities outside. Patel will be responsible for strategic and operational matters related to IBM’s sales, marketing, services and delivery operations…

HCL to Acquire Select IBM Software Products for $1.8 billion.

IBM and HCL Technologies (HCL) today announced a definitive agreement under which HCL will acquire select IBM software products for $1.8 billion. The transaction is expected to close by mid-2019, subject to completion of applicable regulatory reviews. The software products in scope represent a total addressable market of more than $50 billion and include: Appscan for…

IBM to acquire software company Red Hat for $34 billion.

International Business Machines Corporation, the American multinational IT company headquartered in Armonk, New York, with operations in over 170 countries announced on Sunday that it had agreed to acquire U.S. software company Red Hat Inc. in a deal valued at $34 billion. As a part of the Acquisition, IBM will be acquiring all of the issued and…

IBM and IIT Bombay line-up to Speed AI research in India.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and IBM today announced that the university will join the AI Horizons Network to advance in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) research. By joining the AI Horizons Network, IIT Bombay will pair its world-class faculty and top graduate students with leading AI scientists from IBM Research – India to advance and accelerate…

IBM to sell its Customer Care business to Synnex Corp. for $ 505 million

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX) Corporation have announced a definitive agreement in which SYNNEX will acquire IBM’s worldwide customer care business process outsourcing services business for $505 million, consisting of approximately $430 million in cash and $75 million in stock. The acquisition will be branded and fully integrated with Concentrix, a wholly owned…

IBM forms new cloud services division, to acquire cloud infrastructure provider Soft layer

IBM, is forming a new Cloud Services division, this announcement comes along with the announcement of IBMs acquisition of Softlayer, a leading cloud infrastructure provider.  This new division will combine SoftLayer with IBM SmartCloud into a global platform. The new division would address the service requirements of both IBM and SoftLater clients,  ISVs, channel partners…