IBM announces operations in Lucknow

Bangalore, June 15 (UNI) The IBM India today announced its operations in Lucknow, as part of its expansion plans to enter 14 new cities in the country with its strategy of making India a truly global hub.

This would enable IBM to cater specially to the unique requirements of the various SMB clients spread in Lucknow and its neighbouring markets, a company release said here.

The Big Blue was slated to spread its wings in eleven additional cities, including Bhopal, Nashik, Nagpur, Surat, Bhubaneswar, Jamshedpur, Jaipur, Ludhiana, Dehradun, Visakhapatnam and Madurai.

Coimbatore and Goa had already become operational.

IBM envisions to set new standards of excellency through the newly opened centres which were state of the art.

IBM India, GSMB (North) Vice-President Vivek Malhotra said "Opening operations in Lucknow was a reflection of IBM's continued commitment to work closely with SMBs across the India to empower them with world-class technology and thus paving their way to success".

He said Small and Medium Businesses will play an integral role in sustaining India's growth story. Lucknow, with its inherent strengths of being the city with the lowest business running cost, would be an important market for IBM and this initiative from us will further cement our commitment to scale up the growth of Lucknow; thus making it emerge as an even stronger global market, he added.

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