The tool, released across the globe on Friday, assesses how well an organisation is prepared to respond and continue operations in the face of disruptions without losing momentum.
The students who graduate from the ongoing academic year will be eligible for the programme and the company is already scouting for talent. The Blue Scholars will work closely with the IBM worldwide research teams, immersed within a real-world innovation culture and drive the delivery of a wide spectrum of technology solutions.
IBM Corp's CEO and Chairman Samuel J Palmisano today called on Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran to discuss company's plans in India.
IBM has deployed over 1,200 Indian employees to countries like Austria, Finland, Denmark, Costa Rica, under the Blue Opportunities programme.
IBM on Wednesday announced the opening of an Industry Solutions Lab in New Delhi, which will offer a unique environment for client executives and business partners to see how IBM's advanced technologies and solutions could transform their business.
Held at the IBM centre in Kolkata, these camps are designed to generate their interest in technology and innovation, thus building a foundation for future careers. As a part of this year's EXITE program, about 62 ninth standard girls from four Kolkata schools took part in the camps conducted by IBM.
Based on advanced speech processing techniques, the technology was initially developed for a leading call centre in India to help improve the capabilities of their agents, an IBM statement said.
In a bid to cater the small and medium business sectors in Goa and its neighbouring markets, IBM India has commenced its operations in the state under the brand name 'IBM Express Portfolio'.
The companies would set up a Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer network that allows telephones to connect faster to the internet, IBM said. BSNL will use the network to offer new broadband-based, multi-play services.
IBM India on Wednesday announced its operations in Vizag, as part of its expansion plans to enter 14 new cities in the country, in line with its strategy to make India a truly global hub.
Today, however, the major six IT MNCs alone -- IBM, Accenture, Capgemini, EDS, HP and ACS -- account for over 9 per cent of the Indian IT-BPO workforce. Overall, MNCs in India account for an estimated 14-15 per cent of the Indian IT workforce.
Nareshchandra Singh, an IT analyst with global research and analyst firm Gartner, takes only a few seconds to reach his office from home.
IBM on Thursday launched its new lab, the High Performance On Demand Solutions Lab, bringing specific high-value skills to help clients in Bangalore
IBM India on Thursday announced the expansion of its global delivery capacity in Kolkata by opening its fourth facility in DLF IT Park, Rajarhat.
IBM India has launched its first ThinkPad with an integrated fingerprint reader at prices beginning from Rs 95,000.
India is becoming a key market for IBM with the IT behemoth logging a 45 per cent growth in revenue in 2004 besides adding about 16,000 professionals in 2005 to reach a strong employee strength of 38,500.
According to researchers at IBM India, many of the estimated 50 million lithium-ion laptop batteries discarded every year could provide electricity storage sufficient to light homes in developing countries.
IBM India announced on Monday that the availability of IBM Lotus Workplace Messaging, a web-based messaging offering
Infosys, however, remains the 'dream company' in the IT arena, while MNCs occupy the maximum mindshare of professionals.
IBM India Software Labs on Wednesday announced the setting up of IBM Centre for Advanced Studies at its facility in Bangalore to allow universities access to IBM's product development and supporting infrastructure.
IBM on Monday launched the world's smallest full functional desktop computer in India within weeks of its worldwide launch to increase its share of the commercial PC market.
IBM India announced on Tuesday the launch of 'India Smart Centre', a virtual toll-free service centre to provide services and support to the small and medium businesses in metros and small towns.\n\n\n\n
IBM India on Monday announced the availability of its entry level, notebook, the IBM ThinkPad R40e priced at Rs 49,990.\n\n\n\n
With a large addressable market like India, IT major IBM is gearing up to make the country a hub for its Linux initiatives in the South East Asian region, a senior company executive said on Wednesday.
IBM India has registered the highest revenue share growth of 4.2 per cent among the top server vendors in India during the first nine months of 2003, according to the IT sector tracking firm IDC.
India open for investment; US ready to move in: USIBC chief.
IBM has chosen Surat, Allahabad and Vizag among 16 global locations for its smart cities programme.
Through the book 'Make in India' authors Ranjini Manian and Joanne Grady Husky bring you the wisdom of twelve CEOS who walked the trail before them.
'My simple instruction to every IBM salesperson is, "When you go to the customer, use less of this (he points to his mouth) and more of this (ear)".' 'Talk less, listen more",' Karan Bajwa tells Raghu Krishnan.
With the world getting more and more instrumented with smart devices, global enterprises are increasingly looking at undertaking a 'digital transformation' journey to stay ahead in the race. Emerging technologies such as social, mobility, analytics and cloud have given birth to new business opportunities and forcing enterprises to finetune their IT buying decisions -- quite differently from what they used to do.
Dept to focus on real estate, infra, mining and manufacturing to detect evasion.
They are shaken by the mass molestation in the city on New Year's Eve. But they are not waiting to be rescued. Nikita Puri reports.
'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.' 'It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.' 'In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC President Mukesh Aghi tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com about how he advises American companies to do business with India, what he thinks of Modi's government and the way forward for the India-US relationship.
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