IBM News India en-in © Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2009. All rights reserved. See http://www.ibm.com/legal/in/ for copyright and trademark information. askibm@vnet.ibm.com Jyoti Shrian/India/IBM Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT ibm.com http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/ http://www.ibm.com/i/ibm_logo_120x60.gif http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/ IBM today unveiled the Lotus Center for Advanced Collaboration (LCAC). The center, which is claimed to be the only one of its kind in Asia Pacific, is located at the IBM Software Lab in Pune and will host dedicated technical expertise to help customers and partners adopt collaboration technology in their environment. http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/10/27/c679364p19938n90.html http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/10/27/c679364p19938n90.html IBM has announced an expanded set of social software tools and capabilities for enterprise collaboration that brings popular features like micro-blogging from the home into the business environment. Leading companies such as NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH and Sogeti are among the early adopters of IBM's collaboration platform, Lotus Connections 2.5. http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/10/05/j068503r75961c89.html http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/10/05/j068503r75961c89.html The application development and life cycle management player IBM Rational plans to take consolidated efforts to increase its channel-sales in India. http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/09/30/i701567p18302s09.html http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/09/30/i701567p18302s09.html IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a three-year IT services agreement with Cinepolis, one of the world’s largest multiplex operator, commencing operations in India. The deal, inked in August 2009, will involve IBM deploying, managing and supporting a scalable IT infrastructure essential for Cinepolis’ roll-out plans in the country. http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/09/24/v193462p36369a45.html http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/09/24/v193462p36369a45.html In an interview with Sharon Lobo, Mr. Ramesh Narasimhan, Director, General Business, IBM India/South Asia, elaborates on IBM's commitment to SMBs in India and its innovative, value added offerings that give SMBs a much needed boost. http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/09/22/e563995p42138v89.html http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/09/22/e563995p42138v89.html IBM was the leader in India’s x86 Blade Server Market in revenue terms in Q2 2009, according to IDC. With a whopping 22.6 points revenue share increase YTY, IBM led the x86 Blade server market segment in Q2 2009 with a 50.9% share according to IDC’s Asia/Pacific Enterprise Server Tracker, Q2 2009, September 2009 release. The overall x86 Blade server segment contracted 18% YTY in revenues in India in Q2 2009. http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/09/11/e426754m42968k38.html http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/09/11/e426754m42968k38.html At Marico, the biggest challenge became its conventional financial management processes and traditional methods of budgeting and strategic planning. The existing system was not capable or flexible enough to incorporate the drastic surge in business. http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/09/07/s134532v69238r44.html http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/09/07/s134532v69238r44.html None of us could have anticipated the economic challenges that we’re currently facing. Every crisis, however, offers opportunities for those who seize them. http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/08/31/m123151z20822l30.html http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2009/08/31/m123151z20822l30.html