IBM opens autonomic computing center

BANGALORE

APRIL 3, 2007

IBM opened a new Autonomic Computing Technology Center here, created “to
address the overwhelming demand from India-based business partners and customers
for self-managing technology and systems,” according to an IBM statement.

The new center is an extension of the India Software Laboratory. It is
dedicated to advancing IBM's global Autonomic Computing initiative, which has
worked for the past five years to reduce complexity by automating processes and
building intelligence into IT systems.

The center employs more than 35 developers and engineers who are responsible
for creating new autonomic software, testing and supporting services and
providing enablement support for local clients, business partners and academic
institutions.

The center works closely with IBM's worldwide Software Development
Laboratories, particularly those in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
and Toronto, Canada to provide worldwide autonomic solutions, the statement
said.

The Autonomic Computing Technology Center in India will also work closely
with the IBM India Research Laboratory, with sites in New Delhi and Bangalore,
which conducts advanced autonomic research.

"Self-managing autonomic technologies are needed by clients in many
industries across the globe but it's particularly relevant for Indian, ASEAN and
Asia Pacific companies that are experiencing rapid growth," said Harish
Grama, VP of the India Software Laboratory.

"The new Autonomic Computing center in Bangalore further expands IBM's
research and development presence in India and improves our ability to meet
local customer and partner needs," he added in the statement.

The new Autonomic Computing Technology Center joins an existing center that
IBM opened in the Yamato Software Development Laboratory, in Japan in July 2005.