IBM sets up new facility in Kolkata

KOLKATA
 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2006

IBM India announced the expansion of its global delivery capacity in Kolkata
by opening its fourth facility in the city.

Located in the DLF IT Park, Rajarhat, this facility will house over 3000 new
employees once fully staffed and will enable IBM to scale its existing
application services delivery capabilities in India in keeping with the growing
client needs.

From 38,500 employees in December 2005, IBM augmented its workforce to 43,000 as
of June 2006. Kolkata houses IBM's second largest pool of employees after
Bangalore. IBM plans to ramp up its technical talent in areas such as SAP,
mainframe, web technologies and business consulting at the new center, an IBM
statement said.

Inaugurating the facility, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Chief Minister of West
Bengal, said, “We believe that the Information Technology industry will fuel
the future growth for West Bengal. It will open up new opportunities for the
talented workforce of the state. We welcome innovative companies like IBM to
invest and partner with us in the development of our state.”

“Our new facility in Kolkata will further augment our vast global delivery
network that spans three dozen countries including India that deliver high value
solutions to help our clients innovate globally.” said Shanker Annaswamy,
managing director, IBM India.

With a strong campus relation strategy in India, IBM continues to contribute to
innovative academic programs in the state such as its MoU with Jadhavpur
University that led to the “Centre for Mobile Computing” (CMCC) a centre of
excellence for Wireless, RFID/Sensor technologies.