IBM has signed an agreement with the Chengdu High-Tech Zone, to establish a Global Delivery Centre within the Chengdu Tianfu Software Park. Scheduled to be operational by February 2007, this new centre will provide multi-lingual application development and maintenance.... |
IBM has signed an agreement with the Chengdu High-Tech Zone, to establish a Global Delivery Centre within the Chengdu Tianfu Software Park. Scheduled to be operational by February 2007, this new centre will provide multi-lingual application development and maintenance services to clients globally in English, Japanese and Chinese, and to the IBM Global Procurement Centre, recently located to the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, aprepared company statement said.
"As part of our transformation to becoming a globally integrated business, IBM is focused on amassing the right skills and expertise where they exist to deliver the right services to our clients", said Frank Kern, General Manager, IBM Asia Pacific.
According to IBM, the new centre at Chengdu further strengthens IBM's existing network of global delivery centres in China across Shenzhen, Dalian and Shanghai. Established in 1999, China Global Delivery Services has been assessed at SEI CMMI Maturity Level 5, providing support to clients in America, Europe and Northeast Asia. IBM also plans to grow the scope of services according to client needs.
Henry Chow, Chairman and CEO of IBM Greater China, said, "The emerging opportunities in western China will enable IBM to further strengthen our global delivery network in China. We look forward to working with our local partners from government, academia and business to see these opportunities to fruition."
The capital of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, boasts a population of 12.2 million. Chengdu is also home to a large number of IT professionals, providing a pool of talent for the IBM Global Delivery Centre, the company continued.
IBM established the Chengdu branch office in 1996. The product and services have expanded rapidly in the last ten years for Chinese domestic clients covering public, finance, telecom, distribution and industrial sectors, the company said.
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