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IBM Planning To Set Up Data Centre In Mideast
Published Jun 25, 2009
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Global tech giant IBM is considering setting up a data centre in the Middle East to support its new business division Global Technology Services (GTS) and cloud computing services.
A data centre, also called a server farm, is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.
Cloud computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualised resources are provided as a service over the internet.
IBM Global Services has two divisions, called Global Business Services (GBS) and Global Technology Services (GTS).
These divisions help companies manage their IT operations and resources, and provide 60 per cent of IBM's worldwide revenues.
"IBM is launching the GTS division in the Middle East and has conducted pilot projects in Qatar in the beginning of the year.
Cloud computing services, part of GTS, were deployed at the universities in Qatar.
These services have just been launched worldwide.
The GTS division is already one-third of revenues globally for IBM.
At IBM the business and technology consulting is separate and therefore GTS will focus on technology rather than business," said Sameh Farid, Regional Manager for GTS, IB is considering building a data centre in the Middle East.
But today while offering cloud computing services, customers don't really know where the connectivity is being made.
With high bandwidth and connectivity around the world, data centres globally are aggregated and used as per the needs of the users".
IBM has a delivery centre in Egypt offering BPO (business process outsourcing), back office and transaction processing operations, technical support and call centre operations.
It has also helped Telecom Egypt build a data centre by managing the operations of the centre, which runs mission critical business and operational support systems, in addition to the maintenance of a variety of telecommunications equipment.
Under technology services, customers can even outsource staff, assets, business processes and help desks, and so reduce spending on IT equipment.
Laura Scott, VP of IBM's Global SPL Sales, Global Technology Services, said: "The changes in the economy have made it essential to launch these kinds of services.
Even in cloud computing it is not a technology breakthrough but a change in business model.
Customers will have the flexibility to pay as per usage with a variable price model, and only the delivery will be done by the cloud".
On the desktop front, users can save up to 50-70 per cent by opting for cloud services.
"In IBM , the deployment of desktop services helped save up to 80 per cent of operational costs.
In cloud computing, regional consumers can opt for a public or private cloud," said Scott.
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VMD - [Virtual Marketing Department]
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