While its revenue shrank globally, India was one of the fastest growing geographies for IBM in 2017. IBM India’s revenue grew by 8.6% in reported currency for the year. Mexico, Spain, France, Canada, and Brazil also reported growth. China declined by 10% in constant currency. Many other geographies declined too,...
India is now IBM's largest Center for Employment
IBM's biggest pool of employees is in India where it employs 130,000 people, or one-third of its total workforce, which is more than the number of people it employs in the U.S., per a report in The New York Times. Both low-level and high-level jobs are assigned to India. Core...
IBM Inaugurates First Machine Learning Hub in India
Software major IBM opened its first "Machine Learning Hub" in Bangalore which will provide a physical space to organizations for hands-on training on machine learning. This hub will enable data professionals, business analysts, and engineers to work with IBM's data science experts to understand and learn the technology to visualize,...
Some of IBM's Biggest Successes Developed in India
New York-based IBM, runs four parallel research organizations: IBM Software Labs, IBM Research Labs, IBM Global Technology Services Labs and IBM Hardware Labs. All the four are present in Bangalore, India. The Global Technology Services (GTS), the most recent of these labs, was set up in November 2016, and is...
What Technology Innovations is India Working at?
In his article in Fortune on whether India can become an innovation hub for the world, journalist Ashish Gupta explores India's capability in cutting-edge technology and disruptive innovation. In his search for answers, Gupta talks to many stalwarts in the field of innovation: Vijay Govindarajan, Coxe Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth,...
Twitter Acquires Indian Mobile Startup
Twitter Inc., has announced it will acquire Indian mobile phone marketing start-up ZipDial as the U.S. microblogging service looks to expand in the world's second-biggest mobile market. The deal is said to be in the region of $30 million. One of the founders of ZipDial is California-born Valerie Wagoner who...