IBM’s Hyderabad facility to focus on hybrid cloud, AI solutions

IBM Corporation has set up a greenfield facility at Hyderabad in Telangana which will offer clients business process operations consulting from IBM Consulting.

The new unit will be zeroing in on several domains such as finance and accounts, procurement and supply chain, human resources and recruiting as well as industry specific processes including risk and compliance.

The new capabilities will help execute on IBM’s hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence strategy.

Tony Menezes, Global Managing Partner – Business Process Operations, IBM Consulting, “We are committed to helping clients leverage hybrid cloud and AI capabilities to accelerate digital transformation across their organisation.

We will combine our deep industry domain expertise with world-class skills and diversity of talent of Telangana, as we witness significant growth in our business process operations portfolio globally.”

“Designed with a state-of-the-art, open and agile theme, the new facility will also have dedicated workspaces to collaborate with clients via the IBM Garage, a collaborative approach to fast-track innovation and drive meaningful, lasting transformation.

The facility also serves an additional function of enabling resiliency for IBM Consulting by acting as backup site for business process operations centres in Chennai and Bengaluru.

The onsite team will also collaborate with IBM India Software Labs in Hyderabad to bring in AI and platform offerings to re-imagine intelligent workflows in client operations,” IBM India said.

Sachin Varma, Senior Partner, IBM Consulting, Asia-Pacific said, “The expansion to Hyderabad is a key component of our growth plans in India. Our aim is to not just transform our clients’ critical business functions with local talent but also to drive skill development and enhance employability in the market.”