The International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) opened its new global services delivery center in Shanghai last week.

 

Vice president of IBM Global Services Delivery Centers in China Takashi Shimizu claimed the center as a core part of IBM's integrated services delivery network around the world.

 

Located in the Waigaoqiao Bonded Zone in Shanghai, the center will initially house 700 staff with 84,000 square meters of floor space. It is certified at CMMI level 5, the highest certification level for process maturity and quality and improvement in software development.

 

"The center also fulfils IBM's pledge of nurturing IT talent based in China," said Shimizu.

 

He said that the center will meet the growing market demand for business process transformation and improved technology management services.

 

The new IBM global services delivery center in Shanghai offers clients from Japan, European and North American regions with IT application delivery services, and delivers professional services including software application and development, design and testing and system maintenance.

 

The center also supplies advanced software application systems, such as SAP, Oracle, Siebel, giant host computers and electronic commercial software.

 

The Shanghai center, together with Dalian center built in May last year in northeastern China's Liaoning Province and Shenzhen center in south China's Guangdong Province, constitutes IBM services delivery network in China. It also enables IBM to expand its services with more than two dozen centers around the world that deliver the service and expertise to operate and improve business processes and technology solutions.

 

(Xinhua News Agency March 27, 2006)