Tuesday, September 30, 2025
spot_img

IBM looking for expansion in India, CEO Arvind Krishna repeats

spot_img
- Advertisement -

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna reiterates intent to expand operations in India

Stressing that tech giant IBM has an incredible focus on India, its CEO Arvind Krishna on Tuesday reiterated that the company is on the path to expanding its operations and services in the country.

IBM currently employs 380,000 people serving clients in 170 countries and India has the highest number of IBMers outside of the US, a key research and innovation hub for the tech giant that set up its first office in the country almost 26 years back.

“We have a lot of collaborations in India and the regulatory framework promotes export of our services from the country,” Krishna said during a virtual media interaction.

“We are really proud that we provide services to the country’s private sector banks, public sector banks, telecom companies and organisations in various other sectors,” he emphasised, adding that the company is set to expand its services in the country.

“The Indian market is very vibrant. To leverage this market further, organisations will have to have robust digital infrastructure which present an opportunity for us, as without digital infrastructure, organisations will find it hard to take their services to wider audience,” he noted.

As IBM spins out a new company, Krishna recently said that it will have a separate leadership team in India.

However, people working for IBM India have nothing to worry as the IBM CEO said that he expects the employees to be accommodated in one company or the other.

“I do not expect the creation of the new company to have any material impact in India,” Krishna had told reporters in a call, adding that there will be nothing “controversial”.

“This is not a restructuring, this is a spin out,” he said.

IBM will separate its Managed Infrastructure Services unit of its Global Technology Services division into a new public company.

The yet to be named new company is currently codenamed “NewCo”.

Krishna, who guides IBM’s overall strategy in core and emerging technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI), quantum computing, Blockchain, Cloud platform services, data-driven solutions and nanotechnology, has the task at hand to tap the growing talent pool in new-age technologies and leverage the true potential.

Today, IBM powers two of the largest telcos in India, nine out of 10 top banks, 2/3rd of milk and dairy products industry, country’s largest airport (traffic), etc are run and managed by IBM.

Krishna, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K), knows the potential the country has and has gone bullish on India, especially on the R&D and innovation to create for the world.

IBM’s businesses in India include Cloud and Cognitive Solutions (including RedHat and Watson), Services, Systems, Security, The Weather Company (an IBM business), R&D labs and client innovation centres.

spot_img

Editorial

Why TCS Deferred FY25 Salary Hike: Better Hike Ahead?

TCS had initially announced its annual salary hike during...

Deloitte, PWC, EY, KPMG to Hire 1 Lakh People in India in FY25

According to estimates from top company officials and industry...

Higher EPS Pension Application Stuck: A Step-by-Step Guide to Fix

Nearly 97,640 Provident Fund (PF) members and pensioners under...

Employee Benefits at India’s Big 4 Firms Deloitte, PwC , EY, KPMG

The Big 4 firms; Deloitte, PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), EY (Ernst...

TCS Announces 4-8% Salary Hike for FY25, Lowest in Last 4 Years

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest IT services provider,...

Must Read

Happiest Minds Technologies to hire 300 people in each next 3 quarters

Bengaluru-based software firm Happiest Minds Technologies, which has been facing...

Affle to acquire strategic stake in Bobble AI

Affle To Acquire Strategic Stake In Bobble AI, A...

Infosys to hire 35,000 freshers in FY22, Return to office in next 6 months

India's second-largest IT major, Infosys plans to hire 35,000...

STRIVE Initiative: 20% Increase in Female Participation in ITIs

MSDE has been making significant strides in enhancing the...

EPFO officers sentenced to 6 years in jail for taking bribe

On Friday, May 26, 2023, the special CBI Court...

PayU Unveils Employee Value Proposition and its Core Pillars

PayU announced the launch of its new Employee Value...

Microsoft Outlook, Teams, and others faced outrage in India

Yesterday, January 25, 2023, several Microsoft services including MS Teams,...

Deloitte Adds Lego Sets to $1,000 Annual Well-Being Subsidy

Deloitte, one of the Big Four accounting and consulting...

Related Articles

SightsIn Plus
SightsIn Plushttps://sightsinplus.com/
SightsIn Plus is an India’s leading high-quality people-focused monthly HR Magazine and provides up-to-date HR News, Leadership Announcements, Best HR Practices and Insights by Global CHROs, CEOs, HR Advisors, Business Managers and HR Heads on topics of interest to HR professionals. To subscribe SightsIn Plus, HR Magazine please visit- https://sightsinplus.com/subscribe/