IBM has entered into an agreement with Reliance Communications (RCom) to offer customers a portfolio of secure and scalable infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings running on the IBM Cloud.

“Indian enterprises are increasingly leveraging cloud for business transformation and require sophisticated new levels of support to expand their e-commerce operations. Through our partnership with IBM, customers will instantly benefit from the added flexibility and global reach to be more competitive, especially as we look at new opportunities from the ‘Digital India’ programme,” said Braham Singh, Senior Vice President of Global Product Management at Reliance Communications (Enterprise) & Global Cloud Xchange.

An integrated telecommunication service provider, RCom has a client base of over 115 million, including over 39,000 large enterprises and small and medium business cross industries. The company will offer IBM cloud infrastructure services to its customers but it has also launched new offerings designed to provide end-to-end integrated e-commerce services for India’s SMB market—all running on the IBM Cloud.

Recent research by IBM reveals communication service providers (CSPs) are recognising cloud services as a growing service line for their organisations, and integral to driving new revenue streams with customers. IBM is partnering with a number of leading CSPs such as Bell Canada, Indostat, Telstra (Australia), AT&T and Verizon.

“With a broad cloud portfolio, deep expertise and data privacy, the IBM Cloud offers businesses the ability to optimise its resources and investments to drive growth. With this collaboration, we will be able to address the requirements of organisations who have limited access to enterprise-grade cloud solutions,” said Vivek Malhotra, Cloud Leader, IBM India/South Asia.

rajesh.kurup@thehindu.co.in

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