IBM has teamed up with Reliance Communications to Drive Cloud Adoption in India by providing Reliance customers with complete IBM IaaS offerings.
IBM has announced that it is working with Reliance Communications to provide its customers with a complete portfolio of highly secure and scalable IaaS offerings running on the IBM Cloud. Reliance Communications with a client base of over 115 million, including over 39,000 large enterprises and SMBs, will not only 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 that will run on the IBM Cloud.
According to the press release, IBM Cloud is a growing collection of services including analytics, mobile, networking, storage, Internet of Things and cognitive computing with 47 global Cloud Data Centres to securely manage and gain insight into data for companies. SMBs are migrating on cloud and using cloud-based technologies to scale up their operations. Through this alliance Reliance Communications will be able to provide enterprises, especially the SMBs, a robust infrastructure platform to run their important business applications. This will help them streamline their operations, increase efficiency and give them an option of pay as you use model. Reliance Communications’ long-standing relationships with enterprises will help drive widespread awareness and adoption of cloud services.
A recent research by IBM revealed that communication service providers 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 in major markets including Bell Canada, Indostat, Telstra (Australia), Reliance (India), AT&T and Verizon, said the release.
Braham Singh, SVP of Global Product Management, Reliance Communications (Enterprise) & Global Cloud Exchange said, “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” program.”
Vivek Malhotra, Cloud Leader, IBM India / South Asia added, “We are delighted to partner with Reliance Communications and support their efforts to offer our Cloud services in the Indian market. With a broad cloud portfolio, deep expertise and data privacy, the IBM Cloud offers businesses the ability to optimize its resources and investments to drive growth. With this collaboration, we will be able to address the requirements of organizations who have limited access to enterprise-grade cloud solutions”
