IBM pumps $300M into business continuity centers
August 20, 2008 (Computerworld) IBM today announced that it is spending $300 million to expand its business continuity and disaster recovery business, adding 13 facilities around the world to address what it described as a surge in demand from businesses and governments.
The company said the investment is the largest of its kind in IBM’s 40-year history in the business continuity and resiliency industry.
IBM said it will build new “Business Resilience Centers” in cities including Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Paris, London, Warsaw and New York, as well as Izmir, Turkey; Milan, Italy; and Cologne, Germany.
In addition, IBM said it is accelerating the build-out of its Information Protection Services business to deliver cloud-based computing services to support business continuity.
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