IBM has been nominated as a cloud service provider by MeitY
IBM said on Tuesday it has secured full cloud service provider engagement from the Ministry of Electronics and Informatics (MeitY), which will allow the tech major to work with public sector companies and government agencies. .
The company recently announced a significant investment in its hybrid cloud strategy with the launch of IBM Cloud Satellite which would allow customers to securely deploy cloud services in public and private cloud.
“… a key milestone for IBM Cloud – a milestone that reiterates our commitment to supporting the vision of the Government of Digital India. IBM has been awarded full cloud service provider status from MeitY India,” said the Director IBM India General, Sandip Patel.
He added that this element will allow India’s public sector – government agencies at central and state level, and public sector companies across all sectors, to tap into the industry’s most secure and open cloud platform for stimulate innovation and growth.
Patel noted that after the uncertainty of the past year, CEOs are focusing on organizational agility as a top priority, as they seek to react quickly and pivot without losing momentum.
Technology not only enables this agility, but is essential for enabling a hybrid workforce, driving operational efficiency, ensuring resilience and improving customer engagement, he added.
Earlier this week, we announced a significant investment in IBM’s hybrid cloud strategy, with the launch of IBM Cloud Satellite – a unifying layer of cloud services, available across all locations, to provide businesses with high levels of control over critical data delivered through IBM Cloud, regardless of where their data resides, he said.
Patel added that IBM Cloud Satellite extends secure and open IBM Cloud services to any environment where data is collected, processed or shared, thus helping customers in multiple industries, especially in highly regulated industries such as telecommunications, financial services, health and government.
We are embarking on India’s growth journey. The launch of IBM Cloud Satellite and IBM Cloud accreditation allows us to further strengthen our collaboration with organizations and government / public sector to bring the power of exponential technologies like Cloud and AI to advance the next big technological development in India, he said.
Patel said IBM has been a long-standing partner in India’s technological transformation journey over the years.
He cited examples of IBM infrastructure constituting the underlying architecture of 11 of the 13 public sector banks, the collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Niti Aayog on samShiksha, Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture supporting farmers in Karnataka and the STEM programs in 10 states of India and the AI Program in 160 CBSE schools accessible by over 12,000 students.
