Looking to support its ambitious business growth plan in the global marketplace,
Tiens Group Co., a biotechnology company specializing in manufacturing, retail and international trade, has entered into an agreement with
IBM to build an advanced IT infrastructure platform.
As per the agreement, IBM (
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After the completion of the park, the Group's existing data center and servers will be migrated to the park and IBM will help the company in construction of the Park's intelligent data, voice and unified communications network, and implementation of an end-to-end network security solution.
Also, the IBM Global Technology (
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IBM UNIX servers, called IBM Power Systems, are based on IBM POWER6 processors and they combine IBM's UNIX operating system platform, System p, with the integrated platform, System i.
Janet Ang, vice president, Integrated Technology Services, Global Technology Services, IBM Greater China Group said, “We are committed to supporting Tiens Group build a smart operations base in Tiens International Health Park.”
Recently, IBM also
teamed up with Canonical to introduce a cloud- and Linux-based desktop package in the U.S. designed for use on a company's existing fleet of personal computers or even low-cost netbooks. The new IBM package can be embedded in business processes and is compatible with SOA-based IT environments – giving people a complete, open, and secure alternative to Microsoft (
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Raju Shanbhag is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Raju’s articles, please visit his columnist page.Edited by
Stefania Viscusi