IBM announced the opening of two new development centers located in these two Asian cities. These SOA Solutions Centers will develop, manage and deliver industry-specific business services that solve some of the most pressing business issues facing IBM clients. As a result, these centers will serve as the foundation of a new, globally integrated model for delivering SOA-based services.
The center in Pune will initially develop repeatable business services for the insurance industry, including home and auto rate quoting, as well as healthcare business services, such as claim filing and response. Resources from IBM labs in Hyderabad, India, will also support development activity in Pune.
The Beijing Center will develop services for governments, including financial and case management, as well as services for banks including real time, risk-based loan pricing.
About 500 IBM SOA experts will focus on these activities at each center.
The new SOA Solutions Centers are integrated with the IBM Global Business Solutions Center, located in Bangalore, India, which combines business consulting, research, software, systems, engineering, and emerging technologies to create business solutions in more than 50 business areas
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) allows companies to create new business services easily across their existing IT infrastructure. For example, a new business service can track inventory through the design, manufacturing, supply and payment business processes, all of which were previously disconnected. The new IBM SOA Solutions Centers will take advantage of this fundamental shift in technology, which allows companies to manage business processes without worrying about the constraints of technology. The SOA services market is expected to reach $160 billion by 2008.
“SOA is gaining traction with clients in many industries across the globe,” said Ginni Rometty, senior vice president of IBM Global Business Services. “Clients are looking for faster, more efficient ways to embrace this approach for their particular industry. These new SOA Solutions Centers will serve as a resource to offer clients reusable industry-specific components and services they need to quickly solve their most important business issues.”
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