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IBM Turns 100, Draws Up
5-Year India Roadmap
Big Blue is turning 100 on June 16. As part of its In India, IBM is the largest IT services provider. Some 70
centenary celebration, IBM in India has drawn up a five- percent of its Indian revenues come from services and the
year roadmap with a focus on emerging markets, rest from hardware. The company's BRIC region (Brazil,
business analytics, cloud computing and smarter planet. Russia, India and China) revenues grew by 19 percent
IBM India
during calendar 2010.
Managing Annaswamy said, over its century of existence IBM has
Director Shanker played a leading role in transforming business, science
Annaswamy said and society. Reinvesting modern corporation, pioneering
t h e c o m p a n y the science of information and making the world work
services 700 large better will be the theme areas for IBM.
global clients from
Since its re-entry into India in 1992, IBM has been
India. "The instrumental in enabling transformation across major
domestic market
industries including telecommunication, financial
itself is very services, automotive, infrastructure, healthcare,
important for us. government and education.
Telecom sector will
be the main focus area for us, while banking, financial IBM will bring out a centennial book recording the history
services, infrastructure, enterprise data warehousing and of the company and three journalists including Kevin
cloud computing will be other spaces of importance for Maney, Steve Hanm and Jeffrey M O'Brian are editing the
us in India."
book.
7 Indian Origin Women in Top
50 Women-led N. American Cos
Seven of the 50 fastest-growing women-owned or Workforce Services, who was ranked third in the list.
women-led companies in North America are led by
Ranjini Poddar of Artech Information Systems, New
women of Indian origin. This was announced by Women
Jersey, IT consulting was ranked seventh and Rachna
Presidents' Organization (WPO), a non-profit group and
Agarwal of Expedien, Texas, Business Intelligence
American Express OPEN. The companies that are held
secured the 12th place. Gloria Rajkumar of SIMAC
privately, woman-owned or led by a woman and located
Canada, Ontario, Coordinate Independent Medical
in the US or Canada were eligible to make it to the list.
Assessments secured the 16th place in the list, while Kiran
They were judged by a sales growth formula that
Gill of PARS Environmental, New Jersey, Environmental
combines percentage and absolute growth.
consulting firm was placed 21st. Anjali 'Ann'
There are approximately 8.1 million women owned Ramakumaran of Ampcus, Virginia, Consulting services
businesses in the US. These companies employ 7.7 was ranked 26th and Sonu Ratra of Akraya, California, IT
million people and contribute US$ 1.3 trillion to the US & Marketing staffing was placed at number 37.
economy, as noted by Forbes.
The companies that made it to the top 50 generated
Leading the list of Indian origin women is Himanshu combined revenue of US$ 4.1 billion last year.
Bhatia of Rose International, Montana, Contingent
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