Cybernet-SlashSupport Signs Services Pact with IBM
posted in Outsourcing News and Top Outsourcing deals |Source: www.business-standard.com
In a recent announcement, Cybernet-SlashSupport (CSS) informs it has been chosen as IBM’s preferred partner for deploying its new ‘Open Client’ solutions in the Indian and US markets, promoting and offering services around IBM solutions out of its strong off-shore base in Chennai.
Helping customers deploy the solution, CSS will offer services, such as, jump-start, end-user segmentation, value assessment, application migration, pilot management and deployment, and on-going support.
Without giving details on the duration or size of the deal, CSS confirms it will be providing a dedicated team to support collaborative solutions and middle ware on Linux.
Involved in a working relationship with IBM for over a decade, CSS has been especially involved in providing interoperability and other services on IBM’s open source platforms, including executing projects for some of the topmost global firms.
Shiva Ramani, Co-founder and CEO of CSS issued a statement saying becoming IBM’s preferred partner was well aligned with his firm’s mission of helping enterprise clients drive down IT operation costs, while improving service levels.
With a staff count of close to 5,000-people and with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia, besides Chennai, April 2007 saw Goldman Sachs leading a $25-million investment round in CSS.
