Global tech titan IBM has marked a milestone by inaugurating India’s first Infrastructure Innovation Center, christened ‘Sangam’. Nestled in the advanced India Systems Development Lab campus, this facility is set to catapult India into the forefront of AI innovation and infrastructure engineering excellence.
Sangam operates as a dynamic collaboration nexus, where IBM’s infrastructure wizards and architects team up with clients, software vendors, integrators, capability centers, and partners to forge pioneering AI offerings. The center seamlessly blends hybrid cloud, elite infrastructure tech, and AI to fast-track secure, expansive enterprise AI ecosystems.
Sandeep Patel, IBM’s India and South Asia Managing Director, captured the moment: ‘India’s AI trajectory hinges on infrastructure agility for rapid, large-scale breakthroughs.’ As businesses race to AI-enable core operations, Sangam exemplifies IBM’s unwavering India focus, enhancing local prowess in solution crafting and worldwide innovation.
Echoing this, IBM ISDL Vice President Subathra Srinivasa Raghavan asserted, ‘AI’s power is limited by its infrastructure backbone.’ Through profound engineering insights and ecosystem synergy, the center facilitates enterprise-wide AI adoption with guarantees on efficiency, safety, compliance, and dependability.
Insights from IBM’s Institute for Business Value paint a vibrant picture: 58% of Indian firms have escalated infrastructure outlays for AI needs, forecasting a 19% budget hike by 2025. Moreover, 43% are building or plotting AI Centers of Excellence. IBM’s Sangam initiative is perfectly timed to harness and amplify this surge, redefining India’s tech landscape.