IBM has signed an IT services deal with the Indian subsidiary of Perfetti Van Melle, world’s third-largest confectionary group. As part of this deal, IBM would design and build a green data center, provide the networking infrastructure for the data center as well as offer end-to-end facilities management services to the client.
Through this engagement, IBM aims to provide PVM India a robust infrastructure management, supporting its ambitious growth plans for the country. IBM will also help PVM India make its IT operations green by aiming to achieve energy efficiency to the tune of 17%. Also, by leveraging its unique NOC-Inside solution, IBM would be able to make the monitoring and management of PVM India’s IT infrastructure extremely easy and process-centric.
Neeraj Sharma, Director, Integrated Technology Services, IBM India/South Asia, said, “IBM’s expertise in helping clients bring down their operational costs is a very significant value proposition that they are attracted to. IBM engaged with PVM India to understand their unique business requirements and provided best-in-class solutions to meet their aspirations of making their operations Green and highly energy-efficient. We are looking forward to a long-term and strategic engagement.”
PVM India, which manufactures and markets popular confectionary brands like Center Fresh, Alpenliebe, Mentos, Chlor-Mint and Happydent, among others, operates one of the largest distribution networks and is among the fastest-growing FMCG companies in India. In order to support its increasingly complex IT operations and to keep its operational costs low at the same time, PVM India chose IBM above other major competitors for setting up a 1,000-sq. ft. green data center as well as providing network management using innovative tools like NOC-Inside (Network Operations Centre-Inside).
