IBM has entered into an agreement with Karad Urban Cooperative Bank (KUCB), Maharashtra’s leading cooperative bank, for deploying a Scalable Modular Server Room (SMSR). The SMSR is a pre-designed and pre-fabricated data center that is cost, energy and space efficient and can be installed in a fraction of the time compared to traditional data center design and build methods. As part of the three-year deal signed in October 2009, IBM will deploy the state-of-the-art data center which includes high-quality scalable and modular server rooms, as well as provide facility services, maintenance and technical services for both the data center and disaster recovery sites of KUCB.
Neeraj Sharma, Director – Integrated Technology Services, IBM India/South Asia, said, “Our objective is to extend a compelling value proposition through our unique technology solutions around Scalable Modular Server Rooms (SMSR), part of our Money Saving Services portfolio, that is targeted towards helping our customers optimize operating consumption for energy, space and communications, and aid further growth. This is a strategic win since it is aligned to IBM's geo-expansion initiative and further strengthens our track record in the banking market in India.”
KUCB selected IBM’s SMSR after evaluating as many as nine vendors for building its data center in the traditional model. It will enable KUCB to remain focussed on their core business and reduce the need to assign critical staff members to projects for which they may have limited experience.
IBM's SMSR is specifically targeted at mid-market clients and is shipped in a componentized form and requires less than a week to be made operational at the customers’ premises. IBM’s SMSR also mitigates risk associated with extensive engineering required for custom installations, is ideal for small data centers builds, and can be purchased in an off-the-shelf model.
