IBM opens new lab

IBM yesterday launched a new research lab in Shanghai in an effort to boost its R&D strength in one of the world's fastest growing countries.

The IBM Shanghai research lab, located at Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Pudong New Area, will serve to help IBM attract more talent from southern China.

It will primarily focus on research fields such as cloud computing, information analytics and Web-delivered service computing and will host 100 researchers in the next couple of years.