IBM sets up analytics solution center in Beijing

IBM yesterday launched an Analytics Solution Center in Beijing, its first in the emerging market and one of the six such facilities the "Big Blue" is planning to set up globally.

China Analytics Solution Center has been set up to "address the growing client demand in Greater China Region for advanced analytics capabilities and to help them build smarter business systems and drive improved decision-making" the company said in a statement.

The China center, which will be located at IBM's China Business Innovation Center in Beijing, will mainly focus on smarter grid, supply chain management and urban planning area in the country in its initial phases, IBM said.