IBM has launched a new Autonomic Computing Technology Centre in Bangalore, India to address the demand from India-based business partners and customers for technology and systems that are self-managing.

An extension of the India Software Laboratory, the new centre is dedicated to advancing IBM's global Autonomic Computing initiative, which has worked for the past five years to reduce complexity by automating processes and building intelligence into IT systems.

The centre works closely with IBM's worldwide Software Development Laboratories, to provide worldwide autonomic solutions. The Autonomic Computing Technology Centre in India will also work closely with the IBM India Research Laboratory, which conducts advanced autonomic research.

"Self-managing autonomic technologies are needed by clients in many industries across the globe but it's particularly relevant for Indian, ASEAN and Asia Pacific companies that are experiencing rapid growth," said Harish Grama, vice president, India Software Laboratory. "The new Autonomic Computing Centre in Bangalore further expands IBM's research and development presence in India and improves our ability to meet local customer and partner needs."

The Autonomic Computing Technology Centre in India joins an existing centre that IBM opened in the Yamato Software Development Laboratory, in Japan in July 2005.