Persistent Systems has come together with IBM, to set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for IBM Rational products. The CoE will help Persistent to build a virtual community of developers, support teams and service personnel who specialise in supporting IBM products to share ideas, solutions and resources.

Dr. Srikanth Sundararajan said that “The CoE is a step forward to deliver innovative new solutions to our customers and prospects; Persistent is very excited by the synergy arising from this partnership, which delivers a compelling value proposition to Persistent customers. This initiative is a completely new way of organising our infrastructure and our goal is to equip and benefit our employees to develop world class products."

According to Sriram Rajan – Vice President, IBM Software Group, IBM India Pvt. Ltd., "IBM has continuously partnered with the ecosystem to help them capitalise on the growing opportunity and ensure that they have the range and depth of skills to achieve their objectives. This centre of excellence is just another example of how two companies can come together to help organisations maximise the returns on investments and improve performance."