Recently IBM announced that a dozen key India-based solution providers will incorporate IBM's self-managing autonomic technology into their software and solutions. By working with IBM, these companies can deliver software that can radically automate and simplify IT management and underlying systems, while reducing costs for their customers.

The India-based solution providers will build IBM self-managing technology into their offerings over the next six months as part of IBM's global Autonomic Computing Business Partner initiative. As the first Indian solution providers to adopt IBM's autonomic technology, this signals a new era of computing in India, where other technology firms are turning to IBM to help develop systems with built-in intelligence to reduce IT complexity for customers. IBM estimates that autonomic technologies can reduce IT administration costs by up to 40 percent and increase IT utilization by up to 25 percent.

"Autonomic computing has risen to the top of the IT agenda for businesses in India," said Mr. R. Dhamodaran, vice president for ISV and Developer Relations, IBM India.

The solution providers to join the IBM Autonomic Computing Business Partner initiative today include:

-- Adrenalin eSystems Ltd.-- Aunwesha Knowledge Technologies Pvt. Ltd. -- Bahwan CyberTek Pvt. Ltd.-- CashTech Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. -- Infosys Technologies Ltd.-- Karishma Software Ltd. -- MicroGenesis Techsoft (P) Ltd.-- Pre-emptive Systems (P) Ltd. -- Radiant Infosystems Pvt. Ltd. -- Silicon Plains (formerly Automated WorkFlow Group) -- SOBIS Software (India) Pvt. Ltd.-- Zen Exim Pvt. Ltd.

Bangalore-based independent software vendor, Silicon Plains (formerly Automated WorkFlow Group) is already delivering their business process management product to customers and is now aligning these products toward autonomic technology.

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Prashanth Rai