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IBM will invest $100 million over the next five years into major R&D activities in an effort to advance mobile services and capabilities for businesses and consumers worldwide.

IBM is investing to create technology in its labs that bring simple, easy-to-use services to the millions of people who have bypassed using the personal computer as their primary method of accessing the Internet, and use their mobile devices for managing and conducting financial transactions, and entertainment, shopping activities.

"In today`s interconnected world, mobile device are gradually becoming ubiquitous and helping us transcend many boundaries - geographical, economic, and social, among others," said Guruduth Banavar, director of IBM Research (India) and global leader of the IBM Research mobile communication initiative.

Through this effort, IBM is aiming to drive new intelligence into the underpinnings of the mobile web to create new efficiencies in business operations and people`s daily lives. "With high penetration, simple user interface, and significant cost advantage for end users, mobile telephony holds the future of communication and exchange of information for the enterprise," said Banavar.

IBMs will focus research on emerging market mobility, mobile enterprise enablement, and enterprise end-user mobile experiences. Analytics, security, privacy, and user interface, and navigation will be concentrated on across the research effort.

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http://www.cxotoday.com/India/News/IBM_to_Invest_100_Million_in_Mobile_RD/551-10

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