IBM helps Religare to 'go green' in a $3.1 million agreement

Bengaluru: IBM announced that it is deploying three energy-efficient
and green Scalable Modular Data Centers (SMDCs) in a $3.1 million IT
infrastructure services agreement with Religare Enterprises.

IBM is designing, building and will be maintaining highly scalable, modular
and energy-efficient green data centers in Delhi, Noida and Mumbai for Religare.
In addition, IBM will put in place the networking infrastructure and a disaster
recovery solution for the company. The solution implemented by IBM will help REL
reduce annual power costs by 30-35 percent. IBM's SMDC design leveraging high
density computing and air-conditioning ensures a saving of more than 3600 units
per day in power consumption as compared to an 8,000 sq ft conventional data
center.

"We are confident that our partnership with IBM will provide us with a
distinct competitive edge in the market," said Shachindra Nath, Group COO,
Religare Enterprises. "IBM engaged with us from the very beginning to understand
our critical business needs and design appropriate solutions. IBM's unmatched
expertise to design and build a globally benchmarked, standardized, scalable and
energy-efficient facility will certainly support our dynamic growth plans
effectively."

Nipun Mehrotra, VP and GM-Global Technology Services, IBM India and
South-Asia said, "In these economically difficult times, companies across the
board want solutions that can help them achieve greater operational efficiency
and save costs. Religare's choice of IBM as a preferred IT infrastructure
services partner re-affirms our undisputed leadership in the green data center
space and commitment to help clients 'Do more with Less'. IBM's consultative
approach helped Religare with the process of design finalization & product
selection, and ensured the final solution was miles ahead of those offered by
the other large competitors in India."

The data center solution deployed by IBM would support all of REL's current
applications as well many others that are scheduled for future roll-out.