New firm to push IBM middleware in Sri Lanka and Maldives

Midware Technologies, a Sri Lanka IT firm has been appointed a distributor of IBM Software group to drum up business in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, the company said.

Midware Technologies will distribute Lotus, Tivoli, Information Management, Rational and WebSphere, brands from IBM.

"The company will actively engage in brand building and product awareness campaigns in both countries," Midware Technologies director Romeish De Mel, said in a statement.

"Sri Lanka represents a large market opportunity in the South East Asian region.

"Although we do not have a direct presence in the Maldives, we will work through our Business Partners there, with support provided from Colombo," he said.

Midware Technologies will work through its diverse business partner channels thus enabling their technical teams to provide strong support and bring more value to their business.”

"Midware team comes with deep expertise in the Sri Lanka and Maldives markets," IBM South Asia's vice president for channels Anil Menon said.

IBM Software Group offers middleware for all types of computing platforms, the company said. It has software for transaction processing, messaging, data management. Midware was incorporated early this year, to focus on IBM software, the company said.

Source: www.lankabusinessonline.com