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IBM opens hub for SOA component growth

BANGALORE, India -- IBM has set up a global hub here for creating and managing replicable software components based on a service-oriented architecture.

The Bangalore operation, called the Global Business Solutions Center, opened last month to oversee the creation of SOA-based components across 17 industries.

Matt Porta, head of the global business solution program for IBM Business Consulting Services, said the company plans to spend $200 million a year to develop and manage the components. Previously, the building of replicable components was overseen from several IBM locations worldwide, Porta said. "We decided that if we were going to get serious, we needed a global hub to manage all this," he said.