IBM Japan Signs 9 Year Strategic Outsourcing Contract With Chugoku Bank

TOKYO, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a
nine-year strategic outsourcing agreement with Chugoku Bank, a major Japanese
regional bank.

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As part of the agreement, IBM will manage operations and maintenance of
Chugoku Bank's information technology (IT) systems, including host computer
and servers. A primary goal of the IT services provided by IBM is to enable
the bank to enhance client experiences with secure and stable services for
customers. At the same time, IBM will optimize business efficiencies for
Chugoku Bank by stabilizing and streamlining the IT systems and reducing IT
costs for the bank.

IBM was selected by Chugoku Bank as its outsourcing partner based on rich
experiences and achievements in operation and maintenance of information
systems. IBM will introduce best practices and enhance governance of Chugoku
Bank based on its broad experiences in operating and managing business
processes and information systems.

The contract was signed in October 2009.

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Kazuhiro Kaneko Tara Sucato
IBM External Communications (Japan) IBM Media Relations (U.S.)
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Kazuhiro Kaneko, IBM External Communications (Japan), +03-3808-4770,
kazk@jp.ibm.com; Tara Sucato, IBM Media Relations (U.S.), +1-917-472-3701,
tjsucato@us.ibm.com