Governor Jennifer M. Granholm, on behalf of the state of Michigan, and IBM (NYSE:IBM), in close partnership with Michigan State University (MSU), today announced the creation of a global delivery center for application services to be located on the MSU campus in East Lansing.

IBM inaugurated a new Global Delivery Center (GDC) in Pune to provide clients worldwide with business consulting and application services. This is IBM Global Business Services' (GBS) fourth site in Pune, and it will expand the scope of business and technology expertise already available to clients through its globally integrated network of delivery centers.