IBM announced new services agreements in emerging markets throughout the Asia Pacific region. These announcements indicate IBM's strategic focus on delivering technology and services to emerging markets is gaining momentum. For IBM, key emerging markets are growing at more than twenty percent.

Today's announcements by IBM include:

• Bank Negara Indonesia
• Kantana
• Dai Viet Securities Corporation
• Kookmin Bank
• Guotai Junan Securities
• DBS Bank
• Temasek Polytechnic

"As part of IBM's globally integrated approach, we have been building high-value skills and capabilities in new markets for several years, and linking them with IBM's leadership resources around the world," said Mike Daniels, senior vice-president and group executive, IBM Global Technology Services. "These agreements and our recent growth in these markets speak to growing demand for IBM services to help build and manage critical infrastructure and business systems."