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An IBM cloud that will prevent floods in Chennai? India government gives thumbs up

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By Sajan C Kumar 

The Tamil Nadu government is teaming up with IBM to arm  itself with information technology tools to tackle weather-related calamities. The state, which had witnessed extreme flood situations in Chennai last year, will establish an innovative, cloud-based intelligent operations command centre to ensure it can respond better to disruptive, extreme weather events, with the help of IBM.

The IBM Intelligent Operations Center for Emergency Management will be located in Chennai, and is designed to help mitigate the devastating impact of natural disasters, including annual monsoon-related flooding. The centre, under an IBM grant programme, will use the technology company’s cloud, analytics technologies and services.

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