About 1 in 5 IBM Employees Now in India

Dec 14, 2007 By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- IBM Corp.'s expansion in developing countries shows no sign of relenting. The technology company revealed Friday that it now has 73,000 employees in India, almost a 40 percent leap from last year.



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