IBM has expanded its Second Life Business Center for India, increasing staff not only in that region, but in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea. It's also added dedicated pavilions for China and Japan in Second Life. According to IT News Online, IBM says it's aiming to offer more multi-language support across the world.

The new staff will begin working with the existing Second Life staff from North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia, who, according to IT News Online, have been working there since earlier this year. When we recently spoke to IBM's Grady Booch about the Bluegrass project and the company's virtual worlds activities, he highlighted how uniting global teams was a primary goal of IBM's Second Life presence.

India and South Asia VP Sanhjiv R. Pande commented on the expansion, "IBM India's presence in the Business Center in Second Life is part of bringing us closer to our customers. Clients are increasingly looking for convenient ways of interacting with their suppliers. We have always been accessible through our traditional Web engines with solutions that allow customers to interact and transact with IBM over the Web. We are now taking this accessibility to the next level."

[Via IT News Online]