Founded and operating in the region since 1990, Gulf Business Machines (GBM) is the number one provider of IT solutions, leveraging industry leading technologies to drive real business results for clients. Originally established through its partnership with IBM, the companies have continued to evolve their relationship in order to meet the ever increasing demands of the ICT market. As a major driver and enabler for the advancement of society in the region, ICT is becoming the foundation upon which business is built. The increasing influence of the ‘Smart City’ ecosystem will require complex IT systems to support it, and GBM and IBM has been working closely to develop and deploy effective, related technologies over recent years. With offices and support within every country that it operates, GBM is now present in the UAE (Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah), Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, as well as in Pakistan. GBM Pakistan now operates three offices as an IBM Premier Business Partner, in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore.