Ed Barbini, IBM spokesman declined to reveal more about the deal with the Chinese government.
IBM said it is transferred to the Chinese government some software codes to demonstrate the ability to secure excellence in its products in ways to expand the market in the most populous country in the world.
"Beijing will not accept client data or" back doors "in this transfer”, International Business Machines Corporation of China said. This is also a condition of the agreement the government signed with the Microsoft in 2003 in order to access the source code of the Windows operating system.
Sharing on cooperation with China, IBM said: "The strict terms set out in the technological transactions to ensure that no software source code is leaked, copied or modified, especially with a national scale. "
Concerned about network security issues, this year China has issued a series of security measures that require foreign technology companies linked to the government to provide their software codes to the government. This is to prevent the other party could gain unauthorized access to systems and data of China through the programs mentioned above.
By following the requirements of the Chinese government, IBM will have the opportunity to expand its business through access to foreign companies operating in China. Since then, IBM will be able to convince them to use the services of carriers instead of the other companies in this country.
The US technology firm can minimize the risk of their intellectual property stolen by granting access to the Chinese government on their platform. Thus, the government committed to the IBM seems to be favorable and less harmful.
This is the first time IBM allows the government the right to access the source code of itssoftware. It opens up the opportunity to let the software technology transactions continue to occur in the future because technology companies are very concerned about the copyright problem of theft products and their services.
Reportedly, Ed barbini, IBM spokesman declined to reveal more about the deal with the Chinese government.