Representatives from IBM have met Uzbekistan's acting minister for development of information technologies and communications, Sherzod Shermatov, to discuss a potential partnership to cooperate on the creation of “smart cities”. The meeting took place in Tashkent at the invitation of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev, who is also chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
Representatives from IBM have met Uzbekistan's acting minister for development of information technologies and communications, Sherzod Shermatov, to discuss a potential partnership to cooperate on the creation of “smart cities”. The two sides discussed expanding further collaboration in introducing modern innovative technologies in Uzbekistan, with the priority areas of cooperation being smart city technology, training highly qualified IT specialists, developing software products, cloud technologies and supporting and financing start-ups.