The American corporation IBM unilaterally severed ties with one of the largest IT-companies in the Russian market, "Cheeks".

The partnership between the companies persisted for 20 years, writes "Kommersant".

According to the president, "Cheeks" George Gens, an agreement with IBM allows US corporations to terminate it with three months' notice. A letter signed by the Vice-President of Chad Reese come, on April 16 and now "Cheeks" has lost the status of "system integrator" and "solutions providerВ» IBM, as well as the right to provide warranty service IBM.

The reasons for the break in relations in the letter did not indicate IBM.

Gens said that only yesterday, the head of "Cheeks" notified that the gap is related to the reduction of the affiliate network.

"The changing needs of our customers require us to adapt to new conditions, which naturally causes a change in the existing relations with our partners", - he explained the situation IBM spokesman Olga Proskuryakova.