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CHENNAI, MAY 13:
The $21 billion Electronic Data Systems (EDS) plans to
ramp up its employee strength in India to 4,000 from 2,000 at
present over the next one year. The majority of the company’s
expansion will happen out of its Chennai and Pune centres.
“We are ramping up our headcount because India is a critical
component of EDS new global delivery model which is aimed at
further consolidating our application delivery business,”
Iain Blacklaw, vice-president, service delivery, Asia
Pacific, EDS, told reporters here on Friday.
EDS India Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EDS, plans to set
up three new centres, two in Chennai and one in Pune. The
company at present has seven centres in India across Chennai,
Pune, Gurgaon and Mumbai.
The company’s service offerings from India include back
office processing, infrastructure technology operations and
application delivery. India’s operations currently supports
three verticals including telecom, financial services and
manufacturing. The company is now adding retail industry
segment to its industry portfolio offerings.
“Back office processing and application delivery accounts for
around 80% of our offerings. We expect the application
delivery business to grow along with our back office
business,” said, Abhay Gupte, managing director, EDS (India)
Ltd. The company is also investing in additional technology
capabilities with strong focus in the areas of SAP and .Net.
EDS posted a global revenue of $20.7 billion for 2004 and
from its Asia Pacific operations, it had a revenue of around
$1.2 billion.
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