IBMs GDC in Pune
IBM has announced the inauguration of its new global delivery center (GDC) in Pune, located in Hinjewadi IT Park. GDC will provide business consulting and application services. The center, spread over 180,000 sq ft, can house 2,000 employees. IBM also announced a new global delivery center in Cairo to provide consulting and application services, with a focus on embedded systems development.

LTSC in Pune by IBM
IBM also announced a new language translation services center (LTSC) in the Pune facility to address increasing demand from clients in Europe for non-English language skills. LTSC will offer a full scope of quality language translation services for clients and professionals at other IBM global delivery centers.

Tenth RPG Store in Blore
RPG Cellucom has opened its new store in Bangalore, taking the total number of stores in the city to ten. Nationally, the chain now has 180 stores. The stores in Bangalore offer mobility products from leading brands like Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, HP/Compaq, etc.

Sapient Expands I-Biz
Sapient has announced that it has expanded its award-winning Interactive business with a strategic group hire that brings cutting-edge marketing, development, and design talent to its team. The companys decision was driven by the rapidly increasing client demand for Sapients unique breadth of interactive marketing services, said a company release. The group hire comprises primarily producers, art directors, sound designers, and video editors from iChameleon, Florida.

Broadridge to Enter India
Broadridge, whose client list includes large investment banks, will enter the Indian market when its customers set up Indian operations. The company has services in the segments of investor communication solutions, securities processing solutions, and clearing and outsourcing solutions. A service that the company is keen to introduce in India is the electronic proxy voting for corporate decision-making.

Accent Expands in NA
Accent SA has announced the opening of its North America operations, with new office locations in the Silicon Valley and at Ottawa in Canada. Also, Graeme Finlayson has joined Accents executive team as the new VP of WW Sales, said a company release.

Adea Reaces Out to M-East
Dallas-based Adea Technologies plans to increase focus on China and expand its operations to the Middle East market. The company is also planning to hire over 200 employees in Hyderabad. Adea had set up its China unit in the last quarter and is looking to set up a center in the Middle East. It recently launched its Ocelli solution. Powered with Google search, it is the first SAP product that enables businesses to search and report SAP data in a simple framework.

USTS New Unit in Chennai
UST Global has announced the opening of its new development center in Chennai. The new 43,500 sq ft facility will enhance the software development operations of UST Global in Chennai. The $12-mn facility now accommodate 900 employees and is slated to increase by 1,500 IT professionals in future.

Agile Labs Plans to Spread its Wings
Agile Labs plans to expand its footprints beyond the domestic market with Axpert, its patent pending SOA-based solution. Starting from Q3 of this financial year the company plans to expand beyond the domestic market, according to Raghunathan Perumal, CEO and director of Agile Labs. We are looking at partners in the US, UK, the Middle-East, Australia and Apac region, said Perumal.

Intense Takes SaaS Route
As we are not a very large products company we have gone through the cycle of proving our credentials and we will scale the business through the selling our products through the SaaS route, said CK Shastri, MD, Intense Technologies. Our products do not figure as the standard software that companies have budgeted for. Hence, to cater to these customers we will use the managed services route. It makes a lot of business sense, added Shastri. The managed services will be targeted at enterprise and medium sized organizations. Intense will focus on the banking domain.

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