EXPANSION

Mercator, CSC Set Up Center in Bangalore



Mercator, the IT division of Dubai-based Emirates Group, and Computer Sciences
Corporation, have inaugurated the dedicated development center (DDC) in

Bangalore. The opening of the DDC is part of a previously announced contract

signed between Mercator and Covansys, a company now merged with CSC India. The

new DDC will offer Mercators travel and transportation industry clients

scalable IT services including product development, applications development and

maintenance, testing services, technology consulting, and project management.

Tandberg Inaugurates R&D Facility in Bangalore



Tandberg, a leading global provider of telepresence, high-definition

videoconferencing and mobile video solutions, has announced the inauguration of

its research and development (R&D) technology center in Bangalore. The facility

is Tandbergs first R&D facility in India, and will drive the development of

innovative technology solutions in the area of video communications. The R&D

center will create new intellectual properties for Tandberg and develop

next-generation video communications solutions that will enable organizations to

increase productivity, reduce travel costs, and contribute to greener world by

reducing unnecessary business travel.

Spancos New BPO Facility in Singapore



Spanco Telesystems and Solutions has recently announced the commencement of its
BPO and back-office service operations in Singapore. Clients such as Singapore

Flyer, Formula One, and Tourism are the latest to sign up with Spanco, as it

looks onto expanding their portfolio in the BPO domain. Spanco is setting up

upto a 100-seater facility currently to cater to its existing clients and would

be inaugurating it this month. The Singapore facility would handle inbound

calls. Spanco recently acquired Great IT in Singapore for providing BPO and back

office services for Singapore Flyer, the largest observatory wheel in the world.

Xerox Rolls Out NEXT for Channel Partnership



Xerox India has launched NEXT (New Enhanced Xerox Team) channel program that

offers enhanced value proposition for the entire spectrum of Xeroxs channel and

alliance partners. The program provides a platform for Xerox to combine its

entire range of products, solutions, consumables, after sales services as one

single unified business to engage, empower and reward the channel community. The

program will focus on empowering channel partners by providing sales and

technical training, marketing and sales support that will enable the partners

and Xerox managers to jointly engage with the end customers.

Frost & Sullivan Expands Engagement with CSS



Frost & Sullivan (F&S) has expanded its outsourcing engagement with

Cybernet-SlashSupport (CSS). CSS has been engaged with F&S in consulting,

application development and maintenance and technology support work. CSS offered

F&S a best in class solution encompassing IBM technologies, which was key to its

decision to outsource the development of several applications. As part of the

expanding engagement, CSS will help F&S develop a 360-degree project feedback

module that will work with F&Ss project management application.

TCS New Center in Pune



TCS has announced the commencement of the development of its largest center, TCS
Sahyadri Park at Hinjewadi in Pune, Maharashtra. TCS Sahyadri Park will be

developed over 50 acres of land to create a capacity of 20,000 seats with the

first phase to be completed by March 2009 with 7,000 seats. The entire facility

will be completed by the end of 2010.

Wipro to Add 35,000 Seats



Wipro Technologies has announced the expansion of its operation in Chennai. The
company is setting up an 80-acre facility in Sholinganallur-ELCOT SEZ and it has

additionally invested in a 90-acre facility in Mahindra city SEZ. The

Sholinganallur-ELCOT Special Economic Zone (SEZ), being set up to accommodate

35,000 seats, is already operational.

Perot Extends Contract



Perot Systems and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care have extended their IT and

business process services contract through 2021. Under the new 13-year contract

worth $1 bn, Harvard Pilgrim will realize approximately $150 mn of

administrative cost savings over the life of the agreement. Perot Systems will

operate and support Harvard Pilgrims information technology infrastructure,

business applications, and administrative business operations.

McAfees New Unit



McAfee recently announced the launch of a new business unit, Risk and

Compliance Business unit, focused on IT governance, risk and compliance. The new

unit will focus on driving innovation and extending McAfees lead in security

risk management. George Kurtz, senior VP and general manager at McAfee, will

head the newly-formed unit.