“Cisco has been focusing on bringing a lot more technology solutions for customers to address various areas like security, disaster recovery, mobility and infrastructure,” said Ashok, senior vice president, ITS, Cisco Systems, India & SAARC. According to the company sources, Cisco which has recently hived off India into a separate region, a status previously reserved for China.

“We are soon going to have more executive briefing centres, rapid fulfillment depots, stock depots and customer engagement centres in India,” B Ashok, country manager - ITS, Cisco Systems India told Business Standard on the sidelines of the Cisco ITS Summit 2006. The company is also ramping up its India operations in a big way. It is investing $50 million in setting up a new campus in Bangalore, which will be ready by June 2007.

This is in addition to the company’s global development centre in the city, which is one of the largest outside USA. The company is also going to increase its headcount in India from the present 1,400 to 3,000 in the next three years, according to company’s sources.

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