Announces On-Going Investment in People, Infrastructure, and
Customers
WATERLOO, Ontario, Dec. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenText™
(NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTEX), the global leader in Enterprise
Information Management (EIM), today announced that it would seek to
grow its employee base in India,
hiring computer and software engineers in both Hyderabad and Bengaluru. OpenText has also
announced the opening of a new 140,000 square foot office in
Bengaluru.
With offices in Hyderabad,
Bengaluru, Pune, Delhi, and Mumbai, OpenText has a total workforce in
excess of 2,200 employees in India
working on next generation technology across Information
Management, Business Networks, IOT, Security, and AI. OpenText
supports a range of customers including six of India's largest life science companies,
leading banking and financial services organizations, global
manufacturers, as well as telecom, utilities, and government and
public sector organizations.
With a decade of experience, OpenText's India workforce are skilled software engineers
and professional services experts, working on core product
innovations across OpenText's EIM portfolio.
"India is hugely important to
OpenText and core to the operations and success of our global
business," said Mark J. Barrenechea,
vice chairman, CEO and CTO, OpenText. "We are privileged to have
access to such a talented workforce in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and in other cities,
helping OpenText to build software that will drive the future of
digital. I am honored to be in India this week with our employees, customers,
and partners."
"The world is changing at an incredible pace, and the
opportunities for Indian businesses to grow, differentiate, and
compete have never been more dramatic than they are today,"
continued Barrenechea. "By combining enterprise information with
the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, extreme
automation, and hyper-connectivity, OpenText is helping our
customers to drive strategic business transformation by harnessing
the power of their information."
OpenText employees in India
work closely with engineers, computer scientists, product, and
professional services experts across the company's global offices
including OpenText's Headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; San Mateo, California, USA; and Munich, Germany.
Isaac Rajkumar, Managing
Director, OpenText India commented, "Across all OpenText business
units, from our core technologies of enterprise content management,
customer experience management, and business process management
(BPM) to OpenText's latest innovation in artificial intelligence,
low-code development and business networks, our engineers,
professional services, and customer support teams in India have been instrumental in the success of
OpenText and our customers."
"OpenText is recognized as a global leader in Enterprise
Information Management, and we are delighted to partner with them
not only in India, but around the
world," commented Krishnan
Ramanujam, President, business & technology services,
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). "OpenText's commitment to the
Indian market, and its impressive talent across engineering,
professional services, and customer support, will enable OpenText
and TCS to develop and deliver innovative solutions that allow our
shared customers to realize their digital ambitions."
In addition to the company's world-leading engineering and
professional services capabilities in India, OpenText has an established commercial
operation with offices in Delhi
and Mumbai. OpenText is helping
leading Indian organizations such as Wockhardt Ltd., Glenmark
Pharmaceuticals, Cipla Limited, The Tata Power Company Limited,
Tata Power-Delhi Distribution Ltd., and DHFL Pramerica to define
and drive their digital transformation strategies.
Innovative insurance provider DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance has
been working with OpenText in India on a large-scale digital transformation
project that has digitized key business processes, customer, and
partner experience and service delivery. Anoop Pabby, Managing Director & CEO of DHFL
Pramerica Life Insurance, commented, "DHFL Pramerica's close
partnership with OpenText has enabled the company to realize our
strategic ambitions and drive the process of digital transformation
across the organization. Our customers are demanding a dynamic
digital experience, and working with OpenText is key to shifting
our operations to a digital-first approach and helping DHFL
Pramerica to manage our rapid growth."
India is also home to
OpenText's Professional Services Center of Excellence, a vital
element in ensuring successful deployment of customer solutions
worldwide.
"OpenText's rapidly growing Professional Services Center of
Excellence in India employs over
500 consultants and engineers, solely focused on solving the
complex digital transformation challenges facing our customers,"
commented Manoj Nagpal, Vice
President, professional services, OpenText India. "Our rapidly
growing team provides a range of expert services that cover the
full software and services lifecycle, including project management;
consulting and implementation; managed services; custom
development and quality assurance."
About OpenText
OpenText, The Information
Company™, enables organizations to gain insight
through market leading information management solutions,
on premises or in the cloud. For more information about OpenText
(NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTEX) visit opentext.com.
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