Spreading their Reach Date:   Tuesday , November 28, 2006 Agilent Technologies opens new CoE in Bangalore Agilent Technologies launched its Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis (LSCA) Center of Excellence in Bangalore. The facility will serve the company’s customers across India and will house its core platform products, including gas and liquid chromatographs. The initiative is expected to aid in technology demonstration, pre and post-sales application support, and customer education, training and sample analysis. The company has also announced an investment of $30 million to establish a state of the art campus near Haryana. “India is among the most important markets for Agilent globally, especially since it is a significant base for high-end R&D in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology,” said Nick Roelofs, Vice President and General Manager of Agilent Life Sciences Solutions. “This facility is also an extension of our strategic intent to provide world-class training and educational facilities for customers in India,” added Sanjeev Dhar, country manager, LSCA, AgilentTechnologies-India. Satyam launches new development center in Chennai IT services major, Satyam Computer Services launched a new Global Development Center in Chennai for the U.S-based firm Nissan. The 50,000-sq.ft. facility will house more than 400 employees, scalable to 750 within three years. “Satyam’s expertise and global presence will aid Nissan reach its IT objectives aligned to our business goals. This new facility is a significant step towards reaching these goals and objectives,” said Bob Greenberg, Chief Information Officer of Nissan North America. D. Subramanian, Director and Senior Vice President of Satyam’s automotive and manufacturing business informed that the company’s move represents a significant step in Satyam’s efforts to become an end-to-end solutions provider for global automotive customers. The agreement calls for Satyam to provide application management services for Nissan’s operations. In addition, it will manage Nissan’s Customer Relationship Management (Siebel) applications post deployment. IBM announces new facility in Chennai IBM India announced opening of its fourth facility in Chennai, which will provide information technology enabled services to domestic and international clients. The new facility is part of IBM India’s $6 billion investment plans spread over the next two-three years. “The center will cater to IBM’s publications management services and global delivery services,” said Stanley S. Litow, IBM Vice President for corporate community relations and President, IBM Foundation. It will have a capacity of up to 3000 workers and will be ready for operations by 2007. IBM also seeks to invest in India’s telecommunication research laboratory and Hipod lab in New Delhi where on demand solutions to clients will be provided. The Communication and Information Technology Minister Dayanidhi Maran welcomed IBM’s move and said: “The information technology industry is fuelling future growth in Tamilnadu.” US Technology Resources opens new Chennai center US Technology Resources (USTRI), provider of IT Services & Business Process Outsourcing Solutions to Fortune 500 companies opened its new facility in Chennai. C. Y. Lee, DHL Asia Pacific IT Head, inaugurated the center. The 45,000 sq. ft. facility is the forerunner to a larger facility that will shortly house 1000 IT services professionals. The opening of the USRTI Chennai center is an integral part of its business consolidation and expansion plans in the Asia–Pacific region. The infrastructure of the center is built around stringent information security standards and complemented by an aesthetic work ambience. “The Asia Pacific region is one of the fastest growing hubs of IT services growth,” said Bharath Krishnaswamy, Head, Sales–India & SE Asia, US Technology, “At US Technology, the DHL presence exemplifies the explosive business opportunities that have opened up in IT services from the Asia Pacific region. Our relationship centric model is a distinct advantage in this space.”