Intoto opens design & development center in Chennai

By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 19:30 IST
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CHENNAI: Intoto Inc, a leading provider of integrated security, wireless and voice software platforms to networking equipment manufacturers, today announced the opening of its second development facility in India at Chennai. The development center in Chennai will enable Intoto to supplement its efforts at its Hyderabad center in creating world-class, next-generation integrated software platform products for security, wireless and voice applications. The new development center is part of Intoto Inc.’s previously announced USD 15 million investment plans in India. The facility will house networking and communication engineers who will be engaged in design and development of products and provide engineering support & services to Intoto’s growing list of worldwide customers and partners. The additional resources will help Intoto increase its leadership position in the market. Intoto will target to employ 20 engineers initially and thereafter further expand its talent pool in Chennai facility. "We chose to locate our second engineering facility in Chennai because there is an available pool of talented engineers with technical skills required for our product development," said Mr. S N Murthy, President & COO of Intoto India. “The city has been witnessing a tremendous growth curve in IT sector and the people in the state have been quite upbeat on this sector. The Chennai center is part of Intoto's aggressive growth plans to build centers of excellence in India to meet the organizational goals.” Intoto currently operates a research and development facility in Hyderabad employing 135 engineers. The company, recently secured USD 11 million funding by a VC, AsiaTech Management, and a corporate partner which is a leading network security appliance vendor. The Chennai center is Intoto’s second development facility in India