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Spreading their Reach

ST Team
Friday, December 29, 2006
ST Team

Zmanda Software to hire 60 people
Zmanda—a software provider in open source backup and recovery, plans to hire 60 people in the next two years for its development center in Pune, which currently employs 12 people. “The majority of our investment in engineering resources will be done in Pune and we expect this center to become Zmanda’s development backbone,” said Chander Kant, CEO of California-based Zmanda.

“Pune, with its focus on open source, and thriving storage software ecosystem and talented workforce, is an ideal place for Zmanda to set up its product development organization,” he informed. Industry watchers were pleased with Zmanda’s latest move. “With enterprise- class products from Zmanda rolling out of Pune, the open source community and businesses will benefit to a great extent,” said Sudhanwa Jogalekar, secretary of the Pune Linux Users Group.

Cellebrum plans to double its headcount
Telecom value added services (VAS) solutions provider Cellebrum announced an investment by Lehman Brothers in the company. The company has close to 200 employees in India currently and is now planning to double its headcount in a few months. It recently set up shop in Chennai to focus on regional content in its efforts to tap the South Indian market. The fund will also be used for the incubation of next generation VAS services and platforms.

Cellebrum marketing head, Savinder Sarna informed that the company has plans to acquire firms in the content space, especially mobile gaming companies. It has already initiated aggressive plans to offer its services through major mobile service providers in the country. Cellebrum provides services to a host of telecom service providers like Idea, Reliance, Spice, Bharti, Hutch, BSNL, and MTNL.

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