CISCO

[VelMurugan]

CISCO

The networking giant too is making rapid strides in the Indian market. It claims that the company came to India not just because of cost arbitrage, but more for innovation, growth and talent.

The company which witnessed the exit of a series of top managers in 2006-07, saw some stability at the top last year. The company's total India sales stood at Rs 5370 crore, with 35 per cent coming from Switches.

The company also witnessed high growth in the areas of unified communications and network storage. Earlier this year, Cisco India restructured its India operations on the lines of a technology services company. The company said that the change reflects Cisco's evolution from being mainly an equipment vendor to a combined product-service solutions provider.

The restructuring is also expected to create more jobs and create further leadership positions. The company plans to take its headcount to 10,000 in the next five years. Cisco's new globalisation centre east campus has largest campus data centre outside US.

The R&D operation of Cisco India currently has around 5,000 people including its India technology partners like Wipro. It also formed joint go-to-market alliances with Wipro and Satyam Computers with the potential generating substantial revenues in the areas of networking and healthcare

Source : IndiaTimes