Leading software developer Infosys today said it will expand operations in the Atlanta metro area and add around 200 people at in Cobb county in the US in the 2013-14 fiscal. In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE, the information technology major said that "… plans to add approximately 200 new jobs in the next fiscal at its Cumberland location in Cobb County and expects additional expansion in the metro Atlanta area over the next couple of years'.
Infosys identified Atlanta as a strategic hub of growth in America. The infrastructure and talent available in Atlanta attracted the firm to set up an on-shore operations centre to deliver business process outsourcing (BPO) services to North American clients, it added. 'It is critical for Infosys to create global hubs of talent and the Southeast is a key US region with a number of our important clients,' said Infosys BPO Vice-President and Unit Head (Enterprise Services) Gautam Thakkar.
Apart from Atlanta, the Bengaluru-based information technology firm has 19 locations across the US including a delivery centre in Des Monies (Iowa). In January Infosys, while announcing its third quarter results, said it had added 7,499 (gross) and 977 (net) employees, taking the total headcount to 1,55,629 during the October- December quarter.
Infosys identified Atlanta as a strategic hub of growth in America. The infrastructure and talent available in Atlanta attracted the firm to set up an on-shore operations centre to deliver business process outsourcing (BPO) services to North American clients, it added. 'It is critical for Infosys to create global hubs of talent and the Southeast is a key US region with a number of our important clients,' said Infosys BPO Vice-President and Unit Head (Enterprise Services) Gautam Thakkar.
Apart from Atlanta, the Bengaluru-based information technology firm has 19 locations across the US including a delivery centre in Des Monies (Iowa). In January Infosys, while announcing its third quarter results, said it had added 7,499 (gross) and 977 (net) employees, taking the total headcount to 1,55,629 during the October- December quarter.