The Hindu Business Line : SDG Software to step up headcount in Indian centres

SDG Software India, an offshore business and delivery centre arm of US-based SDG Corporation, is planning to scale-up headcount in India from the current 150 to over 450 by the end of next year.

"We currently have centres at Noida and Hyderabad with 125 and 20 professionals, respectively.

We see the headcount numbers crossing 450 by the end of next year. By the end of this year, we expect to surpass a headcount of 250," Mr Sriram Potti, country manager of SDG Software India, said.

He said that the company expected its recently launched facility in Hyderabad to act as a `quality assurance centre of excellence' and `business continuity planning and disaster recovery centre', going forward.

"At the end of next year, we expect the Noida centre to house 250-300 professionals with the balance located in Hyderabad facility. For the expansion, we are taking up a new building at Noida with 16,000 square feet of area," he added.

The services that SDG offers include trust identity and provisioning, e-business solution, enterprise solution and managed support services.

Besides the development operations in India, the company also has development facilities in Connecticut and Cincinnati with 75-100 professionals.

"The hiring plan for India comes on the back of an increased demand for identity management solutions.

According to estimates by Gartner, the identity management and provisioning market will touch $19 billion by late 2007. We are seeing a lot of demand in our other lines of business, as well," he said.

The company is also trying to make inroads into the Indian market, where it is currently serving MNC clients.

"The niche services that we are into require a specific level of market maturity and we are yet to see that level in India. Moreover, the sales cycle in India is long ranging anywhere between 6-12 months," he said but added that the company was in talks with a banking and a manufacturing company for its offerings.

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