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CSC bullish on global infrastructure services

V.Rishi Kumar

To hire 2,000 more across India delivery centres


"If there is any constraint for our growth, this would only be the ability to induct people to keep pace with what the business demands," says Mr Riskcs, President of Global Infrastructure Services, CSC.

Hyderabad , May 3

The $14.6-billion Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is bullish on its global infrastructure management services, and is seeking to expand rapidly in India adding over 2,000 people spread across three delivery centres.

The company employs over 22,000 people in the infrastructure service areas globally and this practice contributes to about $4 billion in its overall revenues, reflecting a fourth of its business globally.

On a visit to its global development centre in Hyderabad, the President of Global Infrastructure Services, CSC, Mr Richard C. Ricks, said GIS has emerged as one of the fastest growing areas for CSC globally, and "we are seen as leaders in this space." The momentum for these services is such that increasingly Government, banking and financial services, telecom and manufacturing are taking to outsourced managed services, where a lot of consultancy work is involved.

Mr Ricks told Business Line that this could have potentially grown much faster, but since a lot of work involves engagement with the Federal Government in the US, and covers other such areas as aerospace and defence, most of it is handled at the US and UK operations.

"The nature and scope of business transformational services has increased over the period. Within three years, we have grown to over 1,500 people in India in GIS and now expect to induct about 2,000 in Hyderabad, Chennai, and Noida centres by March 2007, and possibly double that headcount in couple of years," Mr. Ricks said.

Market potential

A lot of work is complemented by the global delivery model, which seeks to leverage strengths from various delivery centres seamlessly. Large customers such as Motorola, DuPont and Maybank, are serviced out of India. And over a period, the region and India, in particular, could potentially emerge as a big market. "If there is any constraint for our growth, this would only be the ability to induct people to keep pace with what the business demands," he said.

Referring to the CSC India operations, the President and CEO of CSC India, Mr Tom Kenyon, said the company was rapidly expanding in India and the headcount is likely to go up from about 5,000 people now to about 9,000 by March 2007.

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