• Investment World
• eWorld
• Brand Line
• Mentor
• Life
• Canvas
• Praxis
• Urban Pulse
• Brand Quest
• The New Manager

Stocks

• Quotes
• SE Diary
• Scoreboard
• Open-End Mutual Fund

Cross Currency

• Rates
  
  

Shipping

• Ports
  
  

Archives

• Yesterday
• Datewise
• Resources
• In Focus
• In Depth

Group Sites

• The Hindu
• The Hindu ePaper
• Business Line
• Business Line ePaper
• Sportstar
• Frontline
• The Hindu eBooks
• The Hindu Images

Our Bureau

Bangalore, Dec. 13

Supervalu Inc, the 130-year-old US grocery chain, is setting up its IT operations in Bangalore as part of its ongoing work to support its strategic initiatives. The company is investing $50 million over five years in Supervalu Services India, said Mr Paul Singer, Chief Information Officer.

"We plan to have a 300-people team in Bangalore over 12-18 months, with skills in Java and other technologies to develop new applications," Mr Singer said.

Supervalu is keen on leveraging skill sets available in Bangalore in areas of retail and business intelligence, he said.

The Bangalore team would be in addition to its existing IT team of over 1,800 associates spread across three locations in the US and a team of some 800 contractors.

Supervalu has been working with vendors in India such as TCS, Infosys, Wipro and IBM, and "will continue to work with them despite having a direct presence," he said.

Supervalu expects the first application to be completely developed from its Bangalore centre in the first half of 2007.

More Stories on : Off-shore Development | Retailing

Article E-Mail :: Comment :: Syndication :: Printer Friendly Page

Stories in this Section
Tata Indicom pre-paid offer

Copyright © 2006, The Hindu Business Line. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line