Chennai, Tuesday July 15, 2008

GDC to Tap the Manufacturing Sector and Augment SYSTIME's Services to Global Customers

SYSTIME, a CMS group company and one of the largest JD Edwards practices worldwide, has announced the launch of its state-of-the-art Global Delivery Centre (GDC) in Chennai today. SYSTIME already has operations in Chennai for many years. The launch of the GDC is a formal extension of the Regional Business, enabling SYSTIME to serve its global customers better. The Global Delivery Centre (GDC) is located at Teynampet in Chennai.

In line with its expansion in the global landscape with ambitious growth plans, SYSTIME has set-up this GDC in Chennai for offshore development projects. SYSTIME currently has a GDC in Navi Mumbai with over 750 employees and one in Pune with a capacity of over 200 seats. The Global Delivery Centre in Chennai will start with a seating capacity of 75 seats and is slated to grow exponentially in the near future as SYSTIME expands.

The availability of a large talent pool makes Chennai an attractive IT destination. To augment the quality of its operations, the Chennai GDC has state-of-the-art equipment. Excellent public transport facilities in Chennai facilitate flexible working hours. Being located in the centre of the city, the GDC is easy to reach from all parts of the city.

"Chennai has always been on our radar with its excellent and vast talent pool besides its proximity to our customers in South India. This new office will help us enlarge our local base. We are expanding both our local business within South India as well as serving more of our global clients through this GDC," says Vishal Grover, President & CEO, SYSTIME.

The SYSTIME GDC in Chennai will handle the increasing market demand for varied technologies, spanning all practices of SYSTIME. Currently, the GDC is focusing on JD Edwards practice. There are plans to offer solutions in a phased manner in domains such as Business Intelligence, Products and Technology and Infrastructure Management Services.

"We are excited to witness the growth in size and scale of our operations with the Global Delivery Centre. In line with our growth plans and new service lines, we have started the GDC in Chennai, which has a large manufacturing base with huge potential for us to tap", says Tushar Mehta, Vice President - Global Delivery, SYSTIME.

"We value SYSTIME's contribution as a partner who has been actively involved in implementing innovative Oracle solutions for mid-size organizations in the manufacturing sector." says Nitin Paranjape, Director - Applications Sales, Oracle India.

Media Contact:

Swati Varma
SYSTIME Computer Systems Ltd.
+91 (22) 2778 3100 extn. 5422
svarma@SYSTIME.net