MUMBAI: LogicaCMG’s offshore operations, has inaugurated a new offshore development center and office in Bangalore, which is the company’s fifth facility in India. According to the company release, the offshore development center will house a total of 280 staff and will carry out development and support activities for LogicaCMG’s clients in the UK and the Netherlands.

LogicaCMG’s offshore operation is expanding its current workforce of 550 to more than 1,200 over the next year, and this additional facility will help support its expansion plans.

LogicaCMG Offshore Services MD, Mike Weston said, "LogicaCMG’s offshore operation is the fastest growing business in LogicaCMG worldwide. By leveraging the offshore development and delivery channel, we are able to offer our customers in the UK and Netherlands the ‘best of both worlds advantage’. We will continue to expand our facilities as we win more offshore business."

LogicaCMG’s offshore operation is the ISO 9001:2000 and TickIT accredited offshore development arm of LogicaCMG plc, providing offshore and onshore product and project development, applications management (AM) outsourcing services and business process outsourcing (BPO) services.

The company’s Bangalore development center handles the design, development, and implementation of software solutions and products, as well as supports applications management services for LogicaCMG worldwide. The development center currently houses offshore development centers for retail banking, card management, anti money-laundering, liquidity and payments management and Wireless Network products and solutions.

(CyberMedia News Service)