BANGALORE: Global supplier of network security and availability solutions,
Network Associates Inc., (NAI) is setting up its fourth development center in
Bangalore, India. The company is planning to make this its largest development
center in the world by next year.
In terms of investment, Network Associates, would pump in five million
dollars in the first year of its operations and scale it up to $ 10 million by
next year. The company plans to recruit about 100 professionals by the end of
the current calendar year and increase up to 200 professionals next year.
Announcing the launch of its first Asia Pacific development center in
Bangalore, Network Associates president, Gene Hodges said, "The development
center is part of the global strategy. India is a very important destination and
NAI is committed to developing in this market. Asia is one of the fastest
growing markets for such solutions and Bangalore was chosen amongst six cities
in Asia for its talent pool, infrastructure and facilities."
The development center in Bangalore will be engaged in development of NAI’s
McAfee and Sniffer product lines. NAI’s other development center in the world
are, two in USA and one in UK. Amsterdam and Beijing centers cater to the
localization of language needs in Europe and Asia.
"Most of the investment will be on people and equipment. When we are
developing anti virus products, we need to hole up a lot of virus and test it
extensively making loop-hole free. So a lot of investment will be on high end
equipments," added Hodges.