Japan's Hitachi to set up outsourcing bases in India - report

TOKYO - Hitachi Ltd will open outsourcing offices in India to provide software development and systems maintenance services for corporate clients, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, quoting company sources. The company, a major manufacturer of electrical machinery, will tie up with Satyam, an IT business based in the south central Indian city of Secunderabad, and Intelligroup, an Indian-owned US company, the report said. It will open offices in Bangalore and Hyderabad, where the Indian partners operate, with a combined staff of 200, hoping to expand to 1,000 employees in two years. The Indian bases will mainly target Japanese companies operating in the US and Europe, the paper said. In addition to developing software, they will send engineers to clients to provide systems maintenance and other services, it said. To know more about this offshoreoutsourcing visit:http://www.offshoreoutsourcingworld.com