NEC Technologies India sets up Open Source Software (OSS) Technology Centre in India
The OSS Technology Centre aims to strengthen the organizational structure for supporting global enterprises in building systems based on OSS, to reinforce collaboration with international OSS vendors and to provide rapid technical support to users who construct systems operated globally using OSS
NEC Technologies India Private Limited (NTI) and its Japan-based parent NEC Corporation has announced to jointly set up an Open Source Software (OSS) centre in India to provide technical support for OSS used in various businesses in domestic market as well as to clients globally.
“NEC and NTI will leverage the newly established OSS Technology Centre to provide rapid support to users carrying out construction of OSS-based systems on a global scale,” said Nobuhiko Kishinoue, General Manager of Cloud Platform Division, NEC Corporation.
He also told that the intention of Noida-based OSS centre is expand business globally from India and expand OSS activities at global level. Kishinoue said that owing to the fact that India is talent pool of OSS engineer, the country is key market for the company.
The centre with approximately 50 staff based out of NTI, consists of experienced OSS engineers who are well-versed in OSS solution architecture, as well as essential software development and support capabilities.
NEC Technologies India is targetting 66 per cent growth in revenue to USD 90 million in three years led by offshore support centres and plans to hire 1,000 engineers to support growth.
The OSS Technology Centre aims to strengthen the organizational structure for supporting global enterprises in building systems based on OSS, to reinforce collaboration with international OSS vendors and to provide rapid technical support to users who construct systems operated globally using OSS.
Moreover, the joint innitiative will actively carry out development of new network functions related to Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and application platform functions, such as container and Platform as a Service (PaaS), all of which is part of the OSS Technology Centre’s OpenStack-based development activities, in addition to its contributions to making source codes openly available by providing them to the OSS community.
In recent years, the need for enterprises to capitalize on OSS, particularly OpenStack, in cloud computing, big data computing and SDN/NFV, has become increasingly pronounced. Also, in terms of next-generation ICT technologies, there are heightened expectations towards OSS applications in areas related to Systems of Engagement (SoE) and the Internet of Things (IoT).
