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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider SunGard Availability Services (www.sungardas.com) announced on Tuesday that it has expanded its footprint in India with two new workplace recovery centers. The company has also named Balachander Vasireddi as general manager for India.
These announcements come more than a month after SunGard held an open house at its data center in Nashville, Tennessee.
According to the press release, the new facilities will meet the demand for high levels of resiliency for key business operations and off-shore or outsourced business processes. SunGard says it recently signed a dedicated workplace recovery contract with a “major international bank.”
A spokesperson for SunGard says the “Workplace Recovery facilities create the ability for employees to resume productivity following a disaster. SunGard offers complete Workforce Recovery resources; including space, equipment, and voice and data communications lines.”
The workplace recovery centers are located in Thane, near Mumbai, and Noida, near New Delhi, according to SunGard.
The company says both facilities were built with the option of further development.
“This expansion is as a result of direct demand from global businesses – particularly in the financial sector – for the same levels of security and resilience that they enjoy in their other territories,” Keith Tilley, managing director UK and executive vice-president Europe for SunGard Availability Services stated. “Organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the effect that major disruptions can have on their business wherever it’s located. In the current economic environment, it’s unthinkable to have large swathes of your workforce out of action as a result of a business disruption.”
According to the press release, SunGard Availability Services already has a significant presence in India with a team of 250 and support for SunGard’s business continuity management software.
Vasireddi has 25 years of experience in various customer-facing leadership roles within the IT industry in India and the US, SunGard says. Prior to SunGard, Vasireddi held positions with Sun Microsystems, Marimba and USi where he started and grew its India Operations Center to more than 600 team members over five years.
“SunGard’s unrivalled heritage for robustness and scalability, combined with our existing knowledge of the Indian business landscape – including the challenges peculiar to the competitive business process outsourcing sector – means we are well placed to deliver cost-effective availability solutions of high global standards for businesses located in India. We see this as just the initial phase of our expansion in India and are currently reviewing options for additional services as well as locations,” Tilley added.
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