Bangalore, Dec 14 (IANS) US-based networking products firm Juniper Networks Tuesday announced plans to expand its research and development (R&D) operations in Bangalore for a key role in its global product development.
‘We plan to add 750 more seats to our India excellence centre at a new site in Bangalore over the next two years to ramp-up our engineering talent pool and serve customers worldwide better,’ Juniper managing director Sridhar Sarathy said in a statement.
The Indian subsidiary of the $3-billion IT major has 1,800 employees and 300 development partners.
‘The proposed expansion is in line with our commitment to enhance our expertise in the Indian sub-continent, which is not only a major source of talent, but also a rapidly growing market for us,’ Sarathy said.
The India centre develops hardware and software for Juniper’s suite of networking products such as routers and conducts test engineering, field trials, programme management, quality assurance, technical documentation and product line management.
‘The centre also provides global customer support to all our products and operates a finance shared services centre, which delivers functions to Juniper Finance organisations the world over,’ Sarathy added.
Juniper is upbeat on business growth in India, as push towards high-performance networking is driving demand for robust security and networking equipment in enterprises and leading service providers.
