Infosys opens innovation centre in North Carolina
The country’s second-largest information technology (IT) services company Infosys has opened a new technology and innovation hub at Raleigh in North Carolina, US, as part of its effort to boost innovation in this key market.
The Bengaluru-based company said it had also hired 4,700 local Americans since March 2017, including nearly 500 in North Carolina as part of its efforts to hire 10,000 locals in the country.
The IT firm had launched its first innovation centre in Indianapolis in March this year, of its plan to set up four such centres in the US market.
According to Infosys, the North Carolina centre will help the firm to work more closely with clients to develop crossfunctional solutions in areas such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, Big Data, and cloud solutions, among others. The hub will also be used for training, upskilling, and reskilling of employees.
“The inauguration of our Raleigh technology and innovation hub empowers our North Carolina employees by providing them with pioneering technology training that will help American industries revitalise their core businesses,” said Salil Parekh, CEO & MD, Infosys. “Supported by academic institutions in North Carolina and around the country, the hub allows us to colocate, co-innovate, and cocreate alongside our clients.”
Infosys has partnered North Carolina State University and Community College System among others, which is likely to help the firm to source talent.
In May 2017, the IT services major had announced to open four technology and innovation hubs across the US, which would help it to work on new digital technologies, apart from skilling its employees.
Apart from Indianapolis and North Carolina hubs, the IT major has plans to open such centres in Providence in Rhode Island and Hartford in Connecticut. The firm draws 60 per cent of its total revenue from the North American region. Indian IT firms have ramped up their local hiring plans after the new US Administration headed by President Donald Trump imposed strict H1B visa restrictions in the recent years.