CA-TCG venture plans new centre

CATS, the joint venture between the Computer Associates (CA) Inc and TCG Software, will come up with another development centre.

Rajeev Goswami, chief executive officer (CEO) of CATS said company would decided on the new centre within three to six months.

"We are at advance stage of finalisation. The investment in and the location for the new centre are being worked out," Goswami said.

Speaking to the media in Kolkata where the company has its only development centre, the new expansion could happen in existing location as well.

"We will also increase headcount to 800 within three years from now," he informed adding that CATS increased manpower to 350 from 200 in one year.

The company is the largest offshore development centre for CA outside the US. However, the company now would like to focus on Indian market as well.

"IT consulting business has lot of potential in India in the area where we operate. There will be lot of requirement for IT infrastructure management and security management," he pointed out.

The spate of BPO set up in India will also come as great opportunity for the company. "These units work on 24x7 schedule. It is very important for them to get the infrastructure running all the time," he noted.

IT consulting also has great opportunity for the peculiar nature of Indian market. "Companies which have already invested a lot in IT would like to integrate new IT systems with old ones," Sanjiva Shankar Dubey, director, (consulting) informed.

The initial investment made in the company was $ 5 million. It has been growing 70 per cent per annum. Most of its revenue comes from the export market, mainly the US, but domestic market is also now getting due attention.

CATS' list of clients include Petronas of Malaysia, ICBC of China, ministry of information of Singapore, UTI, HPCL, ICICI Infotech and L&T Infotech in India.