Infosys Technologies, the second largest software company in the country, is opening a delivery centre in Brazil as part of its policy to focus on emerging geographies, including Latin America. The centre will initially have 50-100 people, mostly those hired locally, and will be operational “any time now,” S Gopalakrishnan, CEO of the Bangalore-headquartered company told Business Standard.
“We are waiting for the final approval from the Brazilian government, and expect the centre in Brazil to be operational any time now. The centre will primarily help us support Brazilian and South American customers,” Gopalakrishnan said.
Brazil holds an important place in Infosys’ overall strategy for the Americas. The company has bagged a few anchor customers in the country who are primarily asking for local delivery capabilities. Though the local IT outsourcing market in Brazil is comparatively slow, sectors like energy and utilities, financial services, retail and manufacturing promise a lot of opportunities for the Indian IT outsourcing services providers.
Gopalakrishnan said that the company had been consciously looking at expanding its presence in the emerging markets including West Asia, India, South and Latin America. This is the reason why the company has not slowed its investments even during the slowdown.
Infosys already has a development centre in Mexico which employs about 250 people.
