"In addition to enabling Satyam to respond to our clients needs with more agility, the new center will serve as the organization's South American headquarters," leader of Satyam's initiatives in the Americas Gary Teelucksingh said.
The development centre marks the first of the several key investments Satyam is making on this continent. In fact, plans for another substantial centre in Brazil are already under way, he added.
The Satyam Latam Center is already providing services for several Brazilian, South
"Sao Paulo has a great number of skilled and highly capable information technology and business professionals who would benefit the company and our clients," Ram Mynampati, president of Satyam's commercial and health care businesses said.
The development center would provide application outsourcing and development, enterprise resource planning, software implementation, infrastructure management services and consulting, Satyam informed the BSE.
Earlier, the New York Stock Exchange-listed Satyam Computer Services had opened a 100-seat centre in Guangzhou, apart from operations in Shanghai, Beijing and Dalian.
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