Symantec increases Head Count !
SYMANTEC India, which recently set up its second centre in India at Chennai, is planning to touch a headcount of 3,500 in the next 2-3 years. Currently, the company has 2,200 people in its Pune centre. Symantec India is also preparing to launch two new products this year, one of which was completely developed in the country. Anil Chakravarthy, head-R&D, Symantec India said, “We are looking to grow our headcount to 1,000 people in its Chennai centre. These will be in R&D, tech support and IT services.” Symantec India which also has a research lab in Pune, currently accounts for 36% of the company’s global R&D workforce.The company has been working with Symantec’s other R&D centres, especially in the US, to develop new products. In a phenomenon which is just starting off, the Pune centre has been working on version 1.0 products, which means that the entire product has been conceived, designed, developed, tested and launched in India. Some of these have been in Storage Foundation, Server Management, NetBackup, Enterprise Vault and Control Compliance Suite. “This year, we will be launching two products -data leakage prevention tool and web security product,” he said. The data leakage prevention tool, developed completely in India, helps companies prevent people from taking out confidential information.
