Cisco to tap Sri Lanka’s IT potential

By Sanjeevi Jayasuriya

In a bid to penetrate the untapped potential in the Sri Lanka’s information technology industry, Cisco Systems Inc., the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, has expanded its operations strengthening its workforce.

"We recruited more staff bringing the number to eight members to enable us to facilitate the future growth of the company operation, thenewly appointed Country Manager of Sri Lanka, Rajkumar Natarajan, said.

Cisco Systems, which recorded 28.5 million dollar revenue for the last year, is considered as one of the top 15 most valuable companies globally.

The South Asian region has emerged as a growth engine in IT sector, and Sri Lanka has been a significant contributor. The company invested substantially in our operations as we see immense potential in this country, he said. "We intend increasing the usage by widening the penetration", he added.

"There has been a remarkable growth in the service provider, banking and small medium business in the recent past. The key reason for this growth can be attributed to global ambition. We consider it is important to enhance our presence to effectively tap and manage our business", Cisco’s Senior Vice President Enterprise, Jangoo Dalal said.

"Our key areas of attention would be the customer satisfaction, adoption of technology in the country and developing partner skills", he said. "In this phase of unprecedented growth of local IT industry Cisco’s endeavour is to enable customers to make prudent decisions on IT infrastructure investment to achieve productivity gains, cost reductions and global competitive advantage by offering state of the art networking solutions. We look forward to a fruitful venture catering to the growing customer base", he said.

Cisco Systems has been in operation for the past 22 years and has added over 18 partners in the process. -The Island