Date:04/11/2004 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/11/04/stories/2004110401430500.htm

Back Satyam eyes Europe biz from Budapest centre

Our Bureau

Hyderabad , Nov. 3

SATYAM Computer has announced the opening of its global development centre and office in Budapest, Hungary targeting near shore services and plans to recruit locally to meet requirements.

The Satyam Hungary Development Centre (SHDC) is located on a 6,000 sq ft facility within the InfoPark campus in Budapest and can initially house up to 60 IT professionals with the option of recruiting several hundred more. This centre is equipped with secure high speed connectivity to its client hosts as well as with the other 19 development centres that Satyam operates across the globe.

Mr Kalman Kovacs, the Hungarian IT Minister, and Mr Manbir Singh, the Indian Ambassador to Hungary, joined Mr Ramalinga Raju, Chairman of Satyam, to celebrate the launch of this new centre.