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SiNett to leverage its chip design expertise in India

SiNett plans to leverage its design expertise in India. It is working on the unification of wireless and wired networks through a single chipset, and has worked on the unified access chip for enterprises in this regard. The unified chipset will go into products such as edge switches, WLAN switches and appliances.

Says Shiri Kadambi, President & CEO of SiNett, “Recent times have seen a huge growth of wireless in the enterprise segment, and there has also been growth of wireless clients which are catering to heavy loads on the network. We have also noticed that wired and wireless LANs have started merging into a single network with integrated wireless access.”

SiNett is primarily carrying out R&D work at its development facility in Bangalore. It plans to leverage the high-end skill set of this workforce for developing the software component that goes into the chip.

Intuit opens product development centre in Bangalore

Intuit Inc has announced the launch of its product development centre in Bangalore. The centre will be located in a state-of-the-art campus at RMZ Ecospace on Outer Ring Road. The Indian team will add to the growth of the company by leading new product initiatives and partnering with the company’s North American developers to expand existing products and services.

“India’s talent pool is world-class. We will draw on India’s rich experience in quality processes as we expand our services,” comments Nilesh Thakker, Intuit’s Country Manager in India. Adds Ranga Shetty, Director of Product Development at Intuit, “Our passion for customer-driven invention creates a lot of opportunity for expanding our product initiatives.”

Intuit has nearly 7,000 employees with major offices in 13 states across the US, and offices in Canada and Britain.