Cisco Plans to Hire 3000 Personal over Next 2 Years

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Cisco Systems, a networking giant has planned to hire 3000 professionals over the next 2 years to provide enhanced ICT services in India.

Wim Elfrink who is the Cisco's Chief Globalisation Officer and Executive Vice-President said to ET, “We are quite happy about our Indian operations. As Bangalore is the second head office for Cisco after California, we want to increase our headcount here. We plan to hire 3,000 more in the next two years.”

About the hiring, economictimes.indiatimes.com writes, “Cisco's current headcount in India is 7,000 and plans are on track to take it up to 10,000 in the next two years.”

Further Elfrink said to ET, “The California-based ICT service provider has also tied-up with Lavasa Corporation, the real estate arm of Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) to provide e-governance and city management solutions besides providing e-connectivity in Lavasa city.”

He adds, “About 70 per cent of the global population will migrate to urban cities in the next 40-years. If smart cities are built using smart technologies sitting on top of a broadband network, then it would result in huge savings, a cleaner, greener earth and a better life for city dwellers.”

About the campus of Cisco, the news portal writes, “The USD 40-billion company, which is focussed on multiple verticals and especially the Government sector, is developing an about 1-million sq ft campus in Bangalore, the firm's second head office.”

Already, Indian companies have created 60000 jobs in US. Now, Cisco has announced to hire 3000 personal over next 2 years. There is already a good news about 30000 professionals hiring in Infosys.

Private sector has created some good jobs in coming days in Indian software industry. Now, professionals have good demand in the foreign countries. It shows the boom in software industry once again. It is a good news for Indian professionals.

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