Visakhapatnam, the port city is having its new look as several IT giants like IBM and Microsoft are evincing keen interest to establish units here. If the beeline of IT companies continues, Vizag may soon emerge as Tier - II destination. Even State government has announced to to develop the city of destiny as the ideal base next only to Hyderabad for software and BPO units.
Vizag has better connectivity than other cities like Vijayawada and Tirupati, AU registrar Prasada Reddy told the team of IBM representatives from the USA who confabulated with Andhra University authorities to enquire about setting up of an IBM global centre here, while Microsoft would sign an MoU with AU on March 12 to train students for its new software with its centre in Vizag.
Already Vizag has IT big wigs like Kenexa, Sutherland, HSBC and Wipro constructed a centre in eight acres of land in the heart of the city and is expected to launch operations in a couple of months. As a gesture towards boosting the IT sector in Vizag, government allotted land to 27 companies in the two SEZ’s on the hilltops at Madhurawada and Rushikonda. Six companies have already started their operations with 2000 staff. If all the companies launch operations, the manpower strength would cross more than 25,000.
So, Vizag is the new IT Hub to Login for India.