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Virtusa Corp in major expansion project here By Sudarshana Perera Virtusa Corporation, a global software engineering and service provider will venture into a major expansion project in Colombo by setting up its second Advanced Technology Centre in Colombo next week. The new office at the World Trade Centre will generate over 250 job opportunities for personnel qualified in the ICT field. "In addition to our office at Trans Asia Hotel, we have decided to set up this centre to cater to the increase in the number clients in Sri Lanka and abroad", said Managing Director-Asian Operations of Virtusa Corporation, Keith Modder in an interview with the Daily News. "Virutsa has allocated around US $ 7 to 8 million to meet expanding requirements in Sri Lanka since we have a 6000 client base in Colombo. This technology centre will have the capacity to serve more than 850 clients thus catering to increasing global demand ", Modder said. "This new venture will also create new avenues for employment opportunities and it will also grant tremendous opportunities to utilise technological know-how while updating themselves on the global developments in ICT", he said. Virtusa has also entered into an agreement with e-College a USA based eLearning outsource provider to set up a dedicated offshore software development centre in Colombo. eCollege provides a comprehensive outsourced solution to power the profitable growth of online distance programs worldwide. Kris Canekeratne and a small team of co-founders established Virtusa in 1996, to provide engineers in South Asia an opportunity to explore the outer limits of emerging technologies by participating in the rapidly evolving US software product development landscape. Virtusa's founders leveraged knowledge sharing across geographies, explored new technology platforms, and tapped the potential of global collaboration for building mission critical products. Virtusa Corporation, formerly known as eRUNWAY, Inc., is a leading provider of global technology innovation services. Headquartered in Westborough, MA, Virtusa employs the finest technology talent in the US, India and Sri Lanka. Virtusa develops and deploys mission critical enterprise-class products and solutions for Global 1000 companies and for leading software product developers. |
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