Keste doubles headcount in India centre

The company had in July 2012 committed to invest $2.5 mn to expand its IDC facility and grow its headcount to over 150 through 2013

As part of its plans to expand its footprint in India and help service the Asia-Pacific region, Keste, a Texas-based Oracle software solutions and development company, has doubled the headcount at its India development centre (IDC) in Hyderabad to 120 professional.

“We will continue to hire the best talent from India. We are also experimenting with hiring graduate,” Srini MSK, senior director (sales and delivery operations), Keste IDC, told Business Standard.

To develop in-country and regional business, Keste had in July 2012 committed to invest $2.5 million to expand its IDC facility and grow its headcount to over 150 through 2013.

Keste, which is focused on execution, delivery and support of complete enterprise software solutions, is participating in Oracle Open World Shanghai 2013 from July 22-25, 2013. The company is a platinum member of the Oracle Partner Network (OPN).

“Our overall plan is to make IDC the headquarters of Asia-Pacific. We are now in the process of assessing what exactly the needs of these markets (China, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand) are. We will be able to complete this process only after the Oracle event is over,” Srini said.