Salesforce announces the launch of new development centre in Hyderabad

The US enterprise software company Salesforce on Tuesday announced plans to significantly expand its presence in India with a new Centre of Excellence in Hyderabad.

The San Francisco headquartered company proposes to add 1,000 people to its Indian work force at its new facility in the next four years, establishing one of its largest engineering and customer success centres globally.

"Salesforce Hyderabad will provide a centre of excellence in the region and play a crucial role in growing our technology and product teams, as well as our customer success organisation, to meet the needs of our customers worldwide," Parker Harris, co-founder of Salesforce stated.

Salesforce currently has offices in Bengaluru and Mumbai besides Hyderabad and plans to open a new office in Gurgaon soon, according to Arun Balasubramanian, area vice-president of the company.

Claimed to be the world's number one customer relationship management (CRM) solutions provider, Salesforce serves a large number of Indian companies, including Bajaj Finserv and Snapdeal, according to him.