Amdocs launches SI capabilities, to upskill 5,000 Indian employees to cloud-based solutions

PUNE: Software and services firm Amdocs said it intends to train 5,000 Indian employees to deliver Cloud based solutions over the next few years. India is the largest development hub for the American firm which has over 10,000 employees here.

“We have identified the skills sets which are critical and needed to move to the cloud and are upskilling and providing training to our employees,” said Avi Kulshrestha, general manager and division president of Global Services at Amdocs.

The company on Wednesday announced systems integration (SI) capabilities including consulting, agile devOps, cloud migration, cloud capacity optimization and the Future Mode of Operation aimed at taking the communications industry to the cloud at an accelerated pace.


“Our deep and longstanding relationship with so many leading service providers places us in a strong position to help our customers accelerate their journey to the cloud,” he said.

India would remain an important driver of the company’s operations, and the company would look for people with the right skill sets in app development on the cloud and digital skills in addition to upskilling the existing workforce.

Amdocs’ SI practice includes co-customer development, third-party solutions and delivery of its own multi-cloud portfolio of microservices for Business Support Systems (BSS), next generation networks and the media and entertainment domains.

It will focus on four key areas, namely, fast-tracking legacy business systems to the cloud, providing tools and practices for continual integration and deployment of customer experience systems for agile development, upgrading service providers’ operations with tooling, automation and experienced engineers to provide the “Future Mode of Operation” and providing application tune-up for better cloud utilization and for cloud capacity optimization.

Amdocs works primarily with communications and media companies and has long-term business relationships with 350 communications and media providers, and technology and distribution ties to 600 content creators.