Cybernet-SlashSupport opens facility in Chennai

CHENNAI: With an investment of $4 million, Cybernet-SlashSupport (CSS) engaged in Tech Support, Software Testing and Development and Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) services today announced that it has opened a new IT Services facility in city.

The new facility, located on a leased two acre land at Madras Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) near Tambaram, would become operational from September 2008, a company release said.

The current expansion in the MEPZ is part of the company's ongoing strategic plan to have facilities across the city that will ease problems of employees commuting to work. "Our presence in MEPZ also provides us with long term SEZ advantages. As part of phase I expansion, we expect the new facility to house 350 people over the next six months" Cybernet-SlashSupport COO Sridhar Kulasekharan said.

Recently, the company announced its expansion in the Middle East market. The company set up a new offshore NOC (Network Operating Center) in Chennai in June this year, the release added.