FirstRain to expand development team in India

NEW DELHI: US headquartered business analytics firm FirstRain plans to grow its operations in India by over 100% in the next two years. FirstRain will strengthen its Gurgaon office as an R&D hub and views its investment in its India facility and employees as a critical element to expand in the personal business analytics market.

Penny Herscher, President & CEO, FirstRain said in a release: "The rapid growth of the India analytics market is leading to an expansion of the talent pool by over 30-40% each year. The FirstRain India team is a core part of developing, enhancing and maintaining our analytics platform. Many of FirstRain’s technology patents are co-authored by engineers in our Gurgaon R&D center and in our headquarters at San Mateo, California."FirstRain’s software powers Fortune 1000 companies such as Cisco, GE Capital and Flextronics. FirstRain supports iOS and Android smartphones and tablets and a Microsoft Windows Phone 8 release is imminent, the release added.