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NewsBytes: Red Hat To Make India A Primary Business Base

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 7, 2001

“Linux operating system software developer Red Hat
(NASDAQ:RHAT)
will locate most of its software development and support operations
to India, excluding its US facilities, the company said.

Red Hat is planning to set up a development and support center
in the country by mid-2002 to relocate and consolidate some of its
current operations in Philippines, the U.K., Australia and
Japan.

Javed Tapia, director of Red Hat India, said the company would
like to set up a global support center in India because of the low
cost of doing business and the pool of available of technical
skills in the country.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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