Satyam’s loss Kerala’s gain…
It is advantage
time for IT companies in Kerala. With Satyam under a cloud, the software
companies in the state are busy trying to win over clients of the tainted IT
bellwether. They are also flooded with job applications from Satyam employees.
Kerala is home to around 200 IT companies of varying size that employ close to
25,000 people and have clients across the globe. Last year, software exports
from the state crossed Rs.1,000 crore (Rs.10 billion).
Founder president of Group of
Technopark companies (GTECH), Sunil Gupta said that since Thursday, the day
after the Satyam chief admitted to a Rs.70 billion fraud, he has been getting
frantic calls from clients.
"We work with Satyam for
five companies in the country and we are their competitors in the
Both
Mathews and Gupta said since the Satyam bubble burst, they have been flooded
with resumes of Satyam employees.
"Satyam employees are of high quality and certainly we will be hiring
those who are suitable depending on our requirements," Mathews said.
Satyam employees
agony and prayer’s have been answered it seems, with Kerala willing to employ
them in their IT city.
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