Outsourcing: LN Balaji, President of ITC Infotech (Part 2)

SM: What segment do you have that relationship in? LNB: All of our development for the one software product company I mentioned is in the CRM space around Siebel. SM: But CRM is horizontal. There is no vertical on top of the horizontal. LNB: We don’t do it for all verticals. We do it for

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Outsourcing: LN Balaji, President of ITC Infotech (Part 1)

Bangalore-based ITC Infotech is one of the leading outsourcing companies in India. A fully owned subsidiary of ITC Limited, ITC Infotech has wholly owned subsidiaries of its own in the United States and the United Kingdom. This 11-year-old IT services business serves 140 countries and has delivery hubs in Bangalore and Calcutta. Sramana Mitra: Hi, Balaji.

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