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iSOFT Ramps Up Presence

iSOFT, an IBA Health Group company, a leading global provider of healthcare software solutions, is set to expand its presence in India by expanding its workforce. iSOFT is one of the world's largest providers of healthcare IT solutions. It designs, builds and delivers industry-leading software systems that serve the entire health sector.

The company employs about 4,000 people worldwide with approximately 50 per cent based at its centres of excellence in Chennai and Bangalore.

As part of its expansion plans, iSOFT has steadily recruited 300 employees over the last quarter and intends to recruit another 300 professionals in the coming months. It will hire professionals with varied skill sets including developers, testers, technical architects and designers. The company is also looking for healthcare professionals with IT background to add to its existing pool of doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians and pharmacists. The company is also strategically gearing to increase its presence in the Indian healthcare sector, which is expected to have a market size of $4bn by 2011.

While most international outsourced operations develop only part of the product lifecycle in India, iSOFT is able to offer opportunities for multi-skilled Indian workforce to build their career on end-to-end product development from technology and architecture to coding and release.

S Govind, Managing Director, iSOFT India, said, "In the wake of the global economic meltdown with most organisations in the process of down-sizing, we are perhaps one of the very few organisations that are recruiting professionals at a steady pace, owing to our strong global footprint. iSOFT is relatively immune from the wider economic crisis and we are expecting to grow our global revenues from A$361 million in FY2008 to the range of A$540 million to A$560 million by FY2009."

EH News Bureau