HID Global opens design centre in Chennai; to focus on govt. ID solns

CHENNAI, INDIA: HID Global, the secure identity solutions provider has come up with its design center in Chennai to deliver more comprehensive product development for customers.

Fully operational by Q4 2015, the center will primarily focus on government ID, physical access and portal / cloud-based solutions and later will extend capability to embedded, web and mobile application software engineering development.

The design center features 10,000 square feet of R&D facility space in the Tamarai Technology Park.

The center will accelerate the development of new features and capabilities for HID products and reduce time to market for new products. It also features validation and verification service for all electronic and software products and services.

The easy availability of the software development talent in the region is a plus point.

"The new center in Chennai is a critical part of HID Global's long term growth strategy in emerging markets. It will also play a vital role in developing key secure identity technologies across HID Global's business portfolio", said Darren Learmonth, Global Vice President, Engineering with HID Global.

The design center team will closely collaborate with engineering centers in Europe and United States on various development programs as well as customer centric solutions.