India tech firms relocate to U.S.

India's IT service providers are trying out a new strategy in their growing technology businesses. They are hiring more U.S. talent and opening up branches in the United States. And this new trend may ease the debate among IT executives about whether or not to outsource in order to save costs. Indian firm Tata Consultancy Services said recently that it has opened a development center in Cincinnati, OH. The company plans to use the facility, a former paper plant, to show off its industrial engineering and services. They also plan to hire Midwest tech talent for the facility. Not long ago, Wipro Technologies from India acquired U.S. infrastructure management vendor InfoCrossing. It is recruiting about 500 people for a new Atlanta development center and plans to set up a center outside of Detroit. "Globalization of our delivery model is something we're doing at a very aggressive pace," says N.S. Bala, Wipro's senior VP of manufacturing solutions.

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