Granicus to fuel global growth through new innovation centre in Bengaluru

Thanusri swetha J March 15, 2022 | 10:30 AM Technology

Granicus is wanting to obtain its ‘hyper growth’ ambitions through expertise acquired in India, Mark Hynes CEO of the GovTech options supplier instructed ET whereas talking concerning the launch of their innovation centre in Bengaluru.

Granicus is a completely built-in, drag-and-drop platform that permits public administrations to shortly digitize, monitor, and improve each step of their providers with out having to write bespoke code and serves over 5,000 public sector organizations.[1]

Figure 1. Granicus to fuel global growth through new innovation centre in Bengaluru

Figure 1 shows granicus has around 1000 employees worldwide. There are over 50 employees working out of the Bengaluru office and the company is aggressively hiring to reach a target of around 200 employees by the end of the year.

While the company is tapping talent in India, it is not looking at India as a market just yet.

“India is a rich, thriving, high growth economy,” he said. “Our presence in India for talent gives us an opportunity to evaluate it as a market for our software and services down the road.” [2]

The reason for this being that while the company works extensively in the US, it realises that governments across the world face similar challenges when it comes to IT and software services. Hynes said that the scope is tremendous for govtech as after financial services it the government that is the largest vertical market for IT and software in the world

“We’re all familiar with the transition from on-premise software to SaaS cloud software,” he explained. “The government globally has always been a late adopter to new technologies and for very good reason. They’re protecting some of the most private data in the world but every organisation on the planet is moving to SaaS cloud, including government, so we’re helping governments make the transition.” [3]

By offering the industry’s leading cloud-based solutions for communications, web content, meeting and management, and digital services to over 5,000 public sector organizations, Granicus helps turn government missions into quantifiable realities. Granicus is purpose-built with infrastructure, scale, and security to empower the public sector. The company is rooted in its strong culture that treats code as a craft and respects every employee for the expertise and passion they bring to work. The unparalleled global innovation, engineering, and software operations center in Bengaluru will fuel the mission of changing the way citizens and governments interact. Granicus India is also committed to making high-impact contributions to platform engineering initiatives in the areas of interoperability and data-sharing. [4]

References:
  1. https://www.pehalnews.in/granicus-to-fuel-global-growth-through-new-innovation-centre-in-bengaluru/1746770/
  2. https://duxtechnology.in/granicus-to-fuel-global-growth-through-new-innovation-centre-in-bengaluru/
  3. https://www.timesofnation.com/granicus-to-fuel-global-growth-through-new-innovation-centre-in-bangalore/
  4. https://indiaeducationdiary.in/government-technology-provider-granicus-opens-a-world-class-innovation-center-in-bengaluru/
Cite this article:

Thanusri swetha J (2022), Granicus to fuel global growth through new innovation centre in Bengaluru, Anatechmaz, pp. 172