3i Infotech recently unveiled its expansion plans in Chennai. The company announced the launch of its first International Data Centre (IDC), which will offer managed hosting services for application and disaster recovery solutions.

As part of its foray in the $41.5bn managed services market, 3i Infotech announced the launch of its Remote IT Infrastructure Management Services through its Global Network and Security Operations Centre (GNSOC). The company is also setting up mini centres of excellence (COEs) for Operating Systems: Microsoft, Red Hat Linux, AIX, Solaris, Databases : Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, DB2, Messaging Solutions and IT Security Labs for Ethical Hacking and Vulnerability Assessments and niche Application Infrastructure solutions.

The centre will provide secure data centre hosting facilities for its clientele in India and across the globe. The GNSOC will provide customers with Remote IT Infrastructure Monitoring and Management Services with a 24/7 IT Helpdesk.

Commenting on the launch, Hari Padmanabhan, dy managing director, 3i Infotech, said "3i Infotech today offers an unparalleled range of products across the insurance, banking & financial services, manufacturing and distribution landscape and we will continue to expand and deepen our product portfolio across the verticals we are focused on. Customers in this space, however, are today looking at driving larger scale in their business at lower implementation cost. The challenge for the CEO therefore, is to be able to relate cost to revenue. With the inauguration of our International Data Centre today, 3i Infotech has dramatically shifted its ability to service such customers to provide them a single point business execution outsourcing solution."