It will create innovative products and platforms
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) expanded its worldwide presence with a state-of-the-art research and development (R&D) center at Mindspace IT Park in HITEC City, Hyderabad.
Spread across 140,000 square feet, the facility is now NCR’s largest R&D center outside of the United States.
This modern R&D center will help extend NCR’s leadership in omni-channel solutions and to create innovative products and platforms for channel transformation and digital enablement.
The facility was inaugurated by the NCR global leadership team including Paul Langenbahn and Eli Rosner together with the India leadership team led by Ashok Nallam, Director R&D Center, NCR India.
“Changes in consumer behavior continue to be rapid, disruptive, and driven by technology transformation. NCR, being a world leader in consumer transaction technologies, is strategically positioned to deliver innovations to meet demands of millennials and other key demographics,” said Paul Langenbahn, executive vice president, NCR Software.
“NCR’s R&D center in Hyderabad will focus on the development of innovative technologies to assist our customers across the industries NCR serves, and the incredible talent we have available in the region will enable us to do so,” he said.
The Hyderabad R&D center will be developing and supporting innovative software and services that global institutions use to empower consumers through self-service applications.
The center has been responsible for a host of innovations including the Interactive Teller ATM, EMV contactless ATM, mobile payments solutions, retail self-checkout lanes, CRM platforms, cinema and stadium systems management solutions, among many others.
Launched in 2004 with 50 engineers, NCR’s current Hyderabad R&D center houses close to 1,200 professionals focused on software development for the financial, retail, travel and hospitality industries.
In addition to the R&D Center in Hyderabad, NCR has a world-class manufacturing facility in Chennai, a development center in Gurgaon and sales & services headquarters in Mumbai. fii-news.com
