Kurian sees great opportunities in India
Digital transformation catalyst, Harshal Pendse is leading itopia, leading cloud-native automation and orchestration solution for Google Cloud Platform, expansion to India and the broader APAC region.
“As we find remote working environments becoming the new normal, I look forward to leveraging my experience to help customers adopt itopia’s technology and enable them to rapidly digitally transform their organization,” Pendse, the newly appointed Vice President and Country Manager of India, said on 24 July 2020.
Pendse will manage itopia’s business operations in the enterprise, mid-market, and SMB segments, overseeing professional services, technical pre-sales, and post-sales functions across the APAC region, said the US-based company in a release announcing his appointment.
Pendse was responsible for creating Google Cloud India’s sales consulting practice, as well as expanding its channel and partner program. Beyond his experience as a founding member of Google Cloud India, Pendse also has experience in leading roles at Oracle Middleware and ICICI Group
This announcement comes on the heels of significant demand in India for itopia’s Desktop as a Service solution in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with Google Cloud’s increased strategic focus in India.
itopia is not the only one with their sights set on expansion in India, as itopia’s key partner Google Cloud is growing its presence within the country as well.
“India offers a great opportunity where #Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with its latest agile, secure and scalable offerings, can help enterprises, SMBs and the growing startup ecosystem amid the government’s call for digital transformation,” said Thomas Kurian, CEO at Google Cloud.
itopia is also expanding its partnership program within the region. “itopia is seeing a lot of promise from partners like #NetMagic and #Searce,” said James Riley, Vice President of Strategic Alliances at itopia. “We’re thrilled to have Harshal working with our partners in India to better serve our customers.”
As itopia increases its presence in India, the company remain dedicated to helping businesses in the #APAC region to simplify their #IT management and speed up workload migration to Google Cloud.
With the onboarding of Harshal Pendse, it is clear that #itopia sees India as a highly strategic market to further build upon its business.
Because enterprises need better ways to keep ahead of market transformations, itopia automates and orchestrates infrastructure on Google Cloud, enabling enterprises to shed IT burdens and focus on what they do best. #technologies #software #artificialintelligence /fiinews.com
