Marconi has established Enterprise Technology Centres to expedite delivery of best-in-breed solutions to its enterprise clients and enable quicker development of new solutions across all of its business platforms.
The first three Enterprise Technology Centres are based in California, Virginia and Israel. As these centres focus on artificial intelligence as well as application-oriented research and development, dedicated teams based at Marconi`s world headquarters in Pittsburgh will manage business planning and product management for the company`s Ethernet and ATM product families.
Koos Vorster, chief executive of Marconi Communications South Africa (MCSA), says the Enterprise Technology Centres will facilitate delivery of the best possible solutions to South African customers.
"The product development teams in Pittsburgh will direct a laser-like focus on business solutions for our enterprise and service provider customers," he says. "The Enterprise Technology Centres enhance Marconi`s ability to help our customers find the quickest path to market with revenue-building and cost-cutting solutions."
Marconi Communications South Africa (MCSA) employs around 850 people, with its network division and headquarters at Midrand and a manufacturing division at Springs.
Empowerment group African Renaissance Holdings (ARH) holds 25% of the MCSA equity. Marconi plc is a global communications and IT company with 55 000.
Marconi has research and development facilities in 19 countries, manufacturing operations in 16 countries, and serves customers in over 100 countries. It supplies advanced communications solutions and the key technologies and services for the Internet. Marconi plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Nasdaq under the symbol MONI.
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