Hyderabad: Intoto Inc, a leading provider of integrated security, wireless and voice software platforms to networking equipment manufacturers, has opened its second development facility in India at Chennai. The development centre in Chennai will enable Intoto to supplement its efforts at its Hyderabad centre in creating integrated software platform products for security, wireless and voice applications.

The new development centre is part of the company's declared USD 15 million investment plans in India. The facility at Chennai will house networking and communication engineers who will be engaged in the design and development of products and provide engineering support and services to Intoto's growing list of worldwide customers and partners.

The additional resources will help Intoto increase its leadership position in the market. Initially, Intoto is planning to employ 20 engineers at the Chennai facility and thereafter expand its talent pool.

"We chose to locate our second engineering facility in Chennai because there is an available pool of talented engineers with technical skills required for our product development," said SN Murthy, president and COO, Intoto India. "The city has been witnessing a tremendous growth curve in the IT sector and the people in the state have been quite upbeat on this sector. The Chennai centre is part of Intoto's aggressive growth plans to build centres of excellence in India to meet the organisational goals."

Intoto currently operates a research and development facility in Hyderabad employing 135 engineers. The company, recently secured USD 11-million funding by a VC, AsiaTech Management, and a leading network security appliance vendor, also Intoto's corporate partner.

The Chennai centre is Intoto's second development facility in India.