New Delhi, Mar 12 (UNI) Application delivery networking company Array Networks on Tuesday announced plans to invest Rs 139 crores (20 million dollar) in India to reinforce operations and workforce, with a focus on its product design and new innovation centre.

Array Networks President and CEO Michael Zhao exhibited here confidence in the Indian market and enthusiasm for the company's recent growth in the region. With Bengaluru to be the focal point, the company is eyeing to invest in metro cities in India.

"India is one of the fastest growing regions of Array networks, and we are excited to see the growth momentum our India team has been able to achieve under the leadership of Shibu Patel", said Mr Zhao emphasising on addressing larger and strategically important customers in India.

"The key to our continued success will remain in our ability to be nimble yet provide leading-edge technology solutions that truly benefit our customers", the CEO asserted.

Array Networks Vice President of international sales, Shibu Patel is also aiming to focus on its Indian teams expert knowledge on tapping into the right resources at the right time.

Mr Patel said that the company's goal is to bring about a paradigm shift in terms of planning, approach and implementation of Array's products and solutions in India and make use of state of the art technology.

With over 5000 customers worldwide including 300 in India, Array is poised to capitalise on explosive growth in the areas of virtualisation, cloud and software centric computing.

Array networks have made their presence felt in India since 2008 for deploying virtual app delivery, networking and security functions with guaranteed performance. The company also expressed desire to invest in education sector in next coming years.

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