Hyderabad: Intoto Inc, the software original design manufacturer (ODM) of integrated security, wireless and voice software platforms for networking and communications equipment has inaugurated a new research and development facility in Chennai.

This centre is Intoto's second dedicated technology development facility in India, in addition to its established R&D Center in Hyderabad.

The Chennai facility will be the key software development location for Intoto's new generation Secure Socket Layer (SSL) VPN products and components for unified threat management solutions (UTM) for the networking industry. It will also be building a linux platform group to support the development efforts on embedded linux platforms.

The new location, which includes state-of-the art computer and communications equipment, highlights Intoto's investment in software development for next generation SSL VPN and UTM products. Intoto provides fully integrated software platforms for networking and communication OEM across the world. Intoto's technology focus is in the area of security, wireless and voice with products like Firewall, VPN, Intrusion protection, Wireless Security (802.11x), URL and content filtering and VoIP.

"Chennai has been chosen as second Intoto development centre as it boasts of good software engineering skills particularly in the networking area. The company is committed to the growth and expansion of this centre as the company itself grows," said S N Murthy, chief operating officer, Intoto Software, India. "The company had identified areas of growth for this center and expects the new products from this centre will roll out in the second and third quarters of this year that will help Intoto stay ahead in the Networking Security business and support the growing customer demand for its products world-wide"

Intoto software had been deployed across more than one million installations by its customers in US, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The company has earmarked an investment of $ 15 million over a period of 5 years to expand each of its centres in Hyderabad and in Chennai.