Cisco Systems Inc., an American IT, networking and cybersecurity solutions provider, said on Wednesday that it will open a software development center in New Taipei's Linkou District, making the facility the first of its kind for the company in the Asia-Pacific.
The center in northern Taiwan will be inaugurated after the Lunar New Year holiday, which will end February 16, George Chen, senior vice president of Cisco's Greater China operations and head of Cisco Taiwan, said at a news conference in which the U.S. tech giant released a workforce report.
Echoing Chen, Robert Feng, chief technology officer of Cisco Taiwan, told reporters the center will house tech start-ups from around the country.
Initially it will be aimed at rolling out solutions for information security by integrating the resources of Cisco and the start-ups.
In the longer term, he went on, Cisco will team up with these start-ups to push for new applications in the global market.
According to Cisco, the company already operates similar software development centers in the U.S. and Europe.
Meanwhile, Chen said that when he assumed the post as head of Cisco Taiwan three years ago, the company had a workforce of about 60 in the country, a number that has now grown to more than 100, focusing on a wide range of areas such as information security, IT services and 5G networking.
George Chen, senior vice president of Cisco's Greater China says a software development center will open in New Taipei's Linkou District.
