Ness Digital Engineering opens its Orion facility with S&P Global

Ness Digital Engineering has opened the Orion Facility in Hyderabad in partnership with S&P Global to support its growing Center of Excellence for technology, data operations and core business process talent in the region. The new 100,000-sq. ft. center provides the region’s top talent with a world-class work environment for evolving S&P Global’s products and platforms across its varied business segments. S&P Global is a leading provider of transparent and independent ratings, benchmarks, analytics and data to the capital and commodity markets worldwide.

Designed to accommodate more than 850 associates, the Orion Facility is purpose-built to facilitate innovation by providing employees with access to the latest technologies and global communications infrastructure, as well as physical spaces that enable highly-collaborative teams. The associates at the facility are focused on software development, operations, quality assurance and data to enable S&P Global systems and products. This facility has state-of-the-art technology labs to exclusively focus on Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Machine Learning and DevOps innovation and solutions.

“The opening of the Orion Facility is the culmination of our successful partnership with Ness, which used its deep regional knowledge and software engineering expertise to help us develop an exceptional innovation team,” said Nick Cafferillo, Chief Technology Officer – S&P Global. “Orion embodies our commitment to evolve our talent to deliver new insights, accelerate the speed at which we operate, fuel value for our customers, and establish our brand as the most innovative company powering the markets of the future.” S&P Global have over 350 employees in the operation at present and are expected to reach 600 employees by the end of the year.

“This is a momentous day in the relationship between Ness Digital engineering and S&P Global where we have taken our 12-year partnership to the next level by opening a world class technology facility. The facility with unique design of collaboration spaces across the facility allows our engineers to get connected with the global teams to breed innovation and build the software platforms for tomorrow,” said Nova Bhojwani, SVP & Head of Strategic Business, Ness Digital Engineering.

“In less than one year, we have been able to help S&P Global produce a strong network of innovators working together very effectively to deliver new solutions in the digital economy,” said Paul Lombardo, Ness Digital Engineering CEO. “We are proud to be S&P Global’s partner in this journey, and this new facility will help the organization fully leverage its growing base of talent to continue to lead the industry with next-generation solutions.”