It began in 2018, with the announcement that India-based tech giant Infosys would open a Hartford hub employing 1,000 people by 2023.
Four additional prominent tech companies have since followed, announcing Hartford outposts with large staffs to service regional industries and beyond.
“You have seen a number of global tech and information technology firms choose Hartford as a hub for their East Coast operations and I think it is a reflection of a number of Hartford’s strengths,” Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin said in a recent interview.
Brittany and Justin Bedard sipped drinks at the bar inside the Parkville Market shortly after 2 p.m. on Valentine’s Day, killing time before heading to an appointment at nearby Witchhouse Tattoo for romantic body art.
The Bedards, both 30, live in Manchester and run small businesses. Together and separately they’ve repeatedly visited Hartford’s Parkville neighborhood to stop at the market, an alternative arts center, a brewery or to enjoy recreational ax throwing.
Providing better client service was the main reason behind the decision by CGI, a Montreal-based global management and technology consultancy, to open a permanent office in downtown Hartford.
But the global company, which employs nearly 78,000 people across 80 offices worldwide, hopes to reap other benefits from the move, according to Scott Burghoff, CGI’s senior vice president of consulting services.
Providing better client service was the main reason behind the decision by GCI, a Montreal-based global management and technology consultancy, to open a permanent office in downtown Hartford.
But the global company, which employs nearly 78,000 people across 80 offices worldwide, hopes to reap other benefits from the move, according to Scott Burghoff, GCI’s senior vice president of consulting services.
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