India, July 27 -- India has emerged as one of the top five growth markets globally for open-source solutions provider Red Hat and its parent company IBM, driven by the country's deep-rooted embrace of open-source architecture and a burgeoning talent pool, a top company executive said.

India is currently at the centre of the company's global strategy, both as a critical market and a hub for engineering excellence, Navtej Singh Bal, Vice President and General Manager, India and South Asia, Red Hat, noted.

"India, what started as a business from scratch, has actually scaled up nicely to be one of our fastest-growing businesses globally, and this is primarily because India has actually embraced open-source software at its core.

"I would sa...