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Bumpy landing for Bangalore's airport dream
Comment For the best part of the ride to the airport, commuters have to jostle with fume-spewing three-wheelers, bikes, buses, cyclists and, as in most Indian cities, the odd stray animal. Bangalore in pictures… Photos: Discover high-tech... [30 Jul 2008]
Offshoring: India still number one
News Two other Indian cities also made it to the top 10 list - New Delhi edged out Manila for the number two spot, while Mumbai dropped three places from last year's list to seventh. She said: "Political support and the efforts of bodies like Nasscom... [27 Jun 2008]
What scores in the global tech league?
Comment When I was at the conference of Indian tech body Nasscom earlier this year I was stunned by the sheer number of countries that had gone to Mumbai, attempting to pinch business from under the nose of the Indians. [03 Jun 2008]
Photos: Discover high-tech India
Photo The rapid growth of the city as Indian technology and business outsourcing took off is reflected by the contrast between corporate towers and threadbare shanty towns that stand side-by-side. Photo credit: Nick Heath silicon.com also visited another... [28 Apr 2008]
Tech to tackle India's poverty
News With the average rural Indian family of five living on less than $1.5 per day, 220 million malnourished children and 300 million illiterates in the Indian countryside, these opportunities are desperately needed. [23 Apr 2008]
Photos: High-tech Bangalore
Photo The staff meals are heavily subsidised with cuisines from around the world, with a typical Indian 'veg combo' or 'paneer combo' meal like these costing 25 Rupees each - equivalent to about 32p. This is the home of one of India's biggest IT... [02 Apr 2008]
Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract
News In February 2007 silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the Indian tech hotspots of Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune. ¦ Boom town Bangalore ¦ Bangalore's Electronics City ¦ SAP and Wipro in Bangalore [31 Mar 2008]
Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts
News In February 2007 silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the Indian tech hotspots of Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune. ¦ Boom town Bangalore ¦ Bangalore's Electronics City ¦ SAP and Wipro in Bangalore [11 Mar 2008]
Sharia insurance firm signs £87m Capita deal
News In February 2007 silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the Indian tech hotspots of Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune. ¦ Boom town Bangalore ¦ Bangalore's Electronics City ¦ SAP and Wipro in Bangalore [04 Mar 2008]
Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing
News In February 2007 silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the Indian tech hotspots of Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune. ¦ Boom town Bangalore ¦ Bangalore's Electronics City ¦ SAP and Wipro in Bangalore [03 Mar 2008]
India losing status as offshore king?
News In February 2007 silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the Indian tech hotspots of Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune. The competitive Indian labour market is driving companies to alternative destinations, say Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) in its... [03 Mar 2008]
Offshore Indian outsourcer to open London facility
News The IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) company employs more than 55,000 staff and is projecting growth in the UK, Eastern Europe, China, South America and in its Indian heartland. In February 2007 silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the... [29 Feb 2008]
It's time Indian IT took the lead
Comment He argued that the big Indian companies have been conservative for too long, milking the significant immediate term benefits of labour arbitrage. In February 2007 silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the Indian tech hotspots of Bangalore, Hyderabad... [20 Feb 2008]
Offshoring - not just about the costs
Comment In February 2007 silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the Indian tech hotspots of Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune. Nasscom often seeks to take its members' thinking forward by commissioning major market studies on the opportunities present for... [18 Feb 2008]
Indian IT outsourcers look ahead
Comment Indian outsourcing industry association Nasscom says it is focusing on the future. This is my second visit - in February 2007 I learned that in this context leadership means Indian leadership of the wider world IT industry. [14 Feb 2008]
