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News Bangalore is on the verge of overtaking Silicon Valley as the biggest IT employment region in the world on the back of the rise in offshore outsourcing. Gowda had claimed that Bangalore has already overtaken Silicon Valley but the latest figures... [28 Jul 2004]
An e-minister abroad (part 4): Bangalore - bumpy buses and cold beer
News Day four: Bangalore and Ahmedabad Hewitt has also made an effort to get close to the local population and a visit to the Bangalore Children's Hospital to launch educational software designed by a British company provides a welcome break from the... [03 Nov 2000]
Photos: Bangalore's Electronics City
Photo silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore to investigate the Indian technology industry. These are some of the sights from the Bangalore leg of the trip. Electronics City is a giant industrial park on the edge of... [27 Mar 2007]
India diary: Day five - Bangalore's contradictions
Comment silicon.com reporter Andy McCue was on assignment in India from 14 to 23 April investigating offshoring efforts in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and New Delhi. Locals tell me one of the downsides of Bangalore's growth is that a once sleepy and... [04 Jun 2004]
Bangalore dreams of a second Silicon Valley
News Away from the giant gleaming campuses that house thousands of IT workers across Bangalore, it's possible to find smaller, more thoughtful operations staffed by academics and top technical experts. By the end of this year SAP plans to have 4,000... [02 Apr 2007]
Bill Gates: A Bangalore unto himself
News Speaking in Bangalore, where he met IT services firm Wipro, Gates said: "I often say that India is a software superpower. Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates is in India this week to mark the opening of the company's first software development centre... [14 Nov 2002]
BA to launch first direct Bangalore flights
News British Airways (BA) will start the first direct flights from the UK to Bangalore this weekend to cater for demand from business travellers involved in India's high-tech industry. The direct flights from London Heathrow to Bangalore begin on Sunday... [26 Oct 2005]
Photos: Egypt follows Bangalore's offshore lead
Photo As with Bangalore in India, the ultra-modern Smart Village is a world away from the Cairo that most Egyptians are familiar with and workers are bussed in for their shifts in the call centres from locations around the city. [10 Feb 2006]
Tesco IT jobs going to Bangalore
News In total around 420 business support roles - most of them temporary processing positions - will be moved to Tesco's own service centre in Bangalore. Tesco owns its own offshore facility in Bangalore and the spokesman said quality of service will... [26 Jul 2004]
HSBC customers hit by Bangalore breach
News A security breach at HSBC's offshore data processing unit in Bangalore has led to £233,000 being stolen from the accounts of a small number of UK customers. A spokesman for HSBC told silicon.com: "Our internal security team discovered one of HSBC's... [27 Jun 2006]
India diary, day 13: Thirsty in Bangalore
Comment In February silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the Indian tech hotspots of Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad to explore the exploding Indian offshore tech and BPO industry. Keep up with his daily diaries here.¦ India diary, day 1: Cyberbad... [16 Mar 2007]
Bumpy landing for Bangalore's airport dream
Comment There were high hopes for Bangalore's multimillion dollar air hub, which opened in May. Faced with Bangalore's notorious power shutdowns, many run their own power-generating plants. Raghu Shenoy, chief executive of a small Bangalore IT services... [30 Jul 2008]
An e-minister abroad (part 3): silicon.com joins Patricia Hewitt in Bangalore
News Day three: Bangalore After two successful days on tour, the chaotic city of Bangalore comes as a bit of a shock. And it is in Bangalore that Hewitt faces the pressing question of how and why the technology industry should help. [02 Nov 2000]
Photos: Pune - the new Bangalore?
Photo silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore to investigate the Indian technology industry. These are some of the sights from up-and-coming IT city Pune. For more news from India visit the special report. [14 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 14: Bar-hopping in Bangalore
Comment Saturday 17 February - Bangalore My last day in Bangalore and in India. What I had seen the night before were the first generation of Bangalore pubs. I'm not overly excited following my disappointing foray into the Bangalore night life yesterday. [17 Mar 2007]
