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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... [27 Mar 2007]
Bangalore to topple Silicon Valley from top tech spot
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... [28 Jul 2004]
Bangalore chilled by Satyam scandal
Comment It has been a frosty winter in Bangalore, and not just weather-wise. The insecurity is dulling the mood in Bangalore whose population predominantly consists of technology workers. Local businesses are... [22 Jan 2009]
Bangalore and Mumbai get the cold shoulder
News According to Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), outsourcing companies are increasingly looking outside Bangalore and Mumbai when choosing new offshoring services bases. According to Nick Mayes, senior consultant at PAC,... [07 Jan 2009]
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... [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... [02 Apr 2007]
Bangalore bashing: Recession gets nasty
Comment When some of them heard 'Bangalore', it was as if a small red flag had gone up, describes Baskar. The West becoming hostile towards Indian outsourcing hubs such as Bangalore, says Saritha Rai. Is... [28 May 2009]
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... [03 Nov 2000]
Bangalore's brain gain
Comment Bangalore has always been an IT powerhouse - but now returnees are adding their experience into the mix, says Saritha Rai. In mid 2007, 20 years after he went to the US to work, Madan Moudgal made the journey back to... [17 Mar 2009]
Bangalore blooming into innovation hothouse
Comment No longer just the domain of call centres, Bangalore has matured into the place for world-class research and development, says Saritha Rai. Years ago, when the world pictured Bangalore they imagined an... [27 Nov 2009]
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... [02 Nov 2000]
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... [14 Nov 2002]
SAP expands in Bangalore
News SAP opened its research and development centre in Bangalore, India, in 1998 and said last year that it would spend $120m on expanding there. According to its website, SAP's Bangalore lab develops web... [10 May 2004]
Offshore Bangalore gets international airport boost
News The new Indian government has given the high-tech offshore hotspot of Bangalore a boost by signing an agreement for a new $284m international airport in the city. The Indian IT sector in Bangalore's... [06 Jul 2004]
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... [26 Jul 2004]
