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News Silicon Valley, long heralded as a free-market dream, faces stagnation without a serious financial injection from the US government, according to 3Com CEO, Eric Benhamou. He told... [23 Apr 1999]
Silicon Valley hit by outsourcing protests
News The exodus of information technology jobs out of Silicon Valley and the US to foreign countries is certainly on the rise. They also have more relaxed environmental and labour regulations than in the US... [17 Sep 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: C&W thinks big, Silicon Valley thinks young, and gadgets get Linux
Comment The failure rate amongst start-ups in the IT and dot-com sectors is frighteningly high, not just in Silicon Valley but everywhere. Gary Law, VP of Sunnyvale-based Brightlink Networks, is reported to have... [23 Jul 2000]
Silicon Valley rents fall as downturn hits home
News Perhaps the most concrete sign of the slump to hit the once mighty Silicon Valley was revealed today - house rents in the San José area of California have fallen by almost a quarter since last year.... [18 Jan 2002]
Silicon Valley moves to Singapore
News Shrugging off Asia's economic gloom, the Singaporean government has just announced a $2.9bn project to develop its own Silicon Valley. Scheduled for development over the next 15 years, Singapore's... [21 Sep 1998]
Silicon Valley firms invest in Northern Ireland
News Plans by a number of leading Silicon Valley firms to establish facilities in Northern Ireland in the wake of the peace agreement have been welcomed by the province. The Northern... [01 Jul 1998]
Ex-PM Mahathir’s dream - Silicon Valley in Malaysia
News From answering Detroit with the Proton Saga car, just-retired Malaysia prime minister Mahathir hoped to turn Malaysia into another Silicon Valley. The report cited two examples, First... [17 Nov 2003]
Stock fraud case strikes at heart of Silicon Valley
News In a case with far-reaching implications for Silicon Valley, former top executives of networking gear maker Brocade Communications Systems are facing civil and criminal charges relating to allegations of... [21 Jul 2006]
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]
Transatlantic Cable: is Silicon Valley ready for Y2K?
Comment But it's probably more critical for many in the US (and in particular Silicon Valley), as it is home to some of the busiest Web sites and biggest ecommerce companies in the world. For instance,... [23 Nov 1999]
More than half of Silicon Valley firms are outsourcing
News More than half of Silicon Valley companies are outsourcing, and roughly half of those outsourced jobs are going to India, according to a survey released on Thursday by Santa Clara University. More than... [30 Sep 2005]
Symantec makes race equality breakthrough in Silicon Valley
News Symantec has stolen a march on its rivals by appointing the first African-American CEO in Silicon Valley. Thompson's new job hurls him into a raging debate about the under-representation of... [15 Apr 1999]
Bangalore dreams of a second Silicon Valley
News And he added: "One thing that is an interesting component, that's different to Silicon Valley, is that the country is going through a change from developing to developed country and there is a sense of... [02 Apr 2007]
Why Europe doesn't need its own Silicon Valley
Comment You cannot mimic the Silicon Valley phenomenon in Europe. Undoubtedly some great technologies have emerged from Silicon Valley, but that's not what the IT capital of the... [21 Jun 2000]
Photos: The hottest tech out of the UK's Silicon Valley
Photo The brightest new companies in the UK's Silicon Valley opened their doors yesterday to showcase new technologies. Photo credit: Nick Heath/silicon.com Photo credit: Nick... [24 Sep 2009]
