The Bangalore advantage

“ . . . . . . . . Bangalore is an IT Powerhouse” Bill Gates

Bangalore’s meteoric rise as the world’s leading technology hub is legendary. Bangalore (soon to be renamed Bengalooru) has clearly emerged as a preferred source of IT workers worldwide, given the large base of qualified English speaking IT professionals that graduate every year in India.

“ . . . . . IBM which has 43,000 employees in Bangalore will further invest $6 billion in Bangalore……..” Samuel Palmisano, Chairman and CEO, IBM

As Bangalore offers a compelling value proposition, customers will look to outsource to offshore locations like Bangalore in order to reduce their cost of delivery, and augment the shortage of qualified manpower in their home countries. The IP Offshoring model provides the much-needed scalability for growth. The trend of Offshoring to Bangalore has been clearly a decisive movement to make IT services a truly global phenomenon; Bangalored is now a valid word recognized by Webster.

Bangalored: adj. (said of a corporation, project, or employment) having been relocated to India; having lost business or employment due to such a relocation
editorial note: Technologically, Bangalore is the Indian equivalent of Silicon Valley in the United States. (Webster’s dictionary)

Why Bangalore? “ . . .. Bangalore is one of the top ten hi-tech cities of the world”
Business Week

Known as the Silicon Valley of India, Bangalore has the largest concentration of Fortune 500s in its fold. Every alternate day, a new software company with foreign investment is established!

Oracle, IBM, Intel, SAP, Texas Instruments, General Electric, Motorola, HP, SUN Microsystems and others have chosen to be based out of Bangalore. Backed by a strong educational base, Bangalore boasts of the largest pool of IT talent in the world. For a significant number of expats, Bangalore is the first and, perhaps, the only choice of work place. Getting into any of the several golf courses in Bangalore is next to impossible – they are completely swamped by Americans, Japanese, Koreans and the British!

A true microcosm of the Silicon Valley of the US, Bangalore is the natural choice for global companies for setting up their technology bases