INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
It is well known fact that Bangalore developed its Engineering Educational Institutions over the last century and some of the world renowned engineering companies are located in this city like the Motor Industries Company better known as MICO, the automotive components manufacturer, a subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany and the machine tool manufacturer WIDIA.
Bangalore's rapid industrial rise began in early 1980's. Fleeing the crippling costs of Mumbai and Delhi, a clutch of hi-tech Indian companies relocated here. The cool climate and an untapped pool of highly skilled, English speaking labour, a consequence of the Indian government's decision to concentrate its telecommunications and defence research here in the 1960's lured the multinationals to this city. Within a decade, Bangalore had become a major player in the software market and a magnet for the multinationals such as Motorola and Texas Instruments, who have their own satellite link with head office in Dallas.
Bangalore poses many advantages for locating IT companies, some of which are outlined below:
- Readily available world class IT infrastructure;
- Ample of specialised human resources;
- Pleasant and comfortable climatic conditions;
- Cosmopolitan environment in the city; and
- High concentration of IT companies and quality research and development institutions.
As such Bangalore emerged as the leader of Information Technology with the entry of numerous mulitnational software companies. The stars among them are our own Bangalore based companies which are now known world wide for their world class software products. These two are the Infosys Technologies, headed by Narayana Murthy and Nandan Nilikeni, and WIPRO, headed by Azim Premji.
The majority of the employees are all products of the universities and colleges of Bangalore. The Colleges and computer teaching insitutions of Bangalore have contributed a large number of their graduates to some of the world class companies all over the world. The quality education and the tremendous growth of software exports from this city earned it the name " SILICON VALLEY OF INDIA ". Bangalore is poised for a huge growth in the next phase of development where both software and engineering hardware skills would be used to produce intelligent products for the new generation. Bangalore has the foundation to be the industrial leader in India for the new millennium. Bangalore, the city of 4 ½ million people - undoubtedly the fastest growing city in Asia, is a dynamic mix of a fascinating history & an equally wondrous techno-culture. The roots of global culture are very prominent among the people of Bangalore, be it the IT ring or the more than tens-of-thousands of students. Filtering down to everyday life, cyber joints can be found in every major block of the city. It is the urban-oriented, technology-based culture that drives the people of this beautiful city, to make it what it is.
We will list the major IT players for you. This list is VERY far from complete.
- ServCare
- Accel ICIM
- Aditi Technologies
- Advanced Micronic Devices Ltd.
- Andale
- FirstApex Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
- Auto ID Systems - A premier ID Card solution company
- Aztec Software and Technologies - they have some cool hoardings in the city!
- BAeHAL Software Limited - solutions for aerospace and defence industries.
- BPL Telecom Ltd.
- Bangalore Labs
- Celstream Technologies Pvt Ltd
- Compudyne Winfosystems Ltd - makers of special effects for movies.
- Craft Silicon - majors in Banking Software, Micro Finance software, Internet Banking, TeleBanking, Mobile Banking and other financial software products.
- Datacons
- Informatics (India) Ltd.
- Elind Computers Ltd. - specialized in banking, securities industry.
- Encore Software
- Epiance
- FirstApex
- Hinduja TMT - previously Ashok Leyland Information Technology Ltd.
- ImpulseSoft Pvt. Ltd.
- Indo-Fuji Information Technologies
- Infosys Technologies Ltd.
- iTech Workshop
- July Systems Inc.
- Inatech
- Innoviti - world class products for data communication
- iVega - special focus on Banking, Securities and Insurance Industries
- KeySoft Solutions Pvt Ltd - is a Business Intelligence software solutions company
- Kshema Technologies Ltd.
- KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd - provides software development, maintenance and implementation services for the Banking & Finance, Consumer Packaged Goods, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Chip Design (hardware and software) and Automotive Sectors.
- LG Soft India Private Limited
- Majoris Systems
- Mindtree Consulting - promoted by Ashok Soota. Mindtree is supposed to have one of the best management teams.
- Mistral Software
- NDS is a leading supplier of open end-to-end digital systems and solutions for the secure delivery of entertainment and information to televisions and IP devices.
- NetGalactic Internet Solutions
- NetKraft
- nSecure Software
- PicoPeta Simputers Pvt. Ltd - provides hardware, design and software solutions for the Simputer
- Planetasia
- Prayag Consulting
- Reduxi - a mobile enterprise applications company, promoted by Pradeep Singh, founder of Aditi and Talisma
- Skelta Software Pvt. Ltd. - Skelta Workflow.NET is the World's 1st embeddable Microsoft .NET based Workflow Engine.
- Srishti Software Pvt. Ltd.
- Sonata Software Ltd
- Strand Genomics Pvt Ltd - a Bangalore based life science informatics company
- Talisma Technologies
- Tejas Networks India Pvt. Ltd - Promoted by Dr. Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande
- TeleSoft
- Trigyn Technologies
- v9 Technology Consulting
- vMoksha Technologies
- Wipro
MNCs [Multi-National Companies] in Karnataka: