London based headquartered Symphony Ventures, a global services firm specializing in Robotic Process Automation and Intelligent Automation, commenced operations at a Development Center in Bangalore, to serve India, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. The firm plans to recruit 150 consulting and technology staff within the next twenty four months to provide consulting, implementation, managed services,...
McLaren Partners with India's Wipro
Surrey, U.K.-based McLaren Technology Group signed a multi-year contract with IT major Bangalore-based Wipro Limited to help drive digitization across its businesses. Wipro will assist the sports car maker with achieving its recently defined IT strategy, focusing on providing next-generation differentiated IT services to its business divisions with an emphasis...
Worldwide Entrepreneur Network Techstars Enters India
Boulder, Colorado-based Techstars raised startup funding and helps launch businesses through its startup accelerator and development program entered into a joint venture with India's Bangalore-headquartered ANSR which offers startups-focused infrastructure. The Economic Times reports that Techstars, which holds a majority share in the joint venture, aims to open centers across...
Chip Maker AMD to Expand India R&D
Sunnyvale, CA-based semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices which currently has a staff of approximately 1,300 in India, plans to hire more engineers at its two research and development centers in the southern cities of Bangalore and Hyderabad. Jim Anderson, senior vice president, AMD said that the company will "continue to...
Microsoft India Innovates for Social, Tech Segments
Bangalore-based Microsoft Research India investigates machine learning, natural language processing, algorithms, cryptography and data sciences for the company. It also explores creating technology for emerging markets. Successful projects are scaled up, and sometimes they are also taken to other markets. CNBC reports on some current projects from the research lab:...
Demand for Retail Space in India Surges
According to Los Angeles headquartered CBRE’s India Retail MarketView Report – H1, 2017, during the first 6 months of the year, there were 70 new entries/expansions by global and domestic brands across the cities of Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Bangalore. Seven new global brands entered the country and investments into the...