Microsoft India, which currently has an offshore product development center in Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, announced the expansion of its activities further south to Bangalore in Karnataka, to focus on product development and applied research in web search and online ad technologies. "It will initially have 200 employees...
SAP leans on partners to create R&D ecosystem in India
German software company SAP, AG started a co-innovation lab ( COIL) in Bangalore in April 2009, to collaborate with technology, service and software companies to develop new solutions. It is the third such location after Palo Alto, California and Tokyo, Japan and already employs 4,200 people. By 2010, COIL completed...
India patent and research paper production rises
India’s global position in the field of scientific research, as measured by the number of research papers published has improved from 13th position in 1996 to 10th position in 2009 as per the Scopus International database. The number of patent applications for new inventions filed at Indian Patent Office by...
National Instruments Captive Center files global patents from India
Austin, Texas based National Instruments is making India one of its key R&D centers, with a 40 per cent increase in investments in its Bangalore facility. Phil Hester, Senior Vice President of R&D said, “The India R&D center is one of the strategic growth areas for National Instruments. We plan...