California-headquartered company VMWare that has already invested $120 million in an R&D facility in Bangalore, India, said that it would be hiring 500 people more to bring its total number of employees to 3,800 says Bangalorebest.com.
Pat Gelsinger, chief executive officer of VMWare said, “Today, India represents a substantial element of our global R&D operations in the U.S. and continues to play an important role in our global growth strategy.”
“The R&D team in India plays a critical role in product development in all of VMware’s strategic imperatives like software-defined data center, hybrid cloud and end-user computing,” the company said.