Microsoft inks tech deals with India's Infosys, Wipro
CRN.com | at | by Mike
Software giant Microsoft signed software partnerships Monday with India's leading outsourcing firms, Infosys Technologies and Wipro, and stepped up plans to hire more programmers in India. The deals will enable Infosys and Wipro to use Microsoft technologies to build software for their clients.
Earlier Monday, Ballmer opened a Microsoft office in Hyderabad, 340 miles north of Bangalore, India's leading high-tech hub. About 1,500 Microsoft employees, mostly software programmers, have worked out of a rented building in Hyderabad's outskirts.
The new Microsoft campus, its largest outside the United States, will eventually house 3,000 programmers. Microsoft is one of dozens of American technology companies that have set up research and development centers in India, taking advantage of its vast pool of skilled workers who can be hired for a fraction of the cost in the United States.