Yahoo!
has set up an R&D centre in India. It will hire 150 employees
by end-2004 for its centre at Bangalore that will be the first such
centre outside of the US. Venkat Panchapakesan, CEO of Yahoo! software
development India said, “The centre will play a crucial role
in creating unique products and meeting customer needs in diverse
markets. It will focus on delivering business critical software
and services to the US and Yahoo!’s other global subsidiaries.”
The centre will focus on different areas
such as server technology, UNIX/C/C++, Apache, Oracle, MySQL, data
mining, business intelligence, data engineering, e-commerce, network
services, classifieds platform, consumer services and enterprise
services. Some products meant for the global market will be wholly
developed at the Indian R&D centre, which will also research
new service areas that the Internet can offer and will provide customisation
and technical support for the launch of Yahoo! products globally.
Yahoo!
has set up an R&D centre in India. It will hire 150 employees
by end-2004 for its centre at Bangalore that will be the first such
centre outside of the US. Venkat Panchapakesan, CEO of Yahoo! software
development India said, “The centre will play a crucial role
in creating unique products and meeting customer needs in diverse
markets. It will focus on delivering business critical software
and services to the US and Yahoo!’s other global subsidiaries.”
