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Bengaluru, the capital of the state of Karnataka, is
located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of the state.
Once called a pensioner's paradise, Bengaluru is nicknamed as the
'Garden City.' It is India's third most populous city and fifth-most
populous urban agglomeration. As of 2009, Bengaluru was inducted in
the list of global cities and ranked as a 'Beta World City'
alongside Geneva, Copenhagen, Boston, Cairo, Riyadh, Berlin, to name
a few. During the British Raj, it became a center of colonial rule in
South India. The establishment of the Bengaluru Cantonment brought in
large numbers of migrants from different parts of the country.
Today as a large city and growing metropolis,
Bengaluru is home to many of the most well-recognized colleges and
research institutions in India. Numerous public sector heavy
industries, software companies, aerospace, telecommunications, and
defense organizations are located in the city. Bengaluru is known as
the Silicon Valley of India because of its position as the nation's
leading IT exporter. A demographically diverse city, Bengaluru is a
major economic and cultural hub and the fastest growing major
metropolis in India.
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Bengaluru
has more than 200 resellers spread across the city, it has
been showing a growth pattern in the IT business. According to
Ashish Khushu, COO, Apara Enterprise Solutions, “The market is
opening up and customers have started looking at augmenting their IT
infrastructure. The business in Bengaluru has roughly seen the growth
of 10 to 15 percent. Though the impact of the slowdown can still be
felt at times and the growth is still moderate. The financial terms
are still challenging.” As in almost every market here also the new
trends coming up are cloud computing, business intelligence, data
warehouse, and data mining. Khushu quoted, “These new trends are in
different stages of the curve right now and the customers and
technologies are expected to cater to these as the demand and
offerings mature.” “
vendors
in this are very supportive and I expect them to continue
supporting us like the way they have during challenging times. Their
expectations are very reasonable,” added Khushu. The major
brands in demand are HP, IBM, HC
Microsoft,
APC, TVS-E, Palm, Sony, Altec, Compaq, Apple, Seagate,
Belkin, Nortel and McAfee. Most sought-after list of product
includes HP laptops, desktops, servers, wireless products,
printers,
keyboards and accessories. As told by Ashish Khushu
the services provided in this market are storage solutions,
consolidation and virtualization. The computer association in
Bengaluru, A
of
Information and Technology (AIT), is immensely active as
quoted AM Siddique, CEO, Computer Planet said, “
computer
association in Bengaluru, Association of Information and
Technology (AIT), is very helpful in solving our problems and is
apparently very active.”