Bangalore, popularly known as the Silicon Valley of India houses more than 100 multinationals and a large number of Fortune 500 companies. Texas Instruments Inc., Intel Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., ZiLOG Inc., Pentasoft Technologies, Genpact, LG, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Compaq, Dell, Microsoft Corporation, Motorola, Lucent, Citicorp, Infosys, Wipro, IBM, TCS, I-Flex Solutions Ltd, Cisco and Philips Software Centre are some of the prominent MNCs and Corporates which have there presence in the IT capital of India.

Bangalore (Bengaluru) has carved its niche as a potential design and development location.In addition to its information technology and communications companies, Bangalore has a large number of manufacturing companies making automobile components, electronic connectors, and a variety of precision-engineering products, defense-research institutions including HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.)

What makes Bangalore (Bengaluru) attractive to MNCs and Corporates:

• Bangalore (Bengaluru) provides readily available world class IT infrastructure.
• The city has ample number of specialized human resources
• Metropolitan environment in the city.
• The city has high concentration of IT companies, quality research and development institutions.
• Houses world class IT parks - Software Technology Park of India, International Tech Park Limited and Electronics City.

A brief overview of prominent Bangalore (Bengaluru) based MNCs:
Texas Instruments Inc: Texas Instruments is the world leader in digital signal processing and analog technologies, the semiconductor engines of the Internet age.

Motorola: Motorola, a Fortune 500 company with global presence and impact is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications.

Intel Corp: Intel is the world's largest chip maker, also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. It is the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies and products.

Infosys: Infosys is a global leader in IT & Business Consulting Services and partners with Global 2000 companies to provide business.