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 At a time when shaky global economic cues have pushed most companies to po st pone real estate investments, India's third-largest software exporter Wipro is finalising plans to build its largest campus that can house at least 30,000 employees in Bangalore. The new campus, whose first phase is expected to have a built up space of 2.5 million square feet, will come up on a 50-acre plot that is 4 km away from its existing 1.9 million sq ft campus in Sarjapur, on the outskirts of Bangalore. This will be in addition to Wipro's existing campuses across the country and is not aimed at consolidating operations. Currently, the software major's headcount stands at about 138,000 employees. "We are currently in the process of finalising the master plan for the new campus," said Hariprasad He gde, vice-president and global head of operations at Wipro. He did not provide details on the developer of the project or how much it would cost. The Sarjapur facility -the largest f...

IT hiring: APAC region to have 9,60,000 jobs by 2015 Research firm Gartner p redicts that by 2014, IT hiring in major western markets will come predominantly from Asian-headquartered companies enjoying double-digit growth.  "An increasing number of successful Asian companies - particularly from China and India - are enjoying double-digit growth rates and will substantially grow their geographic footprints, making investments in major western markets through 2015. Consequently, these organizations will be responsible for major hiring of IT professionals to support their growth at a time when western companies will still be coping with the impact of the economic crisis," Peter Sondergaard, Gartner senior vice president and global head of research said.  By 2015, 4.4 million IT jobs globally will be created to support big data. Of these, 960,000 will be in the Asia Pacific region.  Every big data-related role in Asia Pacific will create e...