Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has reportedly announced plans to double its engineering staff in India to further strengthen its enterprise cloud computing offerings. The company's current staff strength in India is 2,000. This includes 300 engineers between its Hyderabad and Bangalore centres. The Indian engineers are reportedly developing applications for cloud computing, search, maps and ads.
The new initiative is expected to make Hyderabad the largest cloud computing site for Google. Cloud computing is an emerging technology where shared resources such as software, electricity and information are provided to computers on-demand.
According to Peeyush Ranjan, managing director (R&D), Google India, the company has more than 25 million active users including eight million active education users.
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