Enterprise infrastructure software vendor BEA Systems plans to make India its worldwide R&D hub, to take advantage of the highly skilled staff available in the country.The company plans to have about 550 development staff in Bangalore as soon as possible, Alfred Chuang, BEA’s chairman and chief executive officer, told reporters Thursday in Bangalore. The company has 205 development staff in the city today, and about 70 doing support work.BEA, of San Jose, Calif., has moved its development facility in Bangalore to a new 60,000-square-foot facility, ahead of the expansion.Chuang did not give a time frame for the expansion. Afterward, the Bangalore development center will be the company’s largest worldwide. Besides development operations in the United States and India, BEA also has development centers in Sweden, Argentina, China and Korea. In the past two years, the company has expanded its R&D team worldwide to about 1,100 staff from 420, Chuang said. “We are not expanding in India because of the lower cost of staff here, but because we can get some real smart people here,” he said. The company will hire both experienced staff and campus recruits.Staff at the Bangalore center are working on development of BEA’s WebLogic and AquaLogic products, with a focus on applications in the radio frequency identification and telecom markets, Chuang said. -John Ribeiro, IDG News Service (Bangalore Bureau)Related Link: AMD Opens Shanghai R&D CenterCheck out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe