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See also:List of IT companies in Hyderabad 
HITEC City stands for Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City, a major technology township which is at the center of the information technology industry in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. This area falls under Madhapur suburb. L and T Infocity Ltd., a joint venture of Indian engineering giant Larsen & Toubro Limited, which owns 89% of the venture, and the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure * Raheja I.T. Park
Transport
The nearest MMTS local train station is around 2 kilometres away on the Kukatpally road, which connects to important parts of the city. Taxis and autos shuttle between the station and the city. Metro rail is being planned which may come up big way by 2012 and expected to complement the already existing MMTS. Most of the MNCs located here provide cab facilities to its employees, and transport is not a problem. Also the state-owned runs the city bus service, connecting to all the major centres of the city. Cyber Towers
The Cyber Towers is the first phase of HITEC City and was inaugurated in November 1998. Companies include 7Hills Business Solutions, AppLabs, Keane, Microsoft, Patni Computer Systems, Oracle Corporation, GE Capital and Prithvi Information Solutions operate offshore development facilities or call centers in this four-quadrant, 10-store building. The Cyber Towers building is divided into four quadrants with a large fountain in the middle of the quadrants. On the ground floor, there are banks, ATMs, courier services, book shops, gift shops, a snack bar, and "The Windows of the World" restaurant. The ground floor becomes a break-out area in the evening for many employees. With a total 10 floors, part of 7th and 6th floors and all of the 8th floor is occupied by Keane. Four Soft Ltd,(www.four-soft.com) as the leading provider of innovative software products, exclusively for transportation, logistics and supply-chain management market place can be found on the 3rd, 4th and 5th floor of this building. Cyber Gateway (Phase II)
The Cyber Gateway is the phase-II of HITEC City. A giant arch in front of the building stands as a gateway to the rest of HITEC City and hence the name. It comprises over 866,000 ft² (80,500 m²) of office space across 8 acres (32,000 m²) of land with a glass façade, landscaped gardens, and waiting lounge. The Cyber Gateway is designed for ITES and BPO services with multiple redundancies for connectivity and power. Large offshore processing operations operate out of this building. Dell, Inc., General Electric, Capitol Records, Lanco global systems and Microsoft were the first companies to start operations at the Cyber Gateway. They were soon followed by Oracle, Virtusa, Vertex Computer Systems[3] and others. Soon the companies grew in size and operations and started to build their own campuses. The Cyber gateway has a spacious amphitheatre located near the first block. Many IT professionals use this amphitheatre to relax after work. There are several small fountains placed at various places. A large cafeteria operates round the clock. There are banks, hotels and ATM in first and second floor except Citibank ATM in hitech city towers almost all ATM are there. Cyber Pearl (An Ascendas IT Park)
Cyber Pearl, Cyber Pearl would have been named Cyber Oasis, but since Hyderabad is associated with Pearls, Pearl at the end was considered more appropriate. Companies located at Cyber Pearl are
Hyderabad International Convention Center (HICC)
Hyderabad International Convention Center was built by Emaar MGF[9] of India. The company is part owned by Emaar of UAE UAE. The Hyderabad International Convention Center with 4,000 seating capacity is India's largest and the most technologically advanced convention facility. It is an integrated 291,000 square foot (27,000 m²) facility with a 287-room-capacity business hotel, Novotel Hyderabad, covering 15 acres (61,000 m²). This air-conditioned center can be configured to increase seating capacity to about 6,500. HITEX Exhibition Center
Hyderabad International Trade Expositions Limited (HITEX) [10] is a state-of-the-art venue for international exhibitions, conferences, trade shows, and corporate events in India. It was conceptualized by German architects and inaugurated on January 14, 2003 by Commerce Minister Arun Shourie, and the Trade Fair Office Building by Andhra Pradesh former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. HITEX is the corporate hub of the HITEC City and is India's most modern exhibition centre. HITEX is located at Madhapur (near HITEC City). The facility is spread over nearly 100 acres (400,000 m²). GITEX Hyderabad[11], is the annual IT&C expo organized by the Dubai World Trade Center in association with the Department of IT&C, Government of Andhra Pradesh. CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business CentreCII – Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (CII – Godrej GBC), a division of CII, is India’s premier developmental institution, offering advisory services to the industry on environmental aspects and works in the areas of green buildings, energy efficiency, water management, renewable energy, Green Business Incubation and climate change activities. The centre sensitises key stakeholders to embrace green practices and facilitates market transformation, paving way for India to become one of the global leaders in green businesses by 2015. The centre is housed in a green building which received the coveted LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum rating in 2003. This was the first platinum rated Green Building outside of the U.S. and also the first in India. The Centre was inaugurated by H.E Shri A P J Abdul Kalam, the then President of India, on July 14, 2004. CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre is a unique and successful model of public-private partnership between the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Godrej & Boyce Mfg Ltd and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), with the technical support of USAID. The Green Business Centre (GBC), has an area of 5 acres (20,000 m²). It is near HITEC City in Hyderabad, and the concept was launched during the then U.S. President Bill Clinton's visit to the city in March 2000. The Green Institute entered into a strategic partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industries to establish the Green Business Centre (GBC) at Hyderabad for promoting "Green Activities" in India. The GBC has become the basis of an ongoing partnership with the Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center (PEEC), a project of the Green Institute. Shilpakala Vedika
Main article: Shilpakala vedika The Shilpakala vedika is a A.P. state-government-owned Auditorium which is located at HITEC City. This 60,000 sq ft (6,000 m2). convention center includes an auditorium which is flexible in design and offers a variety of configuration selections. In literal terms: "Shilpa" means sculpture, "kala" means art, and "vedika" means platform. Mindspace IT Park
The Mindspace IT Park was envisioned by Raheja Corp, which identified the need for a world-class environment and ecosystem to foster great business ideas. This vision was translated to "Mindspace", a new-age philosophy of working and living, conceived to make corporates feel at home even while they are at work. It includes residential, recreational, entertainment, and retail spaces. Spread across 110 acres (445,000 m²), this layout also provides about 40% open space with telecommunications and civic infrastructure, wide roads, and greenery. The district witnessed immediate success with over a million sq ft. built and occupied in just 14 months of starting the project. Some of the corporates at Mindspace Hyderabad include Bank of America, CSC, Qualcomm, Zensar Technologies Ltd, Satyam Computer Services and Oracle. The Mindspace IT Park comprises several buildings
The V, An Ascendas IT Park
The V is spread across 20 acres (81,000 m²) and currently has four multi-tenanted buildings with gross floor area of 1 million sft (90,000 m²) having close to 100% occupancy. With over 10 acres (40,000 m²) of open space, it is a green township with environmentally friendly landscaped gardens. Most of the large rock formations have been left untouched, with the buildings designed around the natural landscape. It boasts highly efficient office space, minimum lighting due to lots of open space, separate cafeteria building, and fully-equipped training class rooms. It is about 10 km from the city center and 14 km from the airport, both being within an hour's drive. The nearest local train station is around 3 km from the campus. 
The V is composed of five buildings. The fifth building, that will have 14 floors will be ready by July 2007.
About 10,000 IT professionals work in the campus that hosts
The fifth building expands campus space to more than 1.67 million sq ft (120,000 m²). RMZ Futura IT Park
RMZ FUTURA [12] is an exclusive independent/built-to-suit facility set amidst HITEC city, adjacent to Cyber Gateway. The state-of-the-art structure comprises four independent blocks spread across the entire site. The RMZ FUTURA IT Park is composed of four buildings. All four buildings have been occupied.
Hitech City-2 SEZHitec City-2 : A milestone project of L&T Phoenix Infoparks Pvt.Ltd. This is a joint venture between Phoenix Group (India) which is headed by Mr.Suresh Chukkapalli and L&T ltd. Hitec City-2 is an IT / ITeS Special Economic Zone, and it is being promoted as an extension of Hitec City. The project has received formal approval as an IT / ITeS SEZ from the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. On an overall builtup area of about 3,000,000 sq ft (280,000 m2)., Nine State-of-art IT buildings are proposed with a mix of multi-tenanted and customised built to suit options to be developed in phased manner with world class amenities. It has accommodated MNC's like
with more scheduled to join
Other campuses around HITEC city
Several companies have opened built to suit facilities in and around HITEC city. Some of these are:
Satyam Computer Services Campuses
Satyam Computer Services is the largest IT employer of Hyderabad. The company has three campuses in Hitec City:
ValueLabs Hyderabad Campus
ValueLabs is an offshore software product development, QA/Testing and KPO Services Company based in Hyderabad, India. The company started its operations in 1997 with a remote execution model and since been offering services to startup and multi billion dollar companies across the globe. Astro, MakeMyTrip.com, Maxis, SHPS, Snapfish, SpiceJet, TIBCO are some of the clients of the company. The company’s expertise lies in servicing clients in the domains like Internet / mobile / interactive TV applications, internationalization, enterprise solutions and maintenance of legacy systems. The extended team model spun into the requirements of the clients has been successfully followed by the company over the years. ValueLabs has companies incorporated in the US, UK and Malaysia serving the respective geographies. ValueLabs has clients worldwide with about 70% business coming from the US. ValueLabs' Services ValueLabs facility in Hyderabad is being widely acclaimed for its architectural excellence. It is designed by the world renowned Chandavarkar and Thacker Architects Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, popularly known as CnT. Arjun Rao, CEO of ValueLabs always believed in providing the right ambience for his employees, the result of which is the most appropriate fit between the arrangement of the office space for business and the space for developing a culture of camaraderie among its associates. ValueLabs’ facility is built on a 2-acre (8,100 m2) land located in the HITEC city of Hyderabad having neighbors like Oracle, Dell, Google and Deloitte. The facility has 75,000 square feet (7,000 m2) of space that houses around 1500 people with a fifth of the space allocated purely for employee welfare (Gym, dorm, cafeteria, yoga / meditation rooms, sauna, etc.) An integrated approach is followed by ValueLabs that helps it in meeting its business requirements and at the same time benefit its associates. Microsoft Hyderabad Campus
The Microsoft Hyderabad development center campus is spread over an area of 42¼ acres (171,000 m²) and is the corporation's biggest facility outside the U.S. and the first one in India. The campus houses employees across its three units
Apart from development labs, the campus also features a sports facility as a recreational area for employees. Microsoft India Development Center (IDC) commenced its operations in 1998 and is recognized today as a strategic center for developing products critical to Microsoft. Since inception, the IDC has released several Microsoft products including Services for Unix (A key product in Microsoft's Unix Migration strategy), Visual J#.NET (A Java language development environment) for the .NET platform and MSN connector. Currently, the Windows Group in the IDC is developing technologies for Windows R2 Server and Longhorn client and server. The Developer Division Group is working on the next version of Visual Studio and Visual Studio Team System. Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Corporation, with Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh participated in the official inauguration ceremony of Microsoft's Hyderabad Campus on November 15, 2004:
The Microsoft Global Delivery Center India (GDCI) started operations in 2002 and is the delivery center for developing mission critical applications that support Microsoft businesses worldwide and manage Microsoft's world wide IT infrastructure. The GDCI's service delivery involves managing Microsoft's World Wide IT infrastructure which consists of over 7000 servers and 300,000 client devices spread across 400 locations world wide and being used by 89,000 end users. The GDCI focuses on developing applications using pre-ready-to-manufacture Microsoft products and technologies like: VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server, Yukon, XML web services, SOAP and BizTalk Server with continuous process improvements using six sigma and TSP/PSP. The TCS Deccan Park Campus
The Deccan park is the largest global development centre of the Tata Consultancy Services. The facility was designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta. The Deccan Park has been set up with an estimated investment of 15 billion INR with recreation and sporting facilities, which houses more than 2,200 professionals. The centre has been set up in 11 acres (45,000 m²) of land, with a built-up area around 320,000 ft² (30,000 m²) on 9 floors. The centre works in domain areas such as telecommunications, e-governance, biological sciences, ports, and shipping and also deploy technologies including .Net, opensource billing and bioinformatics. Future developmentsApart from the developments in Hitech city, other notable developments are planned with the area in & around just Shamshabad is expected to attract an investment of around 70 thousand Crores in next 5-10 Years. There are developments planned for Hyderabad beyond HUDA (Hyderabad Urban Development Authority) transforming into HMDA (Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority). HUDA which covered Hyderabad for about 250 km² will be replaced with HMDA that will span across at least 700 km². Some of these developments include:
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