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TALENT OUTLOOK 2013: SURVEY RESULTS Emerging Global Tier 2 Cities for Shared Services Operations
Key Acquisitions
Google acquired Wavii, a natural language processing start-up for USD 30 million. With this acquisition, Google plans to strengthen its Knowledge Graph search feature. Facebook acquired Parse, a mobile start-up. The startup offers services that aid developers store data,
engagements. Electronic Arts has laid off some of its employees in an effort to improve its operations.
manage identity logins, notifications and custom code in the cloud. With this acquisition, Facebook will be able to offer better backend services such as data storage, user management and notifications.
University Trends
IMS Health and Microsoft Research have partnered with Drexel Universitys National Academy of Science Center for Visual and Decision Informatics. The partnership will focus on developing visual and decision support tools & techniques that can help in improving interpretation and analysis of information. Claremont Graduate University entered into an agreement with Esri, a leading supplier of GIS software. The objective is to provide scholarships to 3 Esri employees for pursuing Masters or Doctoral Degree Program.
Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver and Quebec City are the key cities for software product development talent in Canada. Toronto has the highest installed talent base (34,000) followed by Montreal (20,000), Quebec City (13,500), Ottawa (8,300) and Vancouver (7,300). Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg are the emerging cities in Canada for software product development activities. Universities in these cities produce about 2,000 to 3,000 graduates annually. The Canadian government recently launched The Start-Up Visa Program to attract entrepreneur immigrants. Key highlights of the program include an upfront permanent residency to entrepreneurs and financial incentives that cover the entire cost of investment. Entrepreneur needs to obtain funding from a VC or angel investment groups that have partnerships with the government.
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