Information Madness

Facebook India unveiled their office in Hyderabad earlier this week. Facebook announced earlier this year  that it is opening offices in Hyderabad, India.

Hyderabad already the home of several big technology companies including Google, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and others. The office headed by Kirthiga Reddy and Manoj Varghese, the Indian Facebook team will include more sales and operations as well as multi-lingual support staff in order provide round-the-clock international support.

Facebook has recently gotten to 500 million users and also Facebook overtaking Orkut as India’s most prominent social network with 21 million vs. 20 million unique visitors in July. Facebook Hyderabad will be Facebook’s tenth international office. According to Facebook, this is only the office arrival of the initial Facebook Hyderabad landing team. The “official” Facebook Hyderabad launch date will be in September.

According to Facebook blog, "The new offices come at a significant time in our international growth. Seventy percent of the people using Facebook are outside the U.S. and are accessing the service from more than 70 languages. In India alone, we’ve seen rapid growth and now have more than 8 million people there actively connecting on Facebook with their friends, family, and other people they know, both within India and around the globe."

Hyderabad also base of many other technology companies including Google, Microsoft, Oracle HP, Dell, Motorola, IBM, HP and Amazon.