Thursday, December 1 2005 12:35 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Bangalore: Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates is visiting Bangalore on December nine.

During his visit, Gates will address developers and IT professionals in an event being held at the palace grounds, Microsoft India officials said.

Titled 'Bill Gates LIVE in Bangalore - Ready 2005', the event marks the launch of Microsoft's integrated computing platform - SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006, they said.