Bangalore is well-known for sprawling shopping malls, although in British times it was largely a cantonment town and only lately has become an information technology hub and one of the cities most prominently linked to the outsourcing of Western business processes in the country.Bangalore is well-known for sprawling shopping malls, although in British times it was largely a cantonment town and only lately has become an information technology hub and one of the cities most prominently linked to the outsourcing of Western business processes in the country.