Top 10 IT locations

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From Silicon Valley to Station X during the Second World War, why Romania is teeming with software developers, and Zhongguancun in China where Microsoft is building its Chinese headquarters.

The information technology revolution may have spread around the globe but there are still some areas that are more IT friendly than most.

A decade ago people were talking about the death of distance, and how the internet would make physical geography irrelevant. This has not come to pass; there are still places around the world that are hubs of technology just as there are for air travel, product manufacturing or natural resource exploitation.

This was a tough list to compile. The number one choice was obvious but the rest of it was a hard fought battle. Shaun's insistance on one area of the north eastern US was matched by my determination to see Bletchley recognised. We're a tight team here but it nearly came to blows.

So if you think there are areas that we've missed the comment section is there for you. Personally I'd have liked to see the Cambridge area of the UK make the list, but it was eclipsed by its namesake.

The List:

1. Silicon Valley

2. Taiwan

3. Bangalore

4. Japan

5. San Francisco

6. Zhongguancun, China

7. Finland

8. Fort Meade, Maryland

9. Romania

10. Boston

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(The source has reasons why these are "the best locations")