>>The e-Governance system in Kerala is set to receive a big boost after the coming of a second State Data Centre (SDC) at the Technopark. The SDC was inaugurated by P K Kunhalikutty, Minister for IT & Industries,  at a function held at the Technopark. “The new Data Centre will help in faster and more secure roll out of e-governance …

>>It may sound like another Rajinikanth joke, but a new website dedicated to the superstar runs ‘without an internet connection’! Visitors to www.allaboutrajni.com are greeted with a warning that “He is no ordinary man, this is no ordinary website. It runs on Rajini Power” and are advised to switch off their internet connection to enter the website. Only when the …

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in association with Central Public Sector Enterprises has empanelled Technopark’s Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI)  as one of its Corporate Social Responsibility partner, to promote the initiative in Kerala. The empanelment will make the T-TBI eligible for projects under the CSR Hub and also with the CPSEs that have signed MoUs with the hub.  The …

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) have launched a new mobile website for train ticket reservations from Mobile Phone.   Passengers can now log on to http://www.irctc.co.in/mobile to book and cancel train tickets through mobile phone.   In addition to this, IRCTC and PayMate launch Search, Book, and Pay service for Indian Railway tickets on PayMate’s mobile payments …

>>Paris-based Capgemini, one of the leading management consulting, outsourcing, and professional services companies in the world, will soon have a software centre in Technopark Trivandrum. According to M. Vasudevan, senior business development manager at Technopark, the company has taken up space at the Leela Infopark campus. The office is expected to be ready in less than two months and would …

The Confederation of Indian Industry, Kerala, is organizing the third edition of India IT Summit on the 19th and 20th of January 2012 at Vivanta by Taj, Trivandrum. The annual India IT Summit is one of CII’s premium conferences on Information Technology and the foremost IT event held in Kerala.  The 2012 edition of the event will have over 20 …

>>Technopark-based Accentia Technologies launched their most technologically advanced, US Certified Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software, Instakare during the FCA Convention held at Orlando, Florida, USA. Accentia was one of the sponsors for the event and provided many promotional offers on the products and services for on-the-spot sign ups. This generated a lot of interest through which a large number of …

Has waste disposal become a menace following the Vilappilsala issue? Are you searching for an easy way for domestic waste disposal?  TechonparkToday invites your attention to the easiest and useful way of disposing waste.  You don’t have to invest much on this system.  What you need is just two pipes. TechnoparkToday team visited the house of retired government employee Mr. …

>>It is a wonderful Christmas for Techies using the rear gate.   Thousands of stars are being arranged surrounding the CSI church as part of the Christmas celebrations, giving a dazzling look to the whole area.  There are reportedly 2012 stars to welcome the New Year. Photos:  TechnoparkToday  

>>International Centre for Free & Open Source Software (ICFOSS) is organizing the Fourth International FOSS Conference, Kerala (FOSSK4) during December 27-29, 2011, at Trivandrum. The event, which will be attended by representatives from Africa, Latin America, Europe, and the US in addition to India, will be inaugurated by Hon. Minister for Industries, IT and Urban Affairs, Shri P K Kunhalikutty …

>>Techies are enjoying the rare opportunity to pose with an F1 racing car.  A Forumula 1 racing car, which participated at the Formula One Grand Prix held in Delhi in October, was displayed in front of Nila.  This Formula Ford 1600cc car is sponsored by the Muthoot Pappachan Group. Techies posed as Fernando Alonso and other bigwigs in the racing …

>>Shelter, an animation film produced by Vyga Animations, has bagged sixth Vatavaran Awards.  The film, scripted and directed by Raghu Gopal, is about the effect of man’s greed on nature. The film bagged award for best animation film and technical excellence in editing. The story is about a man who takes shelter in a tree during a thunderstorm and then …

>>Technopark-based MobME Wireless has got approval and recognition from the Department of Science and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, for their in-house Research & Development facility.  MobME had set up an in-house R&D facility to continuously innovate and develop state-of-the-art products for the telecommunications industry.   MobME is the first telecom mobile value-added services company to have …

>> Times Group Excellence In Business (EIB) Honours Pradeep Vishwambharan, chief executive officer, Accentia Technologies for his excellence in the IT/ITES sector.  The glittering function was held at Le Meridien in Kochi on December 11, 2011 to award the winners of Times Group EIB Honours in various sectors. Complimenting the winners of the Times Group EIB Honours, Kerala chief minister …

      >>The 16the edition of the International film festival of Kerala got off to a glittering start on Friday when Chief minister Oommen Chandy inaugurated it in the presence of a large number of film personalities from India and abroad.  The one week long event will conclude on Dec 16. www.iffk.in

>>Technopark employees can register themselves for free and avail the cycles at a nominal hourly rental of Rs 2.  There are cycles for both men and women and five racks with 10-12 cycles each will be parked across the campus for easy access. This service is available 24×7 as all tasks are done by SMS. SMS No.  964 55 111 …

Just three days ahead for the launch of Technopark Bicycle Club.  The much awaited event will be held on Tuesday at Tejaswini building.  Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the green initiative of Technopark The bicycle club, organized Technopark in association with Allianz, will offer SMS-based cycle hiring system for intra-campus travel.  This healthy green concept was supported TechnoparkToday. com. …

>>Girish Babu has been appointed as the new CEO of Technopark.  He was serving as the managing director of Kerala State IT Infrastructure Limited and was former CEO of Infopark, Kochi.  Girish Babu replaces Mervin Alexander. Girish Babu was a member of the formative team of Kerala State IT Mission (KSITM) when the IT Mission was started in 1999. He …