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No decision taken on Smart City Kochi

The director board convened today was not able to solve the dispute between the state government and TECOM in connection with the establishment of the Smart City project. TECOM was firm in their stand of having 12% independent rights. Smart City chairman S Sarma informed them that they cannot accept their demand. So, the government said that they will inform …

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International Conference On Computing

International Conference On Advances In Computing, Control, And Telecommunication Technologies will be held at Mascot Hotel on 28-Dec-2009 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Control, and Telecommunication Technologies provides an outstanding forum for the discussion and presentation of theory, practices, and applications of computational engineering. ACT 2009, organized by the Association of Computer Electronics and Electrical Engineers (ACEEE), will assemble …

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New President For Toonz Academy

Mr.Radhakrishnan Nair N has been appointed as the President of Toonz Academy, He was the former CEO of Technopark, Trivandrum. Toonz Academy is the training division of the Technopark based animation studio, Toonz Animation India Pvt Ltd.Toonz, a major provider of animation to top US and European producers, is South Asia’s biggest and most admired animation studio. Founded in 1999, …

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UST to Hire More!

In another signal that the recession-hit IT industry is back on its feet. Technopark based UST Global has hired about 1500 professionals this financial year. The company has on an average recruited about 200 resources every month since last April.

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Intelligent Trivandrum!

“Intelligent Trivandrum“ - a promotional campaign, consisting of a brochure and video presentation, to showcase Trivandrum as a top IT/ITES destination was released during the India IT Summit 2009 . The campaign was launched by the Trivandrum Development Front (TDF) - a not-for-profit organisation, composed of young professionals and entrepreneurs, that works to promote development in and around Trivandrum.

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Google Internet Bus in Kerala!

The Google Internet Bus is in Kerala! The Internet Bus Project is an initiative by Google to educate people about what the Internet is, and how it may be beneficial to their lives, by taking the Internet experience to them through a customised Internet enabled bus, which travels to several towns and cities across India. The bus is focusing on …

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SmartCity Kochi: Kerala Govt. ready for talks with Dubai promoters

The Kerala government said on Wednesday it is ready to talk with Dubai-based promoters over the Rs 1,500-crore (Rs 15-billion) Kochi SmartCity IT project, which has been delayed by over a year due to land acquisition problems. The government has informed the Dubai-based Tecom authorities about the steps taken so far in this regard and that it was prepared to …

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Smart City Kochi:Tecom Dubai serves ultimatum to Kerala government

Smart City Dubai Monday served an ultimatum to the Kerala government, saying the Rs.1,500 crore Smart City Kochi project cannot be kept hanging in the balance “endlessly”. In a statement issued here, Smart City Dubai said “we have to rethink about the future of the project”. “But as mentioned earlier decisions can be taken within minutes and there is no …

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India IT Summit 2009 Concludes

The two-day India IT Summit jointly organised by the Confederation for Indian Industry and IT Kerala at The Leela Kempinski, Kovalam concluded on Friday. A glittering array of techno-CXOs, politicians, thought leaders, and trade associations participated in the event  which received praise on its first outing. In a keynote address delivered by Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Dr. …

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2 million sq ft of built-up SEZ space for small IT firms

Small scale IT companies, who look to set up shop in Kerala, but are unable to develop their own campuses would be provided with close to 2 million sq ft of built up Special Economic Zone (SEZ) space by the Kerala government. Inaugurating the India IT Summit that got underway at Kovalam today, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said …

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e-Governance Awards 2009 Announced

The first Kerala State e-Governance Awards 2009 announced.Trissur Collectorate won the best award for Online Service and e-filling while Palakkad Collectorate won the award under the Digital File Flow category. The m-governance award went to Kozhikode Collectorate and the Best Website winner award went to Kerala Tourism. The Service and Payroll Administrative Repository for Kerala (SPARK) implementation award was given …

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Kerala State e-Governance Awards

Kerala Chief Minister V.S Achuthanandan will present the Kerala State e-Governance awards for the year 2008 on December 8, 2009. Twelve government departments and institutions have been shortlisted for the awards for the best e-governance initiative in various categories. The 12 finalists were shortlisted by an award committee comprising the former Chief Secretary Mr. V Ramachandran IAS; Mr. Upendra Verma …

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Infy,UST and CTS bag $600 million Walmart deal

The global retail giant – Walmart has selected three IT vendors in India – Infosys Technologies, Cognizant Technology Solutions and UST Global for multi-year contracts worth over $600 million (around Rs 2,750 crore). The amount is roughly equivalent to the value of goods – textiles, handicrafts and other products — that the world’s largest retailer sources from India every year. …

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