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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UST Global joins Infosys and TCS in recieving Co-Developer status
UST Global , one of the biggest employers among software development companies in Kerala, has been accorded the Co-Developer status for setting up its own Private IT campus near Technopark Trivandrum. The approval is given by the Board of Approval of the Ministry of Commerce. By becoming the co-developer of Technopark, UST Global would be eligible to claim all the …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Kollam Technolodge Inaugurated
Kerala's second "Technolodge" was inaugurated at Perinad ( Kollam ) last week by Sri Paloli Mohammad Kutty, Hon' Minister for Local Self Government. This newly inaugurated Technolodge has been fully taken up by Technopark-based Accentia Technologies Ltd., a Business Process Management company.
Read More »Smart City Director Board meeting today at Trivandrum
Reviving the proposed SmartCity Kochi project that has been in a limbo for sometime now, a meeting of the board of directors of the company has been scheduled at Kovalam on Wednesday at 6.30 p.m.
Read More »Kerala govt ready for talks with Tecom: Kerala CM
The Kerala government Wednesday said it is ready to talk with Dubai-based promoters over the Rs 1,500-crore Kochi SmartCity IT project, which has been delayed by over a year due to land acquisition problems.
Read More »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, …
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 “endlesslyâ€. In a statement issued here, Smart City Dubai said “we have to rethink about the future of the projectâ€. “But as mentioned earlier decisions can be taken within minutes and there is no …
Read More »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. …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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. …
Read More »Talks with TECOM to sort out differences: Kerala CM
The Kerala government today said it would hold talks with TECOM Investments, the Dubai based joint venture partner of an industry cluster project in Kochi, for implementing the project sanctioned in 2007. Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan told reporters after a Cabinet meeting that talks would be held for “one more time” with TECOM, a member of Dubai Holding, but …
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