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>>Technopark-headquartered IBS Software Services acquired Atlanta-based Hotel Booking Solutions (HBSi) through a multi-million dollar deal.  HBSi is a travel technology and services firm that provides distribution services to leading hotel companies and travel suppliers by linking their computer reservation systems to distribution channels for instant transmission of room availability, rates, inventory and reservation confirmations. V.K. Mathews, executive chairman, IBS Group, said …

  TechnoparkToday.com>Want to taste yummy and real Chinese food??  Wok N’ Roll, a unique Chinese authentic recipes showcase and live culinary expedition, has began at Biverah Hotel at Kumarapuram, ten minute drive from Technopark.  The Chinese food festival, unique in many ways, is open from 6.00 PM. to 11.00 PM at Sips’n Bites at Biverah from 18th October 2012. Wok …

TechnoparkToday.com >With one out of twenty women in India, susceptible to much dreaded breast cancer, it is imperative that people are made aware. With this goal in mind Parivartan Corporate Training Academy decided to launch a campaign to coincide with the month of October which is dedicated to the breast cancer awareness. Normally an average housewife in Kerala will not …

About two weeks after the worms found in chicken – Another incident reported yesterday in KFC Cochin made the KFC lovers in trouble. The recent incident was Rotten chicken served in KFC. Many channels were also reported this in their evening news. but this news is not appeared in any other media as it was in the KFC Trivandrum incident. …

>>The recently concluded Gitex Technology Week in Dubai turned out to be a huge success for the SME IT companies of Technopark and Infopark. Technopark CEO Mr. Girish Babu confirmed that these companies could generate business leads with companies from America, Europe, Africa and the GCC countries. Infopark-based Codmax.com had its official launch at the event. The company focused on …

Google allows Indian developers to sell apps on Google Play – the android online store.Till now, developers from India could only offer their apps for free downloads on the Google Play marketplace. With this new development Indian android developers can make and sell their apps for revenue. In a statement published in google play blog, Ibrahim Elbouchikhi, product manager of the Google Play team …

>>Finding millipede from cake at Hotel Rangoli in Technopark is the latest of several incidents which left foodies in the city speechless.  A lot of incidents followed the ‘shawarma’ issue, which took the life of a student Sachin Roy Mathew.  Nauseating incidents such as getting live worms in KFC to cockroach in muffins from Ambrosia have occurred. Unless and until, …

>>Triune Infomatics Inc, a US (California ) based IT consulting company, is looking for an experienced Technical recruiter for its facility in Trivandrum.   The Job is to  help recruit resources for their Direct US Based Clients. Location : Jawahar Nagar, Trivandrum, Kerala Start Date : ASAP (Candidates preferably from Trivandrum) Needs: Good Communication Skills. Engineering or Technical Background Work Hours …

DoctorsCabin.com, a Trivandrum-based web portal, to help general public in finding doctors and hospitals in their fingertips, and to even book appointments online, is getting popular. The visitors can search for a doctor or hospital by pin code, city, or treatment specialty.  Now, the website is linked with 10,000 doctors and over 700 hospitals in India, and the number is …

>>Tejus, the blood donation forum operating from Technopark, is organizing a blood donation camp at Regional Cancer Center Trivandrum on October 20, 2012.  Tejus team will arrange free transportation from Technopark and back. Tejus is instrumental in arranging blood donors from Technopark for emergency situations in RCC and Sri Chita Medical Center, where thousands of people from other districts reach …

>>Taking its services to a new level, International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) in Technoparkhas now taken up the initiative to support Pre-Incubation programs that have the passion to build up their own entrepreneurial space indulging with technology in Open Source domain. The first company to be pre-incubated by ICFOSS is Cedar Info Solutions, started by three …

TCS conducted a massive flash mob in Bhavani Atrium, Technopark. Hundreds of TCS associates participated in the event. The message behind the flash mob was, to stay fit and healthy in life. dancing with your favorite tunes will reduce the fat and keep your mind and body healthy - of-course. so the message is well delivered among the Techies in technopark, it seems.  

Dubai, October 15, 2012 – Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development, Communications and IT, Mr. Kapil Sibal graced the inaugural ceremony of the Kerala IT pavilion at Gitex Technology Week 2012. He was accompanied by Indian Ambassador to UAE, His Excellency Mr. M K Lokesh. The Kerala IT Pavilion was declared open by Consul General of India in UAE Mr. …

Cheers Techie mothers at Infopark..!! The government has given sanction to set up a day-care center at Infopark Kochi. After an online survey conducted among Infopark employees revealed that the working mothers are stressful leaving their kids back home.  Following this, Infopark authorities approached the IT Department with a request to set up a day-care center. The government has sanctioned …

Trivandrum, October 12, 2012:  Technopark incubated company, Creace Technologies Pvt Ltd launches iSuite, a single platform for publishing Interactive Publication in mobility devices such as iPhone, iPad and Android based devices.  iSuite is a set of services and technologies that enables publishers of books, magazines, newspapers, and other periodicals to offer a revolutionary experience of their content on the iPad/iPhone …

>>A senior level delegation from Kerala IT will participate in the GITEX Technology Week 2012  from October 14-18, 2012 to be held at the Dubai International Exhibition and Convention Centre. The team will be led by Mr. P H Kurian, IAS, Principal Secretary – IT. He will be joined by Mr Vijayakumar, Special Secretary to Minister P K Kunhalikutty;Mr Girish …

TechnoparkToday.com >>Trivandrum-based IY tours and travels offers reliable and attractive packages for international and domestic tours.  It also offers travel-related services like airline ticket booking, hotel booking, holidays (inbound and outbound), cab service, etc. and they are offering some special discounts and offer packages for the IT professionals in Technopark. “You may tell us where to go, when to go …

Film Review by Suraj Nair TechnoparkToday.com>>To start with English Vinglish, from here on EV, I would like to recall one Hindi movie ‘Mast’ directed by Ram Gopal Varma during late nineties. The sole reason behind ‘Mast’ was RGV’s adoration for Sridevi, though the film hardly did any justice to her persona but it definitely ring a bell in me why …