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>>Though several complaints were raised against petrol theft in Technopark, the unfortunate incident continues.   The latest incident is petrol theft from a bike parked in the parking area of Periyar building.  Anurag Velekkattu, an employee of NeST, is the latest victim.  “I left the bike at the building due to heavy rain and took it the next day. After …

As part of expansion of Ernst and Young, an MoU was signed between Tim Eddy, Global vice Chairman, E&Y Global Services and Kinfra managing director, S Ramnath to take up 60,000 sq ft of built up area the premises of SEZ set up by KINFRA film and video Park, in Kazhakoottam. This will be the 3rd facility in Kinfra Park …

April 2012: Wipro annouced the salarty hike for its employees, It says at least 8% of hike would be there, and would be effective from June, 2012. Tata Consultancy Services recently announced an 8% hike to its employees. So, there is a good possibility that Wipro’s wouldn’t be less that and according to some industry experts.

A massive layoff in HSBC India sacked more than 500 employees over the last two days. Employees ranging from assistant manager to vice presidents from its centres in Hyderabad and Pune. They sacked 350 employees at HSBC’s Pune centre itself.It is estimated that a total of 750 employees have been asked to leave across locations and designations. from assistant managers …

Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBIC) incubated Telmoco Development Labs has come out with a Tablet PC – Attitude Daksha – a 7-inch tablet variant for Rs 5,399 inclusive of all taxes. Being touted as the most powerful 7-inch tablet, the Attitude Daksha boasts of Capacitive 5 point touch screen with 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor with 512 MB DDR3 …

>>Revenue Med Blue emerged as the winner of the Technopark Premier League (TPL) in the finals held on Sunday at Technopark campus. Revenue Med Blue beat UST Global Blue by 86 runs. Vishak of Reveue Med gave a brilliant all-round performance.  Organizers will decide the man of match and other awards later. The prize distribution ceremony is expected to be held …

Prathidhwani, a cultural organization of Technopark employees conducting screening of the national award winning movie ‘Byari’on 26th April, Thursday 5:30PM at park centre.  The screening will also include an exclusive open forum with the movie director, Mr. Suveeran.   The film depicts the culture, tradition and language of the ‘Byari’ community and shared the national award for best film with …

‘Performance Appraisal of UDF Government’, the online poll, conducted by TechnoparkToday to apprise the UDF government which is completing its first year, got an overwhelming response from the techie community.   Around 500 techies participated in the survey, which include CEOs, managers, software engineers, and ITES/BPO employees.  The general feeling is that Oommen Chandy government is popular among the techies.   Majority …

Trivandrum, April 20: As part of its expanding offshore operations US-based McFadyen Solutions officially opened its new facility on the twelfth floor of Leela Infopark in TechnoPark. McFadyen, a leading IT systems integrator that builds large-scale e-commerce solutions, is investing heavily in its India operations by building a larger space with state-of-the-artfacilities to stay ahead in today’s globalized world.The President …

The security in front of Technopark has been beefed up, reportedly due to terrorist threat.  In addition to the usual security checkups, police force has been deployed at the front gate to check even company vehicles. One of the security personnel told Technoparktoday that the security was tightened due to terror threat; however, it is yet to confirm whether it …

Country’s first vehicle-actuated Wireless Traffic Signal Controller (Wi-TraC) started functioning at Vellayambalam junction.   The camera in the system can detect vehicles and the intelligent transport system will change signals accordingly.   Four cameras have been installed on each arm of the Junction, and the fifth one in the centre. Wi-TraC is a government-supported research project of C-DAC.  The project …

The annual conference of Malayalam Wikimedians, WikiSamgamotsavam, will be held in Kollam on April 28-29, 2012. Malayalam Wikipedia, the Malayalam edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has initiated a project to enrich and preserve the language through a joint venture of malayalis across the world. ‘Wikisangamotsavam 2012’ aims to increase Malayalam content in the encyclopedia. About 150 participants will …

Though more than 35,000 employees work at Technopark, the IT hub still lacks a 24-hour medical dispensary. In case of a medical emergency, the techies here have to depend on private hospitals at Kazhakootam or Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS). The techies complain that though there is a private clinic on the campus(Ojus), which functions between 9 pm and …

Here is an exciting chance to eat as much ice creams as you want.  An ice-cream eating competition is organized at Kanakakkunnu palace on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, by the State Diary Development Board, MILMA, Farm Information Bureau, and various milk cooperative societies.  The program is organized as part of the get-together of diary farmers.  K. Muraleedharan, MLA will inaugurate …

Technopark will host the 12th edition of BarCamp Kerala,  an informal gathering of tech-savvy people who love to talk and share information on latest technology, gadgets and developments in the virtual world. It is after an interval of three years that BarCamp is returning to Technopark, the fifth edition being the last time it was hosted by the IT village. …

Flytxt, the provider of global mobile marketing solutions, made their foray into the Sri Lankan Market with the addition of Hutch, the fastest growing mobile operator in Sri Lanka. Flytxt, the innovative mobile marketing campaign management company with a presence across Europe, Africa and Asia, offers industry leading campaign management and marketing services to mobile operators. The integration of Flytxt …

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday issued new regulations for mobile banking. The new regulations are aimed at ensuring faster and reliable communication for enablement of banking through mobile phones. The new guidelines stipulate that the access service providers need to facilitate the banks to use text messages, unstructured supplementary services data (USSD) and interactive voice response (IVR) …

Live Events presents ‘Destination Kerala Resorts’ Summer Expo 2012, an exclusive travel trade fair on April 18, 19, 20 at Park Centre, Technopark. Live Events, the agency that always delivers a positive impact by thinking strategically and imaginatively about how best to meet its Clients’ business objectives. The expo focus on hoteliers, travel companies, travel agents, consultants, Ayurveda centres, travel …