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>>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 …

Malaysian delegation from the state of Sarawak headed by Chief Minister Abdul Taib Bin Mahmud visited Technopark. The delegation was received by M Vasudevan, Senior Manager (Business Development), Technopark, at Park Centre office. The delegation also visited UST Global and Infosys campus and met the senior management officials.Krishna Prasad, the centre head of UST Global, Chennai, made a presentation and …

Leading IT firm UST Global has announced that it has been honoured for its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. The company, with its mission statement of “transforming lives,” has development centres in Technopark Trivandrum and Infopark Kochi in Kerala. It is committed to making a real difference and improvement of health and education of women and children. The company raises funds and organizes …

Travel, transportation, and logistics solutions provider IBS Software has successfully managed to retain its Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 5 tag. The appraisal was conducted by KPMG and included stringent reviews of the processes followed by IBS for software development and service delivery. The announcement regarding IBS maintaining its CMMI Level 5 tag was made by the Software Engineering …

While there are a lot of beautiful greetings cards made out there for delighting our friends, family, and colleagues with.. But still there is nothing like a handmade greeting card. The idea isn’t to create a manufactured look, but something personal and intimate to the recipient. Yes, in this xmas and new year time, we are proudly present Personalized and …

      >>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

Trivandrum, 8th December, 2011 – Flytxt, the provider of global mobile advertising solutions, today announced that it has won the 2011 IEEE Cloud Computing Challenge – C3 in recognition of its innovation in Mobile Subscriber Fingerprinting using Big Data Analytics. The Cloud Computing Challenge organized by IEEE, the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence, aims to …

Technopark Today is an exclusive website for Technopark, but Infopark is a close cousin, since many of the companies operating from Technopark have offices in Infopark, Kochi too. I take the opportunity of putting forward some major problems techies face at Infopark, and this may be of interest to Technoparkians too. Firstly the roads. The approach road to Infopark Kochi …

>>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 …

Technopark Trivandrum, along with the park-based Group of Technology Companies (GTech), conducted a roadshow for Technopark Kollam being developed on 40 acres of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) on 40 acres of Special Economic Zone in Kundara on the banks of Lake Ashtamudi, as part of the State’s hub-and-spoke model of expansion. The roadshow—titled “Technopark-Kollam—Putting Kollam on the Global IT Map,” sought to …

ITC Infotech, a $7-billion global IT services company owned by ITC Ltd is coming to Technopark, Trivandrum. Their new office would come up over an area of 8,500 sq ft in the Tejaswani building. ITC Infotech offers services in various industry verticals like banking, financial and insurance, hospitality, manufacturing, travel, transportation and logistics and life sciences with clients spread across …

Trivandrum December 6, 2011 – : Technopark Bicycle Club was launched by the Honourable Kerala Chief Minister Mr.Oommen Chandy today. In all , 55 cycles in blue and white which is sponsored by Allianz were flagged off from Thejaswini building by the Chief Minister at 5 pm. The ‘Why Not Cycle for a Green Environment?’ initiative was conceptualized by Allianz, …

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 …