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Has waste disposal become a menace following the Vilappilsala issue? Are you searching for an easy way for domestic waste disposal?  TechonparkToday invites your attention to the easiest and useful way of disposing waste.  You don’t have to invest much on this system.  What you need is just two pipes. TechnoparkToday team visited the house of retired government employee Mr. …

In a meeting of the Board of Approval (BoA) under the Union Ministry of Commerce, 67 acres of land earmarked for the second phase of expansion of Infopark Kochireceived SEZ status. This makes it a total of 98 acres of SEZ-notified land–31 acres having received SEZ status in September 2010. The SEZ status can be extended by acquiring the adjoining area …

>>It is a wonderful Christmas for Techies using the rear gate.   Thousands of stars are being arranged surrounding the CSI church as part of the Christmas celebrations, giving a dazzling look to the whole area.  There are reportedly 2012 stars to welcome the New Year. Photos:  TechnoparkToday  

  We  wish all our readers a Merry Xmas. May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace, The gladness of Christmas give you hope, The warmth of Christmas grant you love. Happy holidays & Have fun.   Team, TechnoparkToday.com

First time in the history of Technopark, A flash mob conducted in the Bhavani Atrium, As part of the Infosys Xmas celebrations.  It was a surprise for techies in Technopark, when they started the dance sequence with a popular Michel Jackson’s evergreen – Beat It!, followed by some popular Tamil dance numbers. The dancers, all working professionals at Infosys Trivandrum, …

>>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 …