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India’s dominant role in ITeS services is slowing fading. Brazil, Philippines and Sri Lanka are giving tough competition to India. We have become very expensive. And they are offering services cheaper than India said, Mr. Ramesh Bhandari, MD of Pegasys Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd while addressing first year management students of IMT Hyderabad. He was the Chief Guest on the …

Technopark, the largest conglomeration of IT firms in kerala, has found a success model to curb the e-waste menace. It has tied up with a Bangalore-based e-vendor who collects and segregates the e-waste produced on the campus. Mervin Alexander, CEO, said that Technopark has tied up a Central Government-approved e-vendor who collects the waste produced by companies and processes it. …

IBS Software, a leading global provider of next generation IT solutions to the Travel, Transportation and Logistics industry has acquired Moveo Systems (www.moveosystems.com), a Bangalore based privately held company developing innovative next generation human interaction solutions for airports and enterprises. The merger will significantly enhance and strengthen the Airport Operations Line of Business of IBS as well as drive the …

UL Cyberpark’s “Quick Space” building, which will offer incubation facilities for start-up IT companies, is expected to be ready by the first week of December 2011.The 10,000 sq. ft. building has 164 seats in the domestic tariff area of the park, all of which have already been booked. According to UL Cyberpark officials, many IT companies have expressed interest in …

>>It’s a new avatar of Harisankar Kalvoor, better known as Silsila Harisankar. The man, who tickled the funny bone with the song ‘Silsila’ and invited much criticism in YouTube, has come up with a melodious song and a serious subject. His new song ‘Oru Pakshi Polum’ is a YouTube hit, this time in a positive note. The album already has …

>>A new food court has been opened at the Leela Infopark building.  V J Jayakumar, CEO, Leela Infopark, inaugurated the food court, Harmony@food, at the 12th floor at the Leela Infopark.  Five outlets of leading restaurants have opened their counters and three more are expected soon. The counters are  classified as North Indian, South Indian, wraps, juice, and ice creams. …

  >>A techie was killed in a tragic accident involving a KSRTC bus and Scorpio at Pongumoodu on Wednesday morning. Aswathy  G (26), an employee of Aptara Learning, Technopark, is the deceased.  She was on the way to office.  Two other techies were injured in the accident.  There condition is reported to be stable. TechnoparkToday expresses deep condolences on the …

>> THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:  Sakthi Cinema in Nedumangad has been witnessing a rare phenomenon for the past one week. While the local people throng other theatres to watch the Vijay-starrer ‘Velayutham’, youths from the city arrive in large numbers at the Sakthi cinema to watch a rather unknown film. The local people wonder why an unfamiliar actor is welcomed with thunderous claps …

UST offering free saplings as part of their go green initiatives in Technopark. You can collect free saplings from their counter in Bhavani Portico, till today evening ( 2nd November, 2011)

It may be surpirsing for most of us, but it seems politicians from kerala is also among the blackmoney account holders in Swizz bank. Indiatimes reported that a MP from kerala asked to explain the source of funds in the HSBC bank account, Geneva to the Income tax officials Read the full story here

Technopark Trivandrum will soon become home to the country’s first telecom business incubator that will be jointly promoted by the National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, Technopark Trivandrum, and MobME Wireless. The Telecom Innovation Hub will be launched by January 2012. It would focus primarily on student start-ups …

Infopark Kochi has announced its plans to hold a contest to find an apt name for its Phase II. The contest—aptly titled “Tag the Park”—offers a memento and cash prize for the person who suggests the best name for the second phase of Infopark. The names should be sent to [email protected] on or before November 10, 2011.

>>”Stay deeply rooted while reaching for the sky  Be still long enough to hear your own leaves rustling”- says the famous quote. And here is a man who rooted himself deep into his own tradition, while reaching out for the infinities of Information Technology- for Kathakali is his passion and despite belonging to the busy-round-the-clock-IT community, he finds ample time …

>>ICFOSS is set to commence R & D on the popular smart-device platform, Android, through a composite project awarded to it by the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Government of India. Android is a FOSS-based generic Operating System platform for mobile phones, pads, slates, tablets and a variety of other emerging devices. It is promoted by the Open Handset Alliance, …

Infosys is now planning to invest about Rs. 800 crore in Trivandrum, Kerala to expand the operation and generate 10,000 new jobs over the next five years. After many expected and unexpected turmoil due to global economic scenario, it seems Infosys , the technology giant has been able to gear up a new start. The giant is now planning to …

>>As the controversy surrounding an audit report conduct among the food outlets in Technopark get murkier, Vital Links & Services, the company which runs the Food Court at Thejawani, came out with an explanation. While the issue become a hot topic among techies and was taken up by the mainstream media, Technopark authorities and Infosys still keep the audit report …

>>Flytxt, the Technopark-based mobile marketing and advertising solution providers, is joining hands with yuMobile, which will deploy Flytxt’s integrated carrier class mobile marketing software platform, NEON, on its network in Kenya.  The integration with Flytxt to its network will enable yuMobile to offer on-time contextual and relevant promotions.   In India, Flytxt has to its credit clients like Aircel and …

The Phase I of Infopark Kochi has scripted a success story of becoming one of the most favorite IT destinations in the country for IT majors like TCS, WIPRO, Cognizant, Arbitron, OPI Global, and ACS Xerox. Now it is heading towards the next phase (Phase II) with an expanse of 160 acres of SEZ and non-SEZ development on a waterfront …