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Aptara Inc., the 4,600 person digital content solutions pioneer, headquartered in the US with primary operations in New Delhi, announces a significant expansion of its eLearning operations across India. Based in Pune since 2000, Aptara’s eLearning Center of Excellence designs and builds online training courses, modules, and portals for Fortune 500 companies worldwide. With plans to grow by fifty percent …

Karthick R of NIT, Kozhikode wins MobMe’s CodeJAM Contest Finals. Karthik Bags The Price Money of Rs. One Lakh Karthick R, final year student of Computer Science and Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kozhikode won the finals of the MobME CodeJam Contest and bagged the prize money of Rs. one lakh. Sony Joy, Co-Founder of MobME gave away …

Kerala State IT Mission (KSITM) received this year’s ComputerWorld Honors Program Laureate awards for two of its projects in the award categories viz. Economic Opportunity and Health. The award recognizes men, women, organizations and institutions around the world whose visionary applications of information technology promote positive social, economic and educational change. The Awards are instituted by International Data Group (IDG), …

>>Ladies with mops to wash the car is a common sight in almost all the petrol bunks in Trivandrum city.  I had a traumatic experience at one of the pumps last week. When I reached the bunk, I asked the lady on duty to fill the petrol for Rs.300 and gave the amount. Meantime, another lady coming through the front …

According to Kaspersky Labs, a monstrous piece of malware called TDL-4, claimed 4.5 million computers in the first three months of 2011, and it’s still growing. TDL-4 infects computer and copies itself to another over the internet. This network of compromised computers is called a “botnet,” and cybercriminals end up gaining control of the infected computers. Experts say that this one is …

The rapid expansion of Technopark in Trivandrum has rapidly changed the entire human ecology of the capital and its suburbs.  So far no serious studies have been undertaken to analyze the social and economic effect this IT hub has created. With 30,000 odd IT employees concentrated at one place and its economic flow has surely, to a small extent, altered …

In Netherlands, Ministry of Economic Affairs and consulting firm McKinsey & Company started ‘New Venture’ as a business plan competition to support innovative start-ups. And the competition as usual was held in 2011 also. And the finally the announcement came. The Food Innovation Award 2011 goes to the south Indian recipes  ‘MEENU’s Idli. South Indian recipe ‘Idli’ is unfamiliar for the …

Technopark has set up a helpline to check on the credential of firms advertising for jobs through various mediums. This decision has come into effect after receiving frequent complaints of companies conducting job interviews assuring employment in Technopark and collecting money promising jobs. Those who wish to find out about the firms’ credentials can call Mr. Abhilash D S, Officer …

The dream IT project of Kochi, the Smart City, may soon get metro rail connectivity. The state government has decided to extend the alignment of Kochi Metro Rail to the proposed Smart City site. The authorities will soon start the study for foxing the alignment for the new route. “We have decided to extend the alignment. It will be fixed …

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said there was no need for any anxiety with regard to land acquisition for the much delayed Kochi Metro Rail project, which is now estimated to cost about Rs 5000 crore. The land acquisition process has to be completed within six months. The government would be formulating a new land acquisition policy keeping in …

The first phase of the proposed mega IT project, Smart City Kochi, would be commissioned before Oct 31, 2012, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Thursday.The Oommen Chandy-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government, which had first finalised the project during its previous term, held its first meeting Thursday with the builder of the project, Smart City Dubai. Addressing reporters here …

IT Kerala announced that the Central Ministry of Commerce has given final notification for the 25 acres of land identified to set up Cyberpark Kozhikode which will be known as IT/ITES Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Cyberpark Kozhikode is Kerala IT’s foray into the Malabar region of the State. Kerala IT has procured a total of 43 acres of land for …

Trivandrum, June 23, 2011 – 12 students from Cleveland State University (CSU), Ohio, USA, visited Technopark as part of their “India Study” programme. The team led by Dr. Murali D Nair, Director of School of Social Work, CSU was briefed about the Indian IT industry and Kerala IT scenario. Mervin Alexander, CEO, Technopark participated in an interactive session with them. …

From Hotels to Hospitals, from toilets to X-ray rooms, Kerala is obsessed with cameras these days. If it was Hotel Sagar recording how you use their toilets, now it is Ernakulam Medical Center (EMC) keen in knowing if you are properly examined – Not by doctors, but by the security person watching you through the cameras. It is rather shocking …

>>Who is your father?  This may be one of the commonest questions that have been heard next to “how are you?” This alone points out greatly the significance that term possess. Everything we see around to come into existence should be fathered by someone, and we humans are no exception at all. But for us the term father is simply …

An IT engineer girl was subjected to brutal attack. The girl is identified as ‘Tasni Banu’ working in an IT company Infopark, kakkanad, Kochi. This girl was attacked while she was traveling with one of her friends on bike. The people who attacked this girl was pretending the moral police, and they abused the girl both verbally and physically. The …

CCS Technologies (P) Ltd opened its new development centre at Infopark Kochi’s “Tejomaya” building.   A part of the prestigious “Mr. Butler’s group,” CCS focuses on areas such as SAP R/3, SAP Business One, MS SharePoint Solutions, and Mobile Applications. It was the Best Partner for SAP Business One in Kerala during the year 2010.

Technopark Trivandrum signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hamriya Free Zone Authority (HFZA) of Sharjah.   The MoU will enable Technopark Trivandrum and HFZA to work together to strengthen mutual ties and jointly promote the growth of IT Industry in both geographies.   His Excellency Dr. Rashid Al Leem, Director General, HFZA, who signed the MoU on behalf …