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The first Kerala State e-Governance Awards 2009 announced.Trissur Collectorate won the best award for Online Service and e-filling while Palakkad Collectorate won the award under the Digital File Flow category. The m-governance award went to Kozhikode Collectorate and the Best Website winner award went to Kerala Tourism. The Service and Payroll Administrative Repository for Kerala (SPARK) implementation award was given …

Technopark based IBS Software Services has got a contract from the leading petroleum exploration company in Oman, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), to provide IT solutions to streamline its logistics services. The IBS solutions will streamline the booking system of PDO and increase the efficiency of its logistics services. The financial details of the contract were however not disclosed. Warith Al …

Kerala Chief Minister V.S Achuthanandan will present the Kerala State e-Governance awards for the year 2008 on December 8, 2009. Twelve government departments and institutions have been shortlisted for the awards for the best e-governance initiative in various categories. The 12 finalists were shortlisted by an award committee comprising the former Chief Secretary Mr. V Ramachandran IAS; Mr. Upendra Verma …

The global retail giant – Walmart has selected three IT vendors in India – Infosys Technologies, Cognizant Technology Solutions and UST Global for multi-year contracts worth over $600 million (around Rs 2,750 crore). The amount is roughly equivalent to the value of goods – textiles, handicrafts and other products — that the world’s largest retailer sources from India every year. …

Technopark company Speridian celebrates 4 anniversary. Started as a small company, Speridian achieved a tremendous growth over the past couple of years, and now they are one of the most reputed software companies in Technopark. Their domain and technology expertise, vivid workforce enabled them to excel in IT market across the globe, and their global presence and IT strategies are proved market dominating and …

The Kerala state government has declared the Technopark in Trivandrum as an Industrial Area and also notified the constitution of a single window clearance board for Technopark. The creation of the board known as the ‘Technopark Area Single Window Clearance Board’ is to expedite the issue of various licences, clearances or certificates required under the various State enactments for setting …

The Kerala government today said it would hold talks with TECOM Investments, the Dubai based joint venture partner of an industry cluster project in Kochi, for implementing the project sanctioned in 2007. Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan told reporters after a Cabinet meeting that talks would be held for “one more time” with TECOM, a member of Dubai Holding, but …

It’s a ‘take it or leave it’ moment for Dubai-based Tecom Investments, as it gears up for the final round of talks with Kerala government to end the deadlock over the IT infrastructure joint venture Smartcity in Kochi. As if the gloom of Dubai debt woes was not enough, Tecom is likely to face the humiliation of its mantelpiece Indian …

As the part of the expansion strategy for year 2010, SunTec Business Solutions, a leading provider of Relationship-based Pricing and Centralized Billing solutions, has announced their hiring plan. SunTec grew up to be the leader of the global transaction billing space, thanks to our dedicated and highly talented workforce that thrives on constant innovation. Keeping in mind the resource requirements …

First two techno-lodges are inaugurated by chief minister VS Achuthanandanat Kadackal and Perinad panchayats in Kollam district recently.The first two techno-lodges had been fully taken over by Technopark-based Accentia Technologies, a company specializing in end-to-end business process management solutions for healthcare, financial and insurance sectors. The techo-lodge concept is expected to broad base the growth of the IT sector in …

Trivandrum Management Association (TMA) is organizing a lecture, titled Catching the Virtual Thief.The lecture comes in the wake of increasing cyber crimes and will aim at create awareness about safeguarding oneself against them. Cyber Detective & Crime Investigator Dhanya Menon will deliver the informative lecture at 06.00 PM on Thursday, 3 December 2009 at the Hotel Residency Tower. Revealing what …

The first ‘Scientific Computing with Python’ conference in India, Scipy.in 2009, will be held at the Technopark from December 12th to 17th, 2009. Scipy.in is a conference providing opportunities to spread the use of the Python programming language in the Scientific Computing community in India. The theme of the conference will be “Scientific Python in Action” with respect to application …

The deal between Kerala government and TECOM will have to be declared null and void if the later remains adamant on free-hold rights for 12 per cent of land, fisheries minister S. Sharma said Sunday In that case the next cabinet meet will decide on the future course of action he said. He said though several private players have evinced …

UST Global held its second ‘Retail Razzmatazz’ event this year to promote and propagate knowledge, practices and technical innovations in the retail space. Held at Trivandrum Techno Park from Nov.16 to 20th, the theme of this year’s retail week was ‘Customer Loyalty.’ The week included product development competitions, presentations, retail quiz, the launch of the retail certification drive and a …

TECOM will not be given a piece of land for sale in the name of Smart City Project, said Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan. Talking after inaugurating the second phase of developmental works of Info Park in Kochi, VS said there is no uncertainty regarding the Smart City Project. The project will be completed with the help of other companies. …

Kerala-based Muthoot Pappachan Group has expressed interest in taking over and developing the Smart city project. The board which met on Thursday morning took this decision. The Muthoot Group had earlier shown interest in the project at the time of its inception. The decision by Muthoot comes after the Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan cast doubts on the financial abilityof …

The long-standing dream of the Kochi SmartCity project – projected as an infrastructure project that would help that city and Kerala move into another gear of economic development – has suffered another stinging blow. State Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan publicly expressed doubts about the competence of the Dubai-based Technology and Media Free Zone Authority (Tecom) to undertake the project, stating …

The work on the most beautiful IT campus in Kerala is in the last lap.Its the 1.5 million sq.ft and 10000 seater futurustic Infosys Campus Trivandrum. Latest updates as on Nov 2009. View from another angle Pic courtesy-sanoj You can find more about the Infy campus and the upcoming IT Campuses here