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Here is the latest update on the infrastructure development related to the proposed IT industry in Kerala. Expansion of Technopark Phase III, Thiruvananthapuram 100 acres Status: The land has already been acquired. SEZ approval obtained. Allotment of land to IT companies already under discussion. A 10 lakh sq ft building is being constructed by Technopark. The park was formally launched …

UST Global Technopark, a provider of IT services and solutions has appointed Alexander Varghese as its Country Head for India. He will be responsible for managing the UST development centers in Trivandrum, Kochi, Chennai and Bangalore. Varghese will focus on people and process management as well as compliance and will report to UST’s joint Chief Opearting Officers. Varghese, who had …

Technopark based Toonz Animation has entered into an agreement with Spectra Animation of Canada to co-produce 52 episodes of a Malayalam animated TV serial Paddy’s Pages for pre-school children. Toonz said in a press release that the estimated $7 million production cost of Paddy’s Pages will be jointly financed by the two partners. Paddy’s Pages, an official selection to the …

Lots of discussions happened here, as part of different posts - Why Technopark Managers(keralites) are not professional/inhumane?

An eight-member delegation from the Information Industry Bureau, Shenyang, in China, conducted an exclusive visit to Technopark on Wednesday. The high-level delegation was received by Secretary for IT Ajay Kumar IAS at Technopark along with Siddhartha Bhattacharya, CEO, Technopark-Infopark. The session began with a seminar on India-China software sector. Liu Huiming, Secretary, Shenyang Huanggu District Communist Party Committee, in his …

More than 150 IT and ITES companies working at the Technopark campus here, more companies are looking forward to set up shop at the park here. Several IT firms have expressed interest to set up shop here, M. Vasudevan, a top official attached to the Technopark told IANS. “Of these, Satyam and Ford Business Solutions are the major IT companies …

The Conficker worm is scheduled to activate on April 1, and the unanswered question is: Will it prove to be the world’s biggest April Fool’s joke or is it the information age equivalent of Herman Kahn’s legendary 1962 treatise about nuclear war, “Thinking About the Unthinkable”? Conficker is a program that is spread by exploiting several weaknesses in Microsoft’s Windows …

While India’s overall software exports have slowed down on account of the global slowdown, those from Kerala grew 43.41 percent till February-end, fetching a revenue of Rs.2,300 crore. “While the STPI (Software Technology Parks India) figures for the country show a growth of 17.62 percent till February-end this fiscal, software exports from Kerala have grown at 43.41 percent,” said an …

Technopark opened an entrepreneurship development cell and an extension centre of the Technopark Business Incubation Center at the Garden City College, Bangalore. Technpark CFO K C Chandrasekharan Nair said the objective of the center was to promote innovation and entrepreneurship on the campus by creating an ecosystem for it, adding that the Technopark incubation centre had incubated over 70 technology …

Digitella, A UK based company operated from technopark has closed down their operations recently. It says like some managerial issues as well as the recession pressure made them to shut down their operations in Technopark. Digitella started its operations before 3 years, and they started as a small team in T-Bic Nila with 18 employees.eventually they acquired more business and …

Technopark - The first IT park In India seemingly perfect from the outside, the Technopark suffers from a slew of shortcomings

How come a software engineer like her found interest in an ancient art form? And where did she get the time to learn it all? Let’s meet Gowri, a software engineer who has been working with the UST Global in Technopark for over two years gave her debut Nangiarkoothu performance just a week back, her friends were taken by surprise. …

Technopark based IBS Software launched iFly at Low Cost Airline Congress at Singapore on Wednesday.iFly is a Mission-critical solutions major for the travel, transportation and logistics sector Chairman and CEO of the IBS group, V K Mathews said iFly was the next generation solution suite that addressed the entire gamut of airline-related services from passenger reservations to airport departure control. …

A year ago, tech companies around the world took pride in their bench strength, trusting that an ever-ready bench would be the ideal insurance to seize projects that came at short notice. Fast forward to 2009, and benches are on unwinding mode. As compensation costs are becoming decisive factors in technology companies’ performance, a roll-back of salaries are on the …

Thank you for the overwhelming response for TechnoparkToday’s Valentine’s Day Story contest – 2009. we have got total 12 stories, and out of that our panel selected the winner – Gift Of Love. The winning story is submitted  by Arun. Gift Of Love Love is one of the best things that can happen to any living being. Apart from being …

UST Global Technopark, The leading IT solution provider based on California, has appointed Stephanie Moore, former Vice President and principal analyst of the research firm Forrester Research, as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). During her 13-year tenure at Forrester, Stephanie was an advisor to CIOs as well as sourcing and vendor management executives, on matters regarding application and infrastructure outsourcing …

Two Technopark incubated companies won the prestigious awards for technology and innovation from NASSCOM. MobMe won the NASSCOM Innovation Awards 2008 for the most Innovative Startup and the Indian Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Parks and Business Incubators Association (ISBA) 2009 Award for the Best Startup ICT Company of 2008. Light Logics Holography and Optics Pvt Ltd won the ISBA Award …

The Kerala government has decided to put to full effect the state’s striking natural beauty while establishing its newest IT park at Ambalappuzha in Alappuzha district, designing the park to resemble what could be termed the first water theme park of the IT industry. The IT park at Ambalappuzha is part of the state government’s decision to have the IT …