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Govt clears Videocon SEZ, defers decision on environment norms July, 2010
Amid doubts over continuation of tax sops to new Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the Government today approved three fresh proposals including that of Videocon Industries. The interest in the SEZs, the favourite investment destination since 2006, has started declining since December 2009. First, it was the economic slowdown of 2008-09, which took a toll on investments. Even as

E-learning Platform to be launched by Chief Minister July, 2010
Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri V S Achuthanandan launched Technopark Technology Business Incubation Centre’s latest offering – an e-learning networkhttp://www.ttbi.smartguruji.com. The online platform is launched with the objective to deliver high-quality multi-sensory learning experience for budding entrepreneurs and incubatees and to enhance ent

OneView to provide Hosted Video Surveillance in KSA March, 2010
Tvm: OneView Systems Pvt. Ltd., an IT product company based in Technopark has signed an agreement with Sahara Net, a leading ISP in Saudi Arabia, to implement Hosted Video Surveillance solutions for its customers in the region. OneView CMS, a full fledged web based Video Management solution has been designed to be the platform for Hosted Video Surveillance, an upcoming tre

BarCamp Kerala 8 @ Thiruvalla March, 2010
Thiruvalla: The 8th Edition of BarCamp Kerala (BCK8) will be held on March 28, 2010 (Sunday) at the Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies (MACFAST) in Thiruvalla. BarCamp is an ad-hoc unconference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. BarCamp is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. Anyone with s

Kerala IT signs MoU with German IT Park March, 2010
Tvm: Kerala IT has signed a MoU with PRE Park, a major IT park in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The MoU provides for mutual cooperation between IT & ITeS firms operating in Kerala and those in Kaiserslautern for exploring business opportunities, new markets and outsourcing. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Siddartha Bhattacharya, CEO, Infopark Kochi with M

University launch Cyber Crime awareness campaign March, 2010
Tvm: A Cyber Crime Awareness Campaign was launched by the Department of Education, Kerala University in association with the Kerala State IT Mission in Trivandrum on March 8, 2010. The campaign was inaugurated by Smt. Neela Gangadharan IAS, Chief Secretary in the presence of Dr.Ajay Kumar IAS, Principal Secretary IT, M R Ajithkumar IPS, City Police Commissioner, Dr. Rathan

‘FOSS Digital Libraries’ in Kerala Schools March, 2010
Tvm: The Government would establish ‘Free Digital Libraries’ in all Schools under the auspices of IT@School Project. This was announced by the State Education Minister Shri M A Baby at a function to distribute the IT hardware to schools on March 8, 2010. Speaking at the function, Baby said, “Here the scope of the word ‘Free’ doesn’t limit to mere free of cost.

Budget gives impetus for e-Governance March, 2010
Tvm: The Budget for 2010-11 presented by the State Finance Minister Dr. Thomas Isaac gives a big thrust for e-Governance and also m-Governance in Kerala. In his Budget speech, he mentioned the successful implementation of the SPARK, e-Filing and e-Payment systems. The Government has implemented the submission of returns under VAT and KGST through e-Filing. e-Payment has al

Kerala IT runs TV ad blitz March, 2010
Tvm: Kerala IT has launched a series of advertisements on leading television channels as part of its strategy to promote Kerala as an IT destination and to bring in more IT investments to the State. The IT Department’s two 15 second spots are now coming on a leading English News channel and its Business counterpart. Talking to Kerala IT News, Nishanth Kumar, Sr. Manager

77% increase for IT in Kerala Budget March, 2010
Tvm: The 2010-11 Kerala Budget presented by the Finance Minister Shri T M Thomas Isaac today has a 77% increase in the allocation for the IT Department in Kerala. The allocation for Information Technology Department is enhanced to Rs.153 crore from Rs.86 crore. Excerts from the Budget speech: For Kerala State IT Mission, Rs. 29 crore is set apart. Rs.6.8 crore is earmarked

Seaview launches Social Outreach programme March, 2010
Tvm: Seaview Support Systems Pvt. Ltd., a leading BPO based in Technopark has launched a social outreach programme named ‘REACH’ to help the less privileged section of the society. REACH was inaugurated by the noted poet, social activist and environmentalist Prof. Sugathakumari on March 1, 2010 at a function attended by R P Lalaji, founder Chairman, SeaView Group of co

Toonz sets up new distribution arm in LA March, 2010
Tvm: In what could be seen as a major leap in the global arena for Toonz Animation India, the Trivandrum-based animation major has ventured into the US distribution horizon with the kick off of a new distribution arm in Los Angeles. The LA distribution division envisages specializing in the world-wide sales and distribution of, animated feature films, direct to video conte

RMESI Walk-in this weekend @ Kochi March, 2010
Tvm: The Technopark based RM Education Solutions India, a leading developer of educational software is hiring again and is on the look out for some experienced IT professionals. RM is conducting walk-in interviews this weekend in Ernakulam. RM Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd (RM ESI) is the offshore development centre of the UK based RM Plc, a leading provider of educational

IT Kerala logs a normal working day as strike hits Kerala March, 2010
Tvm/Kochi: Coming after a break of two months, the dawn-to-dusk state wide strike has not hit the working of the IT industry in Kerala. Most IT companies in Technopark and Infopark have reported a normal working day. Arrangements were made by the park authorities to run the transport services to Technopark and Infopark as convoy with police protection. Both these parks whi

Sexual harassment? Register complaint online March, 2010
Tvm: The Kerala State Women’s Commission has launched an online facility for lodging harassment complaints on its website. Chief Minister Shri V S Achuthanandan inaugurated the revamped website of the State Women’s Commission at a function held in Thiruvananthapuram on March 1, 2010. The Women’s Commission is also set to launch an SMS system to book eve teasers. The

TCS bids UK Govt. project successfully March, 2010
Kochi: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been named as the successful bidder for the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) scheme administration services of the UK Government. The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA) would sign a contract with TCS later this month. PADA is a non-departmental public body accountable to the UK Parliament and reports, through a Bo

IBS tops Tech-a-break March, 2010
Tvm: The sixth edition of the annual cultural fest of Technopark, Trivandrum, Tech-a-break came to a close on Saturday with IBS being named as the Company of the Year. IBS has dedicated the award to Bhuvana Sundar, their colleague who died participating in the Tech-a-break rally. Allianz was the first Runner up followed by NeST. The Trophy for the most 'livewire' participa

Asianet imposter in Cyber Police net March, 2010
Kozhikode: A final year degree student has been arrested by the Cyber Police for sending out fake Asianet News sms. The 20 year old from Thamarassery was taken into custody by the Kozhikode Rural SP and will be produced in the Thamarassery court today.Story will be updated soon.

Asianet News Imposter in Cyber Police net March, 2010
Kozhikode: A final year degree student has been arrested by the Cyber Police for sending out fake Asianet News sms'. The 20 year old from Thamarassery was taken into custody by the Kozhikode Rural SP and will be produced in the Thamarassery court today. Story will be updated soon.

BSNL rolls out WiMAX in Kerala February, 2010
Kochi: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. has launched WiMAX in Kerala. The WiMAX service of BSNL was launched in Ernakulam by Prof. K.V. Thomas, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, at a function held in Kochi today. The service would be extended to cover the State in phased manner. WiMAX, the acronym for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is

IT Industry welcomes Budget with caution February, 2010
Tvm: The 2010-2011 Budget presented by the Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has elicited a positive response from the IT Industry in general but with a word of concern. In Trivandrum, the Group of Technopark companies (GTech) have expressed appreciation to the Union Government for presenting a focussed and Balanced Budget, aimed at putting India back on the econom

Budget and you; fuel bills up February, 2010
Tvm: The Union Budget for 2010-2011 presented today by the Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee is being termed as the budget for the common man. We at Kerala IT News would try to explain in this article the impact of this budget exercise on you. Personal Income Tax § No change in the tax rates but slabs have been expanded Upto 1,6

Tech-a-break resumes with homage to techie February, 2010
Tvm: Tech-a-break, the annual cultural festival of Technopark, Trivandrum which was suspended for a day following the tragic death of a techie on Monday, resumed today with the Rock Show dedicated to Bhuvana Sundar from IBS. Before the start of the programme, techies took time out to pay homage to one of their colleagues. Remembering Bhuvana Sundar 23, who collapsed w

#rajdhanitweetup @ Trivandrum Central big hit! February, 2010
Tvm: The Platform No.1 of the Trivandrum Central Railway station saw an activity of a different kind today evening. Regular passengers must have been amused to find a bunch of youngster tweeting all the way. “Come to Trivandrum Rajdhani tweetup tomo and win cool Kerala Tourism Goodies!” said the tweet from Kerala Tourism. “The Kerala Branded Rajdhani Express will be

Tragedy brakes Tech-a-Break February, 2010
Tvm: Tragedy struck the week long cultural celebrations at Technopark, Trivandrum when a techie died while participating in the rally, the most popular event of Tech-a-Break. All the events scheduled for today have been cancelled. Bhuvana Sundar, a software engineer from IBS collapsed while performing ‘pulikalli’. He could not be saved even though he was rushed to a n

Technopark techies' tech-a-break February, 2010
Tvm: The sixth edition of the week long cultural fest in Technopark Trivandrum - Tech-A-Break, got off to a colourful start on February 19, 2010. The most popular event of the festival, the pageant will be held later today with the theme ‘Masquerades and Polka Dots’. Tech-A-Break started on Friday with the Western Music (Solo) competition. Kripa Elizabeth Kurien of Inf

Prem & Veena Techno Couple February, 2010
Tvm: Prem Kiran and Veena from Infosys Technologies have won the Techno Couple title at the finals held in Trivandrum on February 20, 2010. The Techno Couple online contest was organised by Metro Manorama. There were 12 couples in the finals. The contest was open only for the couples working in Technopark, Trivandrum. Don Kurien and Simi were the first runner ups.

OPI to hire 1000 professionals February, 2010
Kochi: Outsource Partners International, Inc. (OPI), a leading BPO present in Kochi, has announced growth plans for its India service centres. In the coming year, OPI will be hiring an additional 1,000 finance & accounting professionals at its Bangalore, Kochi, and Delhi locations. According to a release from the company, OPI’s India-based employee count will exceed

Meet calls for technological innovations for benefit of humanity February, 2010
Tvm: The two day International Conference on ‘Humanitarian Technology Challenges of the 21st Century’ which started today at Kovalam called upon the innovators to develop sustainable implementations for humanitarian organisations. Organised by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), one of the world's largest professional society with about four l

Skoool chale hum February, 2010
Tvm: For a generation that grew up listening to ‘School chale hum’, this is going to be a totally different experience in learning. Skoool Kerala, an online e-learning initiative of the IT@School and Intel was launched today by the State Education Minister, Shri M A Baby in Trivandrum. Kerala is the first state in the country to introduce Skoool content across all schools.

UST Global hits F1 track with Virgin Racing February, 2010
Tvm: UST Global has been picked by Virgin Racing as its IT services partner for the 2010 Formula One season. As per the new decision, UST Global will collaborate with Virgin Racing on advanced technical projects as part of this operational partnership. On the cards for 2010 is a bespoke race management tool that will provide race engineers a 360 degree trackside perspectiv

Kerala Land Bank goes online February, 2010
Tvm: Chief Minister Shri V S Achuthanandan launched the website of Kerala Land Bank today at a function attended by Revenue Minister Shri K P Rajendran.

Trivandrum to host Humanitarian Technology Meet February, 2010
Tvm: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), one of the world's largest professional society and premier standards-making body, is organising an International Conference at Kovalam on the theme ‘Humanitarian Technology Challenges for the 21st Century’ on February 20 - 21, 2010. The conference, organized by IEEE and its different initiatives - IEEE

Cloud Computing Test Bed to be set up at IIITM-K February, 2010
Tvm: The Kerala Government has decided to set up a Cloud Computing Test Bed at the IIITM-K campus. The implementation of the Test Bed would be carried out jointly by IIITM-K and C-DAC in two phases over a span of six months. IIITM-K would provide the resources and technical consultancy would be provided by C-DAC Chennai. The setting up of Cloud Computing Test Bed was on th

SunTec deploys billing solution for IPTV service February, 2010
Tvm: SunTec, a leading provider of convergent transaction pricing and billing solutions for the Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME) industry, based in Trivandrum has announced the successful deployment of its IPTV billing solution to price and bill Smart Digivision’s MyWay IPTV Service in India. MyWay IPTV service is available in 54 cities across India on BSNL�

FOSS training for Kerala Police February, 2010
Tvm: As part of promoting FOSS in Kerala, the Kerala State IT Mission conducted a training programme for Kerala Police. A five day FOSS training was held during the last week for the employees of Police Department at Police Training College, Thycaud in Trivandrum. The training programme for the first batch of 60 police personnel by the FOSS experts included areas like Open

Tech-A-Break is back February, 2010
Tvm: After taking a break last year, Tech-A-Break, the annual cultural fest of Technopark is back this year. The sixth edition of the week long celebrations will begin on February 19, 2010. Tech-A-Break 2010 would see 6 days of celebrations and competitions culminating in a mega entertainment event on February 26. Celebrations include inter-company Music and Dance competit

Six new Technolodges to come up February, 2010
Tvm: The Government of Kerala has sanctioned the setting up of six new Technolodges in the State. These Technolodges are to come up in the districts of Kollam, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Kannur. The identified Panchayats are Veliyam, Anchal, Poothakulam in Kollam district, Thirumarady in Ernakulam district, Kodakara in Thrissur and Mayyil in Kannur districts. Existing buil

SEZ status for HDIL Cyber City February, 2010
Kochi: The Board of Approval under the Commerce Ministry, Government of India granted Special Economic Zone (SEZ) status to the HDIL Cyber City at Kalamassery in Kochi on February 11, 2010. The Cyber City project is being taken up by Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) on 70 acres purchased from HMT by Blue Star Realtors Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of HDIL. H

Innoz wins Star Entrepreneurship award February, 2010
Tvm: Innoz Technologies, a Technopark Business Innovation Centre mobile and web applications company has won the Star Entrepreneurship Award at the third International India Innovation Summit held in Mumbai recently. Mr. Saurabh Srivastava, Chairman of CA India gave away the award on February 11, 2010. speaking on the occasion, Mr Tony Blanchard, Global Chairman said, “O

Final decision on SmartCity soon: Minister February, 2010
New Delhi: Kerala Fisheries Minister S Sarma and also chairman of SmartCity Kochi project, has issued a virtual ultimatum to Tecom, the promoters of the project, saying the State will decide on the fate of the project within one month. Talking to the media in New Delhi on Friday, Sarma said that there were many takers for the project, if Tecom wound up the project. “Kera

Catalyz bags best biotechnology startup award February, 2010
Continuing with our series of Guest Columns by industry leaders, this week we present an article by V K Mathews, Chairman & CEO of the IBS Group.

NIIT extends eGuru to Trivandrum Schools February, 2010
Tvm: NIIT has announced the launch of their eGuru service provider in the Thiruvanthapuram territory to take ‘NIIT eGuru’ suite of solutions to schools. NIIT, a leading Global Talent Development Corporation, also organized a seminar on ‘De-stressing learning environment in Schools: Role of technology’ in Trivandrum on February 11, 2010. The seminar was attended

French film fest: Feb 6 - 27 February, 2010
Tvm: The Alliance Française in association with the Embassy of France in India and the Film Lovers Cultural Association (FILCA) is organising a festival of French films titled ‘Spice of Life’ at Alliance Française de Trivandrum from February 6 - 27, 2010. The festival which is open to the public will screen four films, all at 4.30 pm. These films showcase moder

Lost & found, thanks to Orkut February, 2010
Tvm: It’s a typical lost and found story with all the ingredients of a Bollywood masala. College student goes missing 12 years back; many think he might be dead when his profile suddenly surfaces on a popular social networking site. But surprisingly, no clues on Orkut - empty profile, no friends list or scarps. Kerala Cyber Police gets the only lead from Google - the ac

Kerala bags three National E-Governance Awards February, 2010
Tvm: Kerala has bagged three awards in the National Awards for E-Governance 2009-10 jointly constituted by the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances, Government of India and Department of Information Technology, Government of India. The project 'Sulekha – Plan Formulation and Monitoring System for Decentralized Planning of Local Governments' of the

Anti-hartal online campaign February, 2010
Kochi: First it was the IT industry in Kerala which worked as usual on a hartal day. Now it’s the turn of the service industry to do so. And to achieve that goal the Travel Operators Association of Kerala is running an online campaign on Facebook to get support from likeminded people. The tourism industry – tourists and tour operators alike, are the worst hit during ha

Flytxt signs in as blogger with Mobile Marketing Mantra February, 2010
Tvm: Mobile marketing technology player Flytxt has brought on to the web a new thought leadership initiative that promises to provide actionable intelligence which the company has gathered from its experience. Christened Mobile Marketing Mantra, this initiative is a blog that Flytxt is showcasing in collaboration with industry experts. “This blog strives to provide acti

Flytxt blogs with Mobile Marketing Mantra February, 2010
Tvm: Mobile marketing technology player Flytxt has brought on to the web a new thought leadership initiative that promises to provide actionable intelligence which the company has gathered from its experience. Christened Mobile Marketing Mantra, this initiative is a blog that Flytxt is showcasing in collaboration with industry experts. “This blog strives to provide acti

IBS bags IT Systems Provider of the Year Award February, 2010
Tvm: Technopark based IBS Software has bagged the ‘IT Systems Provider of the Year’ award at the Air Cargo India 2010 event at Mumbai, India. IBS received the International Award for Excellence for its cargo management solution, iCargo, was based on a world wide online poll conducted by STAT Trade Times, the organisers of the event. Akshay Shrivastava, Head of IBS' Ca

Land acquisition complete for Technocity February, 2010
Tvm: Kerala IT today announced that it has completed all the formalities pertaining to the land acquisition for 245.89 acres of land for the development of the next phase of development of Technopark – Technocity project. The land acquisition was completed by the Revenue department after the cabinet approval of the price for 245.89 acres of land from Pallipuram, Melthonn

Kochi tech firm aims to boot out counterfeiting February, 2010
Kochi: If you are somebody who swears by your favourite brand of products, chances are that you have been duped at least once. Counterfeit products rule the market place these days that you never get to realize whether the product you buy from your trusted store. Even worse, even the seller may not know that the product he just sold you was counterfeit. Faked products tend look

Google Mapping Party kicks off February, 2010
Continuing with our series of Guest Columns by industry leaders, this week we present an article by V K Mathews, Chairman & CEO of the IBS Group.

Google mapping party gets going February, 2010
Tvm: A Google mapping party is in progress today in Trivandrum amidst security and ownership concerns. This one day event is the second mapping party to be held in India by Google, after Bangalore. This marks the launch of a community mapping initiative of Kerala. Interacting with the about 60 mappers from all over Kerala, Ajit Kumar, Programme Manager, Google Maps sa

Kerala mapped better February, 2010
Tvm: Kerala must be a better mapped state after the conclusion of the Kerala mapping party that concluded today in Trivandrum amidst security and ownership concerns. This one day event was the second mapping party to be organised by Google in India , after Bangalore. This marked the launch of a community mapping initiative of Kerala. Interacting with the about 60 m

PhD Scholarships at IIITM-K February, 2010
Tvm: The Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management – Kerala (IIITM-K) has invited applications for admission to the PhD Programme starting in April 2010 in IT related topics in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language processing, Software Engineering, Advanced Computing areas like High Performance Computing, Grid and Cloud Computing and Distrib

Vicious web: How safe are you? February, 2010
Tvm: Are you someone who has, at sometime or the other, been attacked online? If yes, you are in the company a growing population of netizens who have experienced some case of case of cyber fraud, ranging from phishing, key logging, identity theft to account takeover. Cyber security is turning out to be a rare commodity, with awareness levels plumbing unfathomable depth

NIT all set to host FOSSMeet February, 2010
Kozhikode: The National Institute of Technology, Kozhikode is all set to host FOSSMeet, the annual event on Free and Open Source Software. The event to be held from February 5 - 7, 2010 would bring together FOSS enthusiasts from all over the country. Several events like FOSS Huts, talks and workshops have been planned for the FOSSMeet, an attempt at popularising Free and

FOSSMeet @ NIT C to conclude today February, 2010
Kozhikode: FOSSMeet, the annual event on Free and Open Source Software being orgainised at the National Institute of Technology, Kozhikode will conclude today. The event which started on February 5, 2010 has brought together FOSS enthusiasts from all over the country. Several events like FOSS Huts, talks and workshops are being held at the FOSSMeet, an attempt at populari

FOSSMeet @ NIT C concludes February, 2010
Kozhikode: FOSSMeet 2010, the annual event on Free and Open Source Software orgainised at the National Institute of Technology, Kozhikode concluded yesterday. The event held from February 5 - 7, 2010 brought together FOSS enthusiasts from all over the country. Several events like FOSS Huts, talks and workshops were held at the FOSSMeet, an attempt at popularising Free

InApp launches new website February, 2010
Tvm: InApp Information Technologies today announced the launch of their newly designed website. InApp’s offshore development center in India is located in Technopark, Trivandrum. In a release, Satish Babu, President, InApp said, “We’ve expanded our offerings, and our geographic spread considerably since the last time we undertook a significant revamp of our website

UST Global expands Philippines ops February, 2010
Tvm: UST Global, the new-generation pioneer in IT and BPO services based in Technopark, inaugurated its new Manila offshore development centre today. The centre was inaugurated by Ms. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of Philippines. The new centre at McKinley Hills at Manila is a state of the art facility that would cater to its Global 2,000 clients in No

Kerala firm to launch e-reader February, 2010
Tvm: EC Media, a firm started by Kerala based publisher DC Books, has announced it will launch its e-reader by late March or early April. “The EC Media e-readers will be priced between Rs. 8,000 and Rs. 18,000,” said D C Ravi, CEO of DC Books, which has a 60% stake in EC Media. According to a report in Live Mint, EC Media’s e-reader is more comparable with Kindle

Start-up needs Search Engine Wizard February, 2010
Bangalore: A technology start-up based in Bangalore is on the look out for a young Search Engine Wizard as co-founder. Talking to Kerala IT News, Georgy S Thomas, the tech entrepreneur said, “We are basically looking for a search engine wizard, because the start-up is all about vertical search. In addition, he should have expertise in Google Map mash-up and Wordpr

Aryan Cargo to deploy IBS iCargo February, 2010
Tvm: Delhi-based all cargo airline Aryan Cargo Express (ACE) has picked Technopark based IBS’ Cargo solution iCargo to automate its entire cargo operations. A company official said that the deal for implementing the cargo solution was signed on Tuesday at the Bombay Exhibition Center, as part of the Air Cargo India 2010 conclave. ACE, which will start operations early th

Coffee Table Book to promote IT@Kerala February, 2010
Tvm: In an initiative to promote the Kerala IT brand, the IT Department of the Kerala Government has brought out an IT Coffee Table Book called ‘IT@Kerala - The Smart State'. Chief Minister Shri V S Achuthanandan released the book by handing over the first copy to Dr. Ajay Kumar IAS, Principal Secretary (IT) at a function held at the CM’s Chamber today. Talking to Kera

CM Releases IT @ Kerala: The Smart State February, 2010
Thiruvananthapuram, February 1, 2010: Chief Minister V. S Achuthanandan on Monday officially released a coffee table book about IT in Kerala titled “IT @ Kerala: the Smart State ” at a private ceremony in his chambers. This beautifully illustrated book of 160 pages takes the reader on a journey of Kerala seen through the eyes of the IT/ITES indust

YMCA comes up with e-journal portal January, 2010
YMCA has come up with an e-journal portal that will help its members to access more than 22 million articles appearing in 22,000 journals on the web sites of over 7,000 publishers. According to YMCA general secretary Thomas Abraham, Library Consultant and Project Director C.A. Augustine and IT Advisor Sanjeev, the e-learning centre of YMCA has had tied up with Informatics,

Kerala IT growing at 3X premium: IT Secretary January, 2010
Anilkumar B.S in conversation with Dr. Ajay Kumar Principal Secretary (Information Tecchnology), Government of Kerala. 1. Where do you see Kerala positioned in the map of Indian IT industry in the next decade? Kerala is well positioned to capitalize on its natural advantages, growth momentum and Government's commitment to develop talent and world class infrastructure. Over

'On-call' household service in Kozhikode January, 2010
Kozhikode: People of Kozhikode got a New Year gift to tide over their household jobs. The ‘Swabhiman’ service-on-call scheme to access skilled labour was launched yesterday

CM's Grievance Redressal Cell to utilize 'e-post' facility December, 2009
In a bid to revitalize the communication channel between citizens and the Chief Minister’s Grievance Redressal Cell, the state IT department is all set to explore the potential of the `e-post’ system introduced by the Department of Posts.“The IT department has entered into an agreement with the Department of Posts to speed up flow of communication from the Chi

-si100 honour for Sutherland & OPI Global November, 2009
We present you si100 2009. This is the 12th year that si100 companies are being selected and honored! si100 is an annual listing of the top 100 technology companies founded and managed by Indians in the U.S. The si100 not only represents the continuing rise and glory of Indian entrepreneurship in high-tech but also recognizes companies impacting the market place. A disting

CMMI Level 3 rating to Calpine Group arm; Group poised to create 200 new job openings within the next One year October, 2009
UVJ Technologies has become the first Kerala based Life Sciences software services provider to be assessed against CMMI Level 3. Kochi, 7th October 2009:Calpine Group, one of the leading Custom Software Solutions Provider based in Kochi is expanding operations by creating another 200 new job openings within the next one year, despite the prevailing gloom in the global IT mark

Recession to help Kerala IT industry? July, 2009
The biggest built-in space for IT anywhere in India is here - Techno Park - the first exclusive technology centre in the country that came up 18 years ago in Thiruvananthapuram. But today the worldclass building can boast of no more than 150 IT companies, with 30,000 direct employees under its roof while the 3 other southern cities have grown 20 times faster according to t

Kochi has a lot to cheer about July, 2009
It is a favourable Budget for Kochi . The city has gained the maximum fund allocations in the Union Budget 2009-10 presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee before Parliament on Monday. As per the Budget allocations, about Rs 500 crore will be spent in the city for different development projects. But it’s significant to note that the Budget has not mentioned any s

Chayowo Games nominated for Most Addicting Games Awards June, 2009
Infopark based ChaYoWo Games, the gaming division of ChaYoWo, has been nominated in the ‘Most AddictingGame’ category of the Nickelodeon AddictingGames Showdown for their online game‘The Parking Lot’. It would be competing against Stunt Dirt Bike, World Wars and World‘s Hardest Game. The award ceremony would be aired live on 27th June, 2009 at

Rent deferment for IT companies in Technopark and Infopark June, 2009
IT sector is likely to be the worst hit in the global economic downturn which has also stifled the expansion of the IT sector, the state government has deferred the payment of 50 percent of the current year’s rent of firms operating in Government-owned IT parks to 2010-2011. The government has issued an order regarding this on May 30 and directed the Chief Executive Offi

Infopark expanding its digital reach. January, 2009
Asia’s fastest growing tourist destination, Kerala is also one of the most promising IT destinations in the world today. Its enviable progress has been made possible by a dedicated talent pool coupled with innovative and path breaking initiatives. The excellent quality of life, pro-enterprise government policies, low operational costs and attrition rates, has transformed

Trivandrum in 4th place in Rediff List of IT Destinations , 0000
Information technology employees in India will have something to cheer about this year after a two-year lull following the global economic crisis. According to recent reports, top Indian information technology firms, including Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies and HCL Technologies, are said to be hiring big time again and are also offering increments for financi