Kochi Startup Village to have 2,000 IT firms
September 18th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 18 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Tuesday said that in three years, 2,000 IT firms will be incubated at the Startup Village in Kochi, which has already ... Read more...
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Kerala gets first product testing and certification centre
August 20th, 2012 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (IANS) Technopark-TBI Monday launched Technopark Software Testing Lab and Certification Centre (TSECC) to test software products, projects, packages and issue certification on usability, reliability and performance.The initiative ... Read more...
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Polish Airlines opts for Technopark IT firm’s software
August 9th, 2012 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 9 (IANS) Polish airline Eurolot will use a software, "iFly Res", developed by Kerala-based technology company to manage passenger reservations of its entire fleet, an official of the ... Read more...
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Kerala to showcase rural IT parks
August 8th, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 8 (IANS) At the forthcoming Emerging Kerala investor meet, the state is set to carry the wave of its IT revolution to rural areas, said an official.Apart from ... Read more...
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Shutdown in Kerala over CPI-M leader’s arrest
August 2nd, 2012 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 2 (IANS) Normal life was affected in Kerala Thursday as the state observed a shutdown on a call given by the opposition CPI-M to protest the arrest of ... Read more...
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BlackBerry makers to set up innovation zone in Kochi
May 30th, 2012 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, May 30 (IANS) The manufacturers of BlackBerry, Research in Motion (RIM), will Thursday open an innovation zone for BlackBerry technologies with a view to motivating young Indian entrepreneurs.'Rubus Labs' ... Read more...
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Kerala IT firm to lure youths to intelligent gaming
May 12th, 2012 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 12 (IANS) Schogini Systems, a Technopark IT firm, is trying to wean young minds from blood-thirsty computer games to intelligent gaming.Schogini Systems has charted out this strategy of ... Read more...
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Now a 7-inch tablet for Rs.5,399!
April 24th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 24 (IANS) Giving competition to the government's Aakash tablet, Telmoco Development Labs Pvt. has come out with a Tablet PC - Attitude Daksha - a 7-inch tablet variant ... Read more...
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E&Y; to open third facility in Kerala
April 21st, 2012 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 21 (IANS) Ernst & Young (E&Y;) Global Shared Services (GSS) plans to expand its facilities at the state-owned KINFRA Film and Video Park near here. The firm has ... Read more...
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Infosys to set up second campus in Thiruvananthapuram
April 4th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 4 (IANS) Infosys Limited, India's second largest IT company, Wednesday signed an agreement with Technopark for 50 acres of land for setting up a second campus in Technocity ... Read more...
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Kerala techies learning dance to destress
March 23rd, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 (IANS) Techies at Thiruvananthapuram's Technopark will now relieve their stress by dancing - all thanks to an exclusive dance class.Dance forms like Western Freestyle, Hip Hop and ... Read more...
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Kerala mulling cutting operating costs of IT firms
January 19th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Thursday said his government would consider reducing the operating costs of IT companies functioning out of state-owned IT parks to attract ... Read more...
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Capgemini to set up shop in Thiruvananthapuram
January 6th, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 6 (IANS) French company Capgemini is setting up a software centre at the Technopark IT hub in the Kerala capital, said a Technopark official.M. Vasudevan, business development manager ... Read more...
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Chandy rides bicycle to launch IT Park’s green initiative
December 6th, 2011 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 6 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Tuesday inaugurated a 'Green Initiative' at the Technopark IT campus here by riding a bicycle."Why not cycle for a Green Initiative" ... Read more...
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Kerala IT park on expansion drive
November 12th, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 12 (IANS) The Technopark IT campus here has finished work on two new blocks at a cost of RS.300 crore, an official said Saturday."We already have a few ... Read more...
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India’s first telecom business incubator in Kerala
October 27th, 2011 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 27 (IANS) India's first telecom business incubator will be set up in Kerala under Infosys co-founder and Executive Co-chairman Kris Gopalakrishnan.The Indian Telecom Innovation Hub will focus primarily ... Read more...
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First Nasscom meet in Kerala
September 27th, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 27 (IANS) The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) will host its executive council (EC) meet in Kerala for the first time here Thursday.The EC is ... Read more...
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ITC Infotech to set up shop in Technopark
August 26th, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26 (IANS) ITC Infotech, a fully-owned subsidiary of $7 billion ITC Limited, will be setting up shop at the plush Technopark campus near here, an official said."The decision ... Read more...
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Sreedharan, Tarun Das in Kerala Planning Board
August 10th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 10 (IANS) Making clear that he wants the state's development process on fast track, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has appointed E. Sreedharan and Tarun Das in the ... Read more...
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Probe ordered into appointment of Achuthanandan’s son (Lead)
July 13th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 13 (IANS) Kerala Speaker G. Karthikeyan Wednesday ordered an assembly committee to probe whether Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan's son was appointed director of an IT educational institute ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan denies appointing son to crucial post
July 13th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 13 (IANS) Leader of opposition in the Kerala assembly V.S. Achuthanandan Wednesday denied that his son was appointed as the director of the an IT educational institute during ... Read more...
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Entrepreneurship bug bites young Kerala professionals
June 3rd, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 3 (IANS) Fresh out of college and bursting with ideas, young IT professionals in Kerala are walking out on cushy blue collar jobs and taking the plunge to ... Read more...
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Japan’s Ylem Infotech starts Indian operations
May 31st, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 31 (IANS) Japan-based Ylem Infotech Pvt Ltd, a Technopark-TBI incubated company, has commenced its Indian operations from Technopark campus here, company officials said.Ryo Haishima and Horoyuko Chihara, directors ... Read more...
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Kerala IT firm hunts for talent among hackers
May 26th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 26 (IANS) A Kerala-based IT firm, MobME Wireless, Thursday announced an online contest called CodeJAM to find the smartest computer hackers from the state's colleges, an official ... Read more...
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Kerala firm inks deal with Italian cargo airline
May 26th, 2011 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 26 (IANS) Kerala-based software firm, IBS Software Services, has inked a deal with Cargoitalia, an Italian airline, for implementing its cargo management solution, iCargo.The implementation is set to ... Read more...
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Cognizant, Ernst & Young to set up Kerala units
May 7th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 7 (IANS) In a major boost to Kerala's efforts to attract investments in the information technology (IT) space, global consulting and IT majors Cognizant and Ernst & Young ... Read more...
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Oracle sets up office in Technopark in Kerala
April 18th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 18 (IANS) IT blue chip Oracle Monday signed an agreement to open its first office in Kerala at the Technopark campus here, officials said.Its office will be housed ... Read more...
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Oracle all set to open in Technopark in June
April 14th, 2011 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 14 (IANS) All arrangements are in place for IT blue chip Oracle to launch its first operations in Kerala at the Technopark campus here in June.M.Vasudevan, top official ... Read more...
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Voting booth details available on SMS in Kerala
March 29th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 29 (IANS) The Kerala government, in association with a private IT company, Tuesday introduced a new service to enable citizens to check their voting place details by sending ... Read more...
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Kerala IT team to visit global infotech fair
March 1st, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 1 (IANS) A high level delegation from Kerala IT, the state government's nodal infotech agency, will participate in the prestigious global infotech and communications fair CeBIT 2011 in Hanover in ... Read more...
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Condom vending machine has ’soft launch’ at Technopark
February 9th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 9 (IANS) After a series of articles surfaced in newspapers questioning its need, a condom vending machine finally made it to Kerala's Technopark campus here Wednesday, but without a formal ... Read more...
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Sharjah keen to associate with Kerala’s Technopark
February 5th, 2011 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 4 (IANS) A delegation from Sharjah Friday visited the Technopark - home to over 200 IT companies - and expressed their desire to associate with it. Rashid Al Leem, ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan to lay foundation stone of Kannur Cyberpark
January 13th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 13 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan will lay the foundation stone of the Kannur Eramom Cyberpark Saturday, an official said.Kannur Cyberpark will be developed on 25 acres of land ... Read more...
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Condom vending unit for Kerala Technopark
January 11th, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 11 (IANS) Over 30,000 employees at the Technopark campus here will have a condom vending unit at their disposal in a week's time, with healthcare firm HLL Lifecare Ltd set ... Read more...
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IT made giant strides in Kerala under Left rule: Achuthanandan
January 9th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Cherthala (Kerala), Jan 9 (IANS) Kerala's IT sector made giant strides under the present Left Front government, with software exports going up from Rs.630 crores to Rs.3,200 crores, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan ... Read more...
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