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Infopark Kochi-based market intelligence firm Visual IQ Inc. has received a funding of $12 million from Boston-based Volition Capital and San Francisco-based Fog City Capital. Visual IQ has its headquarters in Boston. The funds will be used for the company’s product innovation and sales growth. The increased number of channels used to market companies’ products coupled with the increased measurability of marketing …

Indian IT giant Infosys signed an MoU with Israel government. This agreement is  to establish and enhance cooperation in industrial research and development, as part of the “Global Enterprise Collaboration Program” developed by the Office of the Chief Scientist of Israel to accelerate innovation through a global environment.  

Technopark based AES is acquired by German IT major Cronos Group – One of the largest privately owened IT & utilities consultling organization in Germany & Australia. After this take over, the company is plannnig to rampup the headcount and setup a new faciltiy in Technopark AES Solutions started their operations back in 2007 and today they are the leading …

IITM-K’s own Campus in Technopark Inaugurated by Kerala Cheif Minister Oommen Chandy on June 06, 2012. The newly built campus having about 35K sq.feet built-up area. The new campus having facilities in research and development in Excellence in Machine Intelligence, Virtual Resource Centre for Language Computing, Centre for Intelligence and Security Informatics etc..

BlackBerry Manufactures – Research in Motion (RIM), to setup an innovation zone for BlackBerry technologies in Cochin, Kerala. This innovation zone will be known as Rubus Labs, introducing with a view to motivating young Indian entrepreneurs. Rubus Labs in Cochin is the first zone setting up by blackberry in the Asia-Pacefic region. It would be helpful for the students, potential …

V.K. Mathews, IBS executive chairman and member of NASSCOM executive council, has been elected Chairman of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) Kerala State Council for 2012–13. V.K Mathews, An aeronautical engineer from IIT Kanpur, the chairman of GTECH, the association of IT companies in Kerala, and the chairman of Trivandrum Agenda Task Force. He is also a recipient of a …

A massive layoff in HSBC India sacked more than 500 employees over the last two days. Employees ranging from assistant manager to vice presidents from its centres in Hyderabad and Pune. They sacked 350 employees at HSBC’s Pune centre itself.It is estimated that a total of 750 employees have been asked to leave across locations and designations. from assistant managers …

Infosys, touted as the second largest IT company in India, has signed an agreement with Technopark for 50 acres of land in Technocity, where it will set up its second campus  under SEZ  scheme. The agreement was signed by H. R. Binod, Senior Vice President, Infosys, and K. G. Girish Babu, CEO, Technopark Trivandrum, in the presence of Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister, …

Infosys Limited, India’s second largest IT company, signed an agreement with Technopark for 50 acres of land for setting up a second campus in Technocity, Trivandrum. The agreement was signed by Infosys Senior Vice President H.R. Binod and Technopark CEO K.G. Girish Babu in the presence of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. Infosys has two development centres in Technopark Phase-I and …

US-based enterprise mobile applications and CRM provider Andare has been acquired by UST Global, a major provider of services and solutions for Global 1000 and Fortune 500 enterprises. However, the deal value is not immediately known. The acquisition will enable UST to utilise Andare’s flagship enterprise mobility solution iDispatch. UST Global is headquartered in California, and has operations in India with centres in …

Applexus, a leading IT services and solutions organization based in Seattle, has launched a new SAP add-on product that helps organisations scan, read and post documents in SAP. Upon embarking on a market research by Applexus, it was found that organizations grapple with processing of hundreds of documents every day to post them in SAP. Moreover, the manual operation undertaken …

TechnoparkToday.com Trivandrum, 29th February, 2012: Flytxt, the global technology leader in mobile marketing and campaign management, announced today that Zantel, one of the fastest growing telecom operators in Tanzania, has selected Flytxt for its subscriber engagement initiative. The comprehensive mobile campaign management platform from Flytxt with advanced analytics capabilities will enable Zantel to provide right offers to the right subscribers …

The second Campus of Infoys is coming up near Technocity, Trivandrum. The new campus would be around 1.5 million square feet. Infosys approached the kerala Govt for 50 acres of land in technocity for building the state of the art campus. The entry of Infosys and TCS Global training campus, in 86 Acres will definitely encourage more IT Giants to start their …

It is reported that the technopark convoy got attacked this morning.  Even the police protection were not effective since the harthal supporters tried to manhandled some of  the technopark employees, and flattened their car tires. Photo Courtesy: Pramod PS    

Aptara, a pioneer in digital publishing solutions, announces expansion of its Thiruvananthapuram operations to accommodate its significant corporate growth. Aptara’s new Technopark office will be home to 1,200 employees, 600 of which are new positions. Aptara provides content creation, design and production services to 9 of the 10 largest publishers in the world including McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Thomson Reuters, Wolters Kluwer, …

Japan based Mitsubishi Electric Corporation a major player in electrical and electronic equipments and NeST, a premier provider of specialized software and engineering services based on technopark, trivandrum have announced the setting up of an exclusive development center. The Center was inaugurated on Friday by Hiroyuki Morikane Head, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. This exclusive development centre located at NeST Towers inside …

According to some confidential sources, it is reported that the global IT giant, Accenture is coming to Technopark, Trivandrum.  Mr. Sasi Tharoor tweeted about this sometimes back, and it seems the preparations are on going on full throttle to start the operations of Accenture in Technopark campus. After the Oracle, HCL, Capgemini, the arrival of Accenture will give an additional mileage to the capital city’s …

Windows Phone Camp is coming to Trivandrum on 29th Feb, 2012. Windows Phone Camps is where you – Developers and Designers, can directly interact with domain experts. These experts will share their knowledge with you, answer your questions and help you with your future Windows Phone app or game. Avail this free opportunity to learn from the notable names of …