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Flytxt, the provider of integrated real-time closed loop mobile marketing solutions, announced today that it has been named the winner of 2012 Red Herring Top 100 Asia Award. Red Herring’s editorial team analyzed hundreds of cutting edge companies and technologies and selected those who are positioned to grow at an explosive rate. The finalists were short listed for the 2012 …

The Indian Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Parks, (STEPs) and Business Incubator Association (ISBA) will open its new headquarters in Technopark TBI, Trivandrum. Dr. K C Chandrasekharan Nair, Managing Director, Technopark- TBI will be the new Secretary General of ISBA along with Dr. Deepanwita Chatopadhyaya who’s appointed as the new President. It was ISBA General Body who selected Technopark TBI to …

The chief minister of Kerala has said that 21 countries and 1,600 delegates have so far registered for the “Emerging Kerala 2012″ investment meet to be held at Kochi in September this year. Emerging Kerala 2012, the flagship global connect programme of the Government of Kerala organized in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and NASSCOM, will be …

A delegation of the American Chamber of Commerce in India (AMCHAM INDIA) called on Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Industries Minister P.K. Kunhalikutty on Friday, July 27, 2012 at the CM’s office at the Kerala Secretariat. The Amcham delegation had detailed discussions in connection with the Emerging Kerala Summit to be held in September this year. The Chief Minister outlined …

Blogging is very common among the people, especially the techies. But imagine if your employer is paying you for writing the blogs? – sounds interesting, right. Now its true. A  Infopark-based company named  Suyati Technologies announced an incentive program, for the employees contributing their experieces, technical stuffs etc in their blogs. This unique initiative is named as Byte for Blog. this is …

A mobile application developed by Trivandrum Technopark-based MobME Wireless Ltd. will now help the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the faster relay of crucial information. The Mobile-based Crime and Incident Reporting Platform (MCIRP) is touted to be  an advanced 3G-based security solution for the NIA. The project was funded by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) with the …

Applexus Technologies, a Seattle based global provider of end-to-end IT solutions, has furthered its Enterprise Mobility Services by announcing Cross Platform Mobile Application Development, enabling organisations achieve their goals with minimum turn-around-time. Applexus has already established itself as one of the leading providers of SAP based Enterprise Mobility Solutions. The company is experienced in developing highly interactive mobile applications across …

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 …