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Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan today all most scripted the future of Smart City stating that IT sector in the state is safe even without the project. The CM took on the opposition for trying to give a picture that Smart City is everything regarding IT in the state. Achuthanandan continued his prior stand that his government has taken corrective measures …

The government has been contemplating to handover the prestigious Smartcity project to Inforpark as the former is in a state of limbo for past two years and consecutive talks with Smartcity Tecom officials have proved futile, informed Thomas Isaac, state Finance Minister. The project, the foundation stone of which was laid in November 2007, is yet to take off due …

The fourth phase of the Technopark here, branded TechnoCity, is expected to generate 50,000 direct jobs and provide indirect employment to 2 lakh, according to officials of the Kerala IT department. The state IT department has announced completion of all formalities pertaining to acquisition of the 451 acres required for TechnoCity. In addition to 205.11 acres of land acquired by …

Innoz technologies, a very unique and successful student start up company in Technopark developed a new innovative solution named Tranz-File for mobile devices, for file sharing among mobile networks. Tranz enables you to share photos,videos & music with your friends and family – right from your GPRS/3G mobile phone. Tranz is a file sharing and networking application that enriches your …

Virgin Racing and UST Global intend to develop a strong operational partnership and over the course of the relationship, UST Global will collaborate with the team on a number of high-level technical projects. For 2010 UST Global is developing a bespoke race management tool that will provide the race engineers a 360 degree trackside perspective as each Grand Prix unfolds. …

Light Logics Holography and Optics, Technopark and STX Aprilis, USA have inked agreement of co-operation on next generation holographic materials and devices. STX Aprilis is the global leader in holographic high density data storage and holographic photo polymer material, popularly known as the silicon of photonics. Aprilis is now based in the same building where the historic American company Digital …

Technopark based Innoz Technologies has won the `Stat Entrepreneurship Award’ in the third International India Innovation Summit held in Mumbai. The International India Innovation Summit was aimed at developing an insight into creating a mindset for Innovation. Innoz is a startup company in Technopark Stared by a group of engineering students from LBS College of Engineering,Kerala. Innoz is working in …

The Union government has Thursday accorded SEZ status to the prestigious Cybercity project at Kochi, became a major boost to Kerala IT industry.The propsed project is 100 per cent subsidiary, and the Blue Star Raltors Pvt Ltd proposes to set up a state-of-the-art Rs 400 crore cyber city in 70 acres of land. HDIL Cybercity will be Kerala’s first integrated …

A decision on whether TECOM should be called in for completing the proposed Smart City project in Kochi would be taken in a month’s time, said Minister S Sarma, who is also the project chairman of Smart City. He said the government hitherto waited for TECOM. This will not work again. It is high time the government waited for TECOM. …

The worldwide economic meltdown and the strengthening dollar pulled down the Indian IT sector last year. The sector, which had been a major contributor to India’s GDP, rebounded solidly from the global predicament by diversifying itself into diverse industry verticals and new geographies. The worst hit by the meltdown was the business process outscoring or BPO industry. And with US …

Indian Union Muslim League State general secretary P.K. Kunhalikutty has described baseless Chief Minister Achuthanandan’s statement blaming the United Democratic Front (UDF) for the failure of the SmartCity project. Talking to reporters at Manjeri near here on Monday, Mr. Kunhalikutty said that it was the UDF that brought the SmartCity project, and that the Chief Minister was trying to condone …

IBS Software, Technopark based IT systems provider to travel, transportation and logistics industries, on Tuesday said it had won the ‘IT Systems Provider of the Year’ award at the Air Cargo India 2010 event in Mumbai. the award for company’s cargo management solution iCargo was based on an online poll by STAT Trade Times, organizers of the event.STAT Trade Times …

Technopark based firm UST Global has opened its new facility in the Philippines, and is already aiming to expand its work force to 1,000 and reach revenues of $32 million in its first year. In a press briefing yesterday, UST Global Chief Executive Sajan Pillai said the new facility in Taguig has 200 employees but the work force would be …

LogicManse Solutions and MACFAST signed an MoU on Industry Academy interface programme. As part of the agreement LogicManse will open its new development centre at MACFAST in Tiruvalla by the Mid of February. The MACFAST industry academy interface is a new initiative in shaping up the students for niche industries. As part of the programme LogicManse will setup an extended …

Pivot Systems is conducting a Walk-in-Drive for Business Development Trainees in Technopark, Trivandrum. Date: 6 Feb ‘10 (Saturday) Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Position: Business Development Trainee Experience: 0 to 1 years Requirements: • Excellent communication skills in English – both oral and written • Candidates experienced with sales calling are desirable • Candidate must be hard-working, possess perseverance …

TECOM makes it clear that it has intimated Govt of Kerala that its intention is not to sell the freehold land long ago. Moreover, freehold is sought for the Indian company Smart City Kochi with Minister S. Sarma as its chairman, and not for Tecom.

Pivot Systems is conducting a Walk-in-Drive for Business Development Trainees in Technopark, Trivandrum. Position: Business Development Trainee Experience: 0 to 1 years Requirements: • Excellent communication skills in English – both oral and written • Candidates experienced with sales calling are desirable • Candidate must be hard-working, possess perseverance and be exceptional at following-up • A go-getter with a positive, …

iCargo – the industry leading cargo management solution from Technopark based IBS software, has been picked by Athens-based airline Olympic Air to manage its cargo operations. iCargo has gone live just before the commencement of the start-up airlines maiden flight. With the implementation of a new generation IT solution, Olympic Air is well placed to enhance its cargo volumes and …