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Reviving the proposed SmartCity Kochi project that has been in a limbo for sometime now, a meeting of the board of directors of the company has been scheduled at Kovalam on Wednesday at 6.30 p.m.

The Kerala government Wednesday said it is ready to talk with Dubai-based promoters over the Rs 1,500-crore Kochi SmartCity IT project, which has been delayed by over a year due to land acquisition problems.

Mr.Radhakrishnan Nair N has been appointed as the President of Toonz Academy, He was the former CEO of Technopark, Trivandrum. Toonz Academy is the training division of the Technopark based animation studio, Toonz Animation India Pvt Ltd.Toonz, a major provider of animation to top US and European producers, is South Asia’s biggest and most admired animation studio. Founded in 1999, …

In another signal that the recession-hit IT industry is back on its feet. Technopark based UST Global has hired about 1500 professionals this financial year. The company has on an average recruited about 200 resources every month since last April.

“Intelligent Trivandrum“ - a promotional campaign, consisting of a brochure and video presentation, to showcase Trivandrum as a top IT/ITES destination was released during the India IT Summit 2009 . The campaign was launched by the Trivandrum Development Front (TDF) - a not-for-profit organisation, composed of young professionals and entrepreneurs, that works to promote development in and around Trivandrum.

The Google Internet Bus is in Kerala! The Internet Bus Project is an initiative by Google to educate people about what the Internet is, and how it may be beneficial to their lives, by taking the Internet experience to them through a customised Internet enabled bus, which travels to several towns and cities across India. The bus is focusing on …

The Kerala government said on Wednesday it is ready to talk with Dubai-based promoters over the Rs 1,500-crore (Rs 15-billion) Kochi SmartCity IT project, which has been delayed by over a year due to land acquisition problems. The government has informed the Dubai-based Tecom authorities about the steps taken so far in this regard and that it was prepared to …

Smart City Dubai Monday served an ultimatum to the Kerala government, saying the Rs.1,500 crore Smart City Kochi project cannot be kept hanging in the balance “endlessly”. In a statement issued here, Smart City Dubai said “we have to rethink about the future of the project”. “But as mentioned earlier decisions can be taken within minutes and there is no …

The Tata Elxsi Ltd. has achieved PATHFINDER Organizational Maturity Level 5. The certification includes compliance to the following process assessment models – Automotive SPICE, ISO/IEC 15504-5 & ISO/IEC 15504-7 and covers: • Certificate of assessment of Process Capability • Certificate of assessment of Organizational Maturity As part of the assessment, projects from Embedded, Modeling & Application teams and all Support …

The two-day India IT Summit jointly organised by the Confederation for Indian Industry and IT Kerala at The Leela Kempinski, Kovalam concluded on Friday. A glittering array of techno-CXOs, politicians, thought leaders, and trade associations participated in the event  which received praise on its first outing. In a keynote address delivered by Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Dr. …

Small scale IT companies, who look to set up shop in Kerala, but are unable to develop their own campuses would be provided with close to 2 million sq ft of built up Special Economic Zone (SEZ) space by the Kerala government. Inaugurating the India IT Summit that got underway at Kovalam today, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said …

Trivandrum will host the Indian Science Congress in 2010. This is the first time the city hosts the Science congress and the second time in the history of Kerala. The venue for the 97th Indian Science Congress, to be held from January 3 to 7, 2010 would be the Kariavattom campus of the University of Kerala. Indian Space Research Organisation …

The first Kerala State e-Governance Awards 2009 announced.Trissur Collectorate won the best award for Online Service and e-filling while Palakkad Collectorate won the award under the Digital File Flow category. The m-governance award went to Kozhikode Collectorate and the Best Website winner award went to Kerala Tourism. The Service and Payroll Administrative Repository for Kerala (SPARK) implementation award was given …

Technopark based IBS Software Services has got a contract from the leading petroleum exploration company in Oman, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), to provide IT solutions to streamline its logistics services. The IBS solutions will streamline the booking system of PDO and increase the efficiency of its logistics services. The financial details of the contract were however not disclosed. Warith Al …

Kerala Chief Minister V.S Achuthanandan will present the Kerala State e-Governance awards for the year 2008 on December 8, 2009. Twelve government departments and institutions have been shortlisted for the awards for the best e-governance initiative in various categories. The 12 finalists were shortlisted by an award committee comprising the former Chief Secretary Mr. V Ramachandran IAS; Mr. Upendra Verma …

The global retail giant – Walmart has selected three IT vendors in India – Infosys Technologies, Cognizant Technology Solutions and UST Global for multi-year contracts worth over $600 million (around Rs 2,750 crore). The amount is roughly equivalent to the value of goods – textiles, handicrafts and other products — that the world’s largest retailer sources from India every year. …

Technopark company Speridian celebrates 4 anniversary. Started as a small company, Speridian achieved a tremendous growth over the past couple of years, and now they are one of the most reputed software companies in Technopark. Their domain and technology expertise, vivid workforce enabled them to excel in IT market across the globe, and their global presence and IT strategies are proved market dominating and …

The Kerala state government has declared the Technopark in Trivandrum as an Industrial Area and also notified the constitution of a single window clearance board for Technopark. The creation of the board known as the ‘Technopark Area Single Window Clearance Board’ is to expedite the issue of various licences, clearances or certificates required under the various State enactments for setting …