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The Kerala government today said it would hold talks with TECOM Investments, the Dubai based joint venture partner of an industry cluster project in Kochi, for implementing the project sanctioned in 2007. Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan told reporters after a Cabinet meeting that talks would be held for “one more time” with TECOM, a member of Dubai Holding, but …

It’s a ‘take it or leave it’ moment for Dubai-based Tecom Investments, as it gears up for the final round of talks with Kerala government to end the deadlock over the IT infrastructure joint venture Smartcity in Kochi. As if the gloom of Dubai debt woes was not enough, Tecom is likely to face the humiliation of its mantelpiece Indian …

As the part of the expansion strategy for year 2010, SunTec Business Solutions, a leading provider of Relationship-based Pricing and Centralized Billing solutions, has announced their hiring plan. SunTec grew up to be the leader of the global transaction billing space, thanks to our dedicated and highly talented workforce that thrives on constant innovation. Keeping in mind the resource requirements …

First two techno-lodges are inaugurated by chief minister VS Achuthanandanat Kadackal and Perinad panchayats in Kollam district recently.The first two techno-lodges had been fully taken over by Technopark-based Accentia Technologies, a company specializing in end-to-end business process management solutions for healthcare, financial and insurance sectors. The techo-lodge concept is expected to broad base the growth of the IT sector in …

Trivandrum Management Association (TMA) is organizing a lecture, titled Catching the Virtual Thief.The lecture comes in the wake of increasing cyber crimes and will aim at create awareness about safeguarding oneself against them. Cyber Detective & Crime Investigator Dhanya Menon will deliver the informative lecture at 06.00 PM on Thursday, 3 December 2009 at the Hotel Residency Tower. Revealing what …

The first ‘Scientific Computing with Python’ conference in India, Scipy.in 2009, will be held at the Technopark from December 12th to 17th, 2009. Scipy.in is a conference providing opportunities to spread the use of the Python programming language in the Scientific Computing community in India. The theme of the conference will be “Scientific Python in Action” with respect to application …

The deal between Kerala government and TECOM will have to be declared null and void if the later remains adamant on free-hold rights for 12 per cent of land, fisheries minister S. Sharma said Sunday In that case the next cabinet meet will decide on the future course of action he said. He said though several private players have evinced …

UST Global held its second ‘Retail Razzmatazz’ event this year to promote and propagate knowledge, practices and technical innovations in the retail space. Held at Trivandrum Techno Park from Nov.16 to 20th, the theme of this year’s retail week was ‘Customer Loyalty.’ The week included product development competitions, presentations, retail quiz, the launch of the retail certification drive and a …

TECOM will not be given a piece of land for sale in the name of Smart City Project, said Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan. Talking after inaugurating the second phase of developmental works of Info Park in Kochi, VS said there is no uncertainty regarding the Smart City Project. The project will be completed with the help of other companies. …

Kerala-based Muthoot Pappachan Group has expressed interest in taking over and developing the Smart city project. The board which met on Thursday morning took this decision. The Muthoot Group had earlier shown interest in the project at the time of its inception. The decision by Muthoot comes after the Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan cast doubts on the financial abilityof …

The long-standing dream of the Kochi SmartCity project – projected as an infrastructure project that would help that city and Kerala move into another gear of economic development – has suffered another stinging blow. State Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan publicly expressed doubts about the competence of the Dubai-based Technology and Media Free Zone Authority (Tecom) to undertake the project, stating …

The work on the most beautiful IT campus in Kerala is in the last lap.Its the 1.5 million sq.ft and 10000 seater futurustic Infosys Campus Trivandrum. Latest updates as on Nov 2009. View from another angle Pic courtesy-sanoj You can find more about the Infy campus and the upcoming IT Campuses here

Time schedule of low floor volvo a/c bus in technopark,trivandrum

Government of India has formally notified Technopark Phase 3 and Technopark Kollam as Special Economic Zones (SEZ). A press note issued by IT Kerala here on Friday said the decision was taken at a meeting of the Board of Approvals, Ministry of Commerce, in New Delhi. Technopark Phase 3 will be developed over 92 acres of land. The construction of …

Criticising the Government of Kerala for the endless delay in taking decisions regarding the Smart City project, sources close to Tecom said that the implementing agency would have to rethink the future of the project if the government failed to reach a consensus before December 31. “Deadline seems to be a ‘dead’ line’.Tecom is a business entity and projects are …

The cradle of IT industry of Kerala, The Technopark is heading onto its 20th year of existance. From a humble beginning as a Hardware Park in the early 1990s, Technopark has become synonymous with the IT Development of Kerala. Today the Park employs over 20,000 techies in those 180 odd companies nestled in over 300 acres of verdant green land. …

SunTec, Technopark based  provider of pricing and centralized billing solutions, has been selected as a winner of the Red Herring 100 Asia award, given to promising technology companies in industry innovation. SunTec chief executive K. Nandakumar received the coveted award at the Asia Red Herring 100 conference at Shanghai earlier this month. Red Herring is a global media company that …

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