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Mondays are always blue. Tired and lazy after hectic weekends, I detest the thought of Monday. It was yet another Monday and I was coming to office in Techno Park. Loads of work to be done, meetings to attend – the day’s schedule looked scary. The bus took the final round turn and stopped. I was standing in front of …

Technology innovators and entrepreneurs from rural Kerala and various engineering colleges in the state would be offered a chance of incubating their ventures towards successful technopreneurship at the Technopark.Proposals in this regard would be evaluated by experts at the Technopark’s TePP Outreach Centre (TUC) before inviting the innovators The innovators would be accommodated at the Technopark- Technology Business Incubator (TBI) …

Inside a Mainframe Genuine Mainframes are still rare because they are very expensive to buy and maintain. But many Technopark companies have these expensive and giant machines. The major companies offering mainframe competencies are UST Global, Allianz etc…

Tata Elxsi announces development centers in Hyderabad and Coimbatore; expands facility in ThiruvananthapuramTata Elxsi Limited, the technology arm of the multi-billion USD Tata Group, today announced the setting up of two new development centers in Coimbatore and Hyderabad; while further expanding its facility in Thiruvananthapuram to meet the scale-up requirements of the clients.The facility in Thiruvananthapuram, which currently houses 582 …

The Govt. of Kerala has officially announced the commencement of development of Kerala’s largest IT project with an advertisement appearing the regional and national editions of the Economic Times, Business Standard and the Business Line. When completed Technocity will have 2 crore sq.feet IT spaceBiggest ever IT project shaping in State The biggest- ever IT project of the Kerala Government, …

A couple of new restaurants opened at the top floor of Tejaswini building in technopark. Available outlets are : Mothers kitchenKabab HouseWanges ExpressZero degreePanchoPassion fruit etc.. The facility is fully air conditioned and plenty of space and good ambiance made it as a favourite place for techies. but food is somewhat costly there.

UST Global which is the largest company in Technopark having over 4500 employees working out of its Technopark center came out with an innovative idea to engage its employees. UCL-UST Cricket League was a stage to vent the energy and exuberance that gets clogged in cubicles. Over 8 months, over 80 teams, over 8 matches a day, over 1200 participants. …

Technology Business Incubator (TBI) at Technopark here has bagged the prestigious national award for the best technology business incubator in the country for 2007.The award, instituted by the department of science and technology of the central government, was for encouraging and recognizing the business incubation activity, which plays a key role in promoting the entrepreneurial culture in the country. Former …

Former UN under-secretary general Shashi Tharoor’s professional training academy opened at the Technopark campus,for bettering the business communication and technical skills of professionals, including fresh recruits, working in the knowledge and service industries. Quoting heads of Technopark-based firms with whom he had interacted recently, Mr. Tharoor said most young employees had a “book knowledge of English.” They could write a …

Strange as it may seem, IT professionals are building the “land mafia” in Kerala. What’s more, they are converting their tax-paid white money into black money – and they don’t even seem to know it. Unlike most states, Keralites don’t invest in businesses is Kerala. While the land is flush with NRI money, most of it is directed into palatial …

Technopark Phase III Total – 92 acres Out of this, 42 acres will be developed by a private developer as SEZ. The cost for the project will be 800 crores. Remaining 50 acres will be embarked for IT companies http://keralaitparks.org/projects.html Technocity updates The SPV set up by GoK for developing the 507 acres Technocity project,Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd …

TECH-A-BREAK 2008 Rally Theme – Seasons & Halloween At last, the the ever waiting event, and dreams of thousands of professionals in technopark cherished at the moment when the Tech-a-break 2008 inaugurated. It was an awesome rally. the theme was Halloween and seasons. plenty of illustrations and plots were participated with creativity passion and fun. it seems companies are competing …

Everybody is trilled today…a few more hours to go for the mega event in Technopark – The TECH A BREAK 2008. It will be started around 3.30 PM today. TechnoparkLive will report all the fun and celebrations of the tech-a-break 2008 ! to you. Stay tuned..have fun… TechnoparkLive Team.

Readers, we are publishing ( re-publishing?) it for the sole purpose of making you think again!and thanks for the contributor( Mr. Rajesh) who suggested us to publish it here, since it conveys a very relevant message to us. The Ant & Grasshopper Story – RetoldOLD VERSION… The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long building his house …