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Software exports from Kerala grows
43 percent
While India’s overall software exports have
slowed down on account of the global slowdown, those
from Kerala grew 43.41 percent till February-end, fetching
a revenue of Rs.2,300 crore.
“While the STPI (Software Technology Parks India)
figures for the country show a growth of 17.62 percent
till February-end this fiscal, software exports from
Kerala have grown at 43.41 percent,” said an IT
department official who did not wish to be identified.
Kerala to have 10 IT parks by 2011
The hub-and-spoke model of development being undertaken
in Kerala's information technology sector will enable
the state to equip itself with over 10 IT parks at various
destinations by 2011.According to Ajaykumar, Secretary,
Information Technology, Kerala, "the the hub-and-spoke
model of development will have..
German IT Round-Table 2009
The German IT Round-Table is an annual event aimed at providing Indian and German software SME companies a CxO-level networking platform in Germany for pursuing partnerships and cooperation. This exhaustive event brings IT companies (service providers as well as end-users) from Germany and offshore suppliers from India in direct contact and paves the way for concrete business proposals.
G20 summit may launch process to resolve financial
crisis
The weekend summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) leaders here may be more like the launch of a process rather than finding a final solution to deal with the global financial crisis, diplomatic sources suggested.
US President George W. Bush has invited the G20 leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, to the summit here Nov 15 to develop
VC summit for Kerala IT industry
The Group of Technopark Companies (GTECH), a strategic grouping of IT companies at Technopark, is organising a venture capital summit here on November 10-11.
The objective of the two-day summit would be to bring together the leading venture capitalists on a common platform, Binu Sankar, CEO, GTECH, said.
UST Global to expand
UST Global, a U.S.-based IT services company with
a software development centre on the Technopark campus
here, has announced plans to expand its operations in
Kochi and Chennai.
Technopark goes for a Phase-3 expansion
Technopark is all set to take another giant leap in
becoming the Asia's biggest information technology park,
Chief Minister VS Achuthanadan who inaugurated the Phase-3
expansion of the IT park said his government is ready
to do everything needed for inviting fresh investments
in the State. The inauguration also marked the commencement
of construction of the new 110 KV sub-station at a cost
of Rs. 10 crore. More..
Technopark Trivandrum to get more investment
The technology destination in the Kerala capital is
to see more investment soon as the Technopark is all
set to leap frog into a Phase-III expansion, starting
Thursday.
The Phase-III of the Thiruvananthapuram Technopark
would involve private participation and is being mulled
over as a special economic zone in the IT and ITeS space.
The expansion would be undertaken on an area of 92 acres
and would incur a cost of more than Rs 3500 crore, Technopark
sources said. More..
IT sector may be hit
As around 40 percent of the software exports from the
state are being made to the US, the financial turmoil
in the US is likely to have its repercussions in the
IT sector of the state.Experts in the IT sector feel
that the present crisis may obviously add to the sluggishness
prevailing in the IT sector over the last several months
owing to the global More..
Telecom City to come up near Technopark
Along with Information Technology, the LDF Government
is all set to explore the potential and opportunities
in the telecommunication sector which has been witnessing
a major growth in the country. The Telecom City, which
was announced by the State Government a couple of years
ago, is coming up in the 25-acre land adjacent to Technopark
at Kazhakuttum in the state capital.. More..
Technopark Trivandrum to get more investment
The technology destination in the Kerala capital is
to see more investment soon as the Technopark is all
set to leap frog into a Phase-III expansion, starting
Thursday.
The Phase-III of the Thiruvananthapuram Technopark
would involve private participation and is being mulled
over as a special economic zone in the IT and ITeS space.
The expansion would be undertaken on an area of 92 acres
and would incur a cost of more than Rs 3500 crore, Technopark
sources said. More..
Nasscom-Kearney study on IT-BPO industry identifies
small cities with big potential
Nasscom or National Association of Software and Services Companies, the consortium that serves as the apex body of the Indian IT software and BPO industry, together with global management consulting firm AT Kearney has released a comprehensive assessment report of 50 locations in India suitable for the IT - BPO industry titled 'Location Roadmap For IT- BPO Growth: Assessment Of 50 Leading Cities.' More..
IT industry expects 50 per cent growth in the next two years: D&B
Mumbai : Dun & Bradstreet, a leading provider of global business information, knowledge and insight, has released its study on 'India's Top IT Companies 2008'. More..
Kerala CM to inaugurate L&T Tech Park at Kochi
Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan will inaugurate ‘Tejomaya' – Phase I project of L&T Tech Park and will also launch the work for its proposed phase II project – ‘Signature Tower'. Both the projects are located in the Infopark More..
Indian companies looking at expanding overseas
At present Indian clients contribute 40 per cent to PWC's overall revenues earned by its advisory services while non-advisory revenues from Indian and overseas billing are split around 50:50.Doubling of revenues would also mean an increase in PwC's manpower strength in India More..
Smart City director
board approves marketing plan
KOCHI: The first director board meeting of Smart City
Kochi, a self-sustained industry township for knowledge-based
industries, was held here on Thursday.Chief Minister V.S.
Achuthanandan laid the foundation stone for the multi-crore
project, promoted jointly by Dubai-based Tecom and the
State government, at Kakkanad on November 16. More..
Abdullatif Almulla appointed Vice Chairman of SmartCity
Abdullatif Almulla, CEO of TECOM Investments, has been
appointed as Chairman of SmartCity Kochi, a self sustained
knowledge-based industry township being developed in Cochin,
the commercial capital of Kerala. The project, which is
jointly promoted by TECOM Investments More..
Stone laid for Smart City project
The Smart City project, on which Kerala has glued its
IT development dreams and foreign-investment hopes, took
the first step towards realisation when Chief Minister
V.S. Achuthanandan laid the foundation stone on Friday. More..
SmartCity finally takes off
Three years after Dubai-based TECOM approached Kerala
government with the proposal to build a knowledge industry
hub in Kochi, chief minister VS Achuthanandan on Friday
unveiled the plaque for SmartCity. The Rs1,700-crore project
aims to generate as many as 90,000 jobs and build 88lakh
square feet of office space in three phases spanning ten
years. More..
Kerala expects
$2 b investment in IT parks
Kerala is expecting an investment of over $2 billion for
setting up infrastructure in the IT-ITES sector in the
next couple of years. This new investment will basically
be for establishing IT parks — both government and
private projects. More..
IBS
opens new campus
As a major step towards realising its goal of becoming
a Rs 1,000-crore company by year 2010, Thiruvananthapuram-based
IBS Software Services has kicked off operations at the
first phase of its fully-owned campus at Technopark. More..
Kerala IT sector to get big boost
Information technology infrastructure in Kerala will witness
tremendous growth in the next three years, Chief Minister
V S Achuthanandan said here yesterday. “Several
projects, both the government and private initiatives,
are coming up throughout the state,” he said while
inaugurating the new 450,000-sq. More..
Small cities emerging
as new IT hubs
Metros are the nerve centres of India. Wide roads, tall
buildings, 24x7 power and water supplies, great lifestyle
— few can resist the trappings of a big city like
Mumbai or Bangalore. They attract MNCs and labourers alike.
But not everybody is being lured by the city lights. More..
India's Communists Courting IT Companies
A communist-run state in India wants to cash in on the
country's lucrative and ever-expanding technology boom.
Raymond Thibodeaux reports from Thiruvananthapuram, better
known by its anglicized name, Trivandrum, the capital
of Kerala State on the southwestern tip of India. More..
Stone for Smartcity likely to be laid
The foundation stone for the Smartcity IT
park in Kochi is expected to be laid this
month as the basic works are progressing well, Kerala
Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said on Tuesday.The
Dubai-based promoter of the joint venture, TECOM,
had informed the government that it had begun work
on the blueprint of the project, Achuthanandan told
the state assembly. More..
Kerala-based IT firm IBS Software Services Thursday announced
its decision to set up a 'global centre of operations'
in Hong Kong. It will be the 10th international
centre of the company, which has its headquarters at the
Technopark here. More..
Rising rupee: IT, BPO employees may have to
work on Saturdays.
The appreciation of the Indian rupee against some currencies,
especially the US dollar, has come as good news for many,
but for those in the BPO and IT sector, it is means no
more Saturday night partying.
Several IT and BPO firms in Bangalore have decided that
their employees will have to work on Saturdays too in
order to counter the negative impact of the appreciating
rupee. More..
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