SmartCity Agreement: Initially, the Dubai Internet City invested over $400 million in Smart City. It is a joint venture between Tecom and Sama Dubai. Smart City is in a vast, 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) of land on the outskirts of Kochi, where the state government has set up the Infopark. According to the agreement signed with the Government of Kerala, the park, on completion, must have 8.8 million sq ft of built up space with a minimum of 6.2 million sq ft for IT. Spread over 246 acres (1.00 km2), SmartCity Kochi would become one of the largest IT parks in the country.

Work on Smart City Kochi to begin in July

The master plan of the prestigious IT project Smart City Kochi was cleared at a meeting held in Dubai Thursday and the work on it is slated to begin in July, officials said.
The board meeting was attended by Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, More

For SmartCity, 18-month countdown starts in June

The first phase of SmartCity Kochi project spread over 1.5 million sq.ft in 50 acres will be completed within 18 months from the launch of construction in June.Addressing reporters at the end of a kickoff meeting held at the project site at Edachi More

Management firm roped in for SmartCity

SmartCity authorities have engaged a management firm for the speedy completion of the revised master plan and construction works. The decision has come at a time when the deadline set by the SEZ Board of Approval (BoA) is due to end in a few month More

Infopark has ambitious plans to become one of the major IT Parks in the country. With this vision, it has been growing fast ever since its inception in 2004, and within a short period of time, has attracted investments from IT majors like Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, Affiliated Computer Services, OPI Global, IBS Software Services and US Technology. Because of the fast growth rate achieved and strategic positioning of the Park in the upcoming city of Kochi (previously known as Cochin), Infopark is well known among the IT/ITES investors as a very potential destination.

Export revenue grows 23% in Kochi Infopark firms

IT companies operating in Infopark here registered a 23 per cent growth in export revenue last year. The figure has touched Rs 1,350 crore in 2012-13.
TCS and Cognizant will add 12,000 people each in the next three years, Gigo Joseph, CEO, Info More

Infopark is all set to see a huge jump in growth in the current fiscal

The performance of the country's information technology (IT) sector may have been indifferent last year. But Infopark, the IT hub of Kochi, is all set to see a huge jump in growth in the current fiscal. The park, which reported a 23% growth in exp More

Green campaign at Infopark

A campaign, ‘Go Green Stay, CE Alive’, jointly conducted by the Kerala Forestry Department and the Department of Agriculture and executed by CE News, a leading online media publication was inaugurated at Infopark. The aim of the campai More

Spread over nearly 300 acres with 2.1 million sq. ft. of built-up space available currently, Technopark hosts over 110 IT and ITES companies employing over 13,000 IT professionals, including one PCMM level 5 company, 6 CMMI level 5 and four CMM Level 3 and over 15 ISO 9001 certified companies.

Technopark is currently on an expansion mode by adding another 92 acres as Technopark-Phase III expansion and 450 acres as Technocity-- an integrated IT township and nearly 40 acres of land is developed for setting up Technopark - Kollam at Kundara.

IBS’ iCargo to power Lufthansa Cargo service

Leading IT solutions provider to the global aviation industry, the Technopark based IBS Software, has entered into a contract with Lufthansa Cargo AG, the airline cargo service provider in the Lufthansa Group, for the implementation of its iCargo More

Cabot Tech opens centre in Technopark

The Kochi-based Cabot Technology Solutions has opened its second development centre in Kochi Infopark. The new centre has a capacity to seat 70 development engineers and managers and is in addition to the existing technology centre in Thevara.

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NeST Software gets TL 9000 Certification

The Technopark based NeST Software (Network Systems & Technologies), the Software Division of SFO Technologies, a CMMI Level 5 and ISO 9001 company has announced that the company’s Communication Business Unit has been certified for TL 90 More

Saudi, Kerala firms in IT service deal

An engineering firm in Saudi Arabia is trying to empower the native youth in Information Technology for engineering and related services even as the Saudi government is driving out thousands of unskilled expatriates to find jobs for them. More

Kerala delegation to Germany, for tech event

A high-level delegation of the State Government is leaving for Hannover, Germany, to attend the CeBIT 2013.CeBIT is one of the world’s leading information, communication and technology sector event attended by global companies.

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India’s most awaited technical event, Microsoft TechEd India 2013 is here

Get ready to sign up for one of India’s most awaited technical events. Microsoft TechEd India 2013 is here, and it’s going to be more exciting than ever. Discover the nuances of building modern apps using Windows 8. Unlock insights fro More