www.technopark.org | www.infoparkkochi.com | www.cyberparkkerala.org KERALA IT THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF IT PARKS KERALA IT COMMUNITY PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN FLOOD RELIEF ACTIVITIES s rescue and relief eforts were conducted in full force, Kerala’s IT sector too rose to the oc- Acasion in the afermath of the foods. Apart from the three large IT Parks in Kerala – Technopark, Infopark and Cyberpark, help also poured in from other parks at Cherthala, Koratty and Kundara. Te employees of these Parks contributed their two days’ sal- ary and the fund set aside for Onam Over 250 techies volunteered with in 40-plus camps. celebrations to the Chief Minister’s District Administration of Tiruva- Relief activities at Infopark were Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF). nanthapuram and various NGOs in led by Progressive Techies, a cultur- On August 15, Prathidhwani, a co-ordinating rescue and relief eforts. al group, along with Prathidhwani. socio-cultural organisation of IT Te IT community collected relief Food for around 10,000 people on a employees at Technopark, formed an materials worth Rs. 3 crore from com- daily basis, 45 tonnes of material and IT cell to support Dr. K Vasuki IAS, panies operating out of Infopark, SEZ medicines worth Rs. 6-8 lakh were District Collector, Tiruvananthapur- and Smart City. distributed in camps. am in gathering food relief materials. Te Group of Technology Com- “Tere were 100 camps at Kala- panies (GTech) announced a massery and Trikkakara in Ernaku- contribution of Rs. 25 crore to be lam to which techies could deliver made within one year towards the items using their own vehicles,” rehabilitation eforts. Infosys sent said Hrishikesh Nair, CEO, IT Parks 50 tonnes worth relief supplies Kerala. Companies of Cyberpark in 23 trucks to 25-plus camps. handed over funds to UV Jose IAS, UST Global’s campus turned into District Collector, Kozhikode. Raju a collection centre with contri- Menon, MD & CEO of Cyber- butions worth Rs. 1.25 crore. It park-based IPIX Tech Services Pvt. rehabilitated 140-plus families. Ltd., the IT arm of Morison Menon Cognizant Technology Solutions, Group of which he is also Founder, SEP - OCT 2018 SEP - OCT with a team from Dehradun, Chairman and MD, handed over provided relief for 300 people a cheque of Rs. 35 lakh to Chief and distributed medicines worth Minister Pinarayi Vijayan towards Rs. 55 lakh in Kuttanad. TCS the CMDRF. Companies including provided return-home kits to Allianz Cornhill, Quest Global and 700-plus families, food for more Geojit Financial Services contributed 24 than 2000 people and volunteers Rs. 50 lakh to the CMDRF. FEDERAL BANK’S SUBSIDIARY TO OPEN IN INFOPARK he Federal Bank Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with InfoparkT Kochi for leasing of 12,573 sq.f. at Tapasya building in the Park. Tis is as part of setting up their whol- ly-owned subsidiary which is intended to carry out the backend operations of the Bank. Shalini Warrier, Chief Oper- ating Ofcer, Federal Bank exchanged the MoU with Hrishikesh Nair, CEO, IT Parks Kerala. Te Bank has already obtained in-principle approval of Re- Shalini Warrier said, “Tis is a mile- we will be able to deliver a higher level serve Bank of India (RBI) for creating stone for the Bank. With a dedicated of customer delight, reduce costs and a subsidiary company. arrangement for operational activities, mitigate risks.” SPAWOZ TECHNOLOGIES NETOBJEX ACQUIRES SERVNTIRE GLOBAL OPENS AT INFOPARK alifornia-based NetObjex Inc. product oferings,” said Raghu Bala, pawoz Technologies, a compa- has acquired Technopark-based CEO of NetObjex. ny providing digital services to BlockchainC solutions company NetObjex is an operating plat- internationalS clients especially those Servntire Global Pvt. Ltd., incu- form for digital assets utilising AI, in Central European countries, has bated by Kerala Startup Mission Blockchain and IoT with appli- opened its new ofce at the Vismaya (KSUM). cations in manufacturing, supply building at Infopark. Te new facility Tis is the frst time that a com- chain, transportation and smart was inaugurated by Sreejith Chan- pany in the Blockchain segment in cities. Its leading edge platforms dran, Senior Business Development India has been acquired by a foreign leverage IoT for data acquisition Manager, Infopark. Having a total frm. Te acquisition and actuation, AI for area of means a massive unearthing insights 2100 sq. boost to the players in data and distrib- f. and a operating in niche uted ledgers for data seating spaces like Block- dissemination. capacity of chain, Internet of “Tis acquisition 60, Spawoz Tings (IoT) and Artifcial Intel- provides us a platform to accom- now employs 24 IT personnel. ligence (AI). “We are very proud plish bigger goals with a broader Founded in May 2016, Spawoz had to announce our acquisition of reach. Te market for distributed its frst ofce at TBC, Kaloor. Teir 2018 SEP - OCT Servntire Global. Tis is a coming ledger technology is growing rap- portfolio includes strategy & consult- together of two companies with idly and we believe the combined ing, creative content, digital develop- complementary skills, technologies entity will form a formidable global ment (for web, mobile and products), and similar cultures. We believe player,” added Georgey Jacob, CEO, project management and quality as- that together we can broaden our Servntire Global. surance for digital marketing (social, SEO, SEM). 25 CAFIT LAUNCHES JOB PORTAL TO REVERSE BRAIN DRAIN alicut Forum for Information Technology (CAFIT), as part of their ‘Back to Home’ campaign Chas launched a new job portal, jobs. caft.org.in. Kaliraj S Mahesh Kumar IPS, City Police Chief, Kozhikode, inaugurated the job portal at CAFIT’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Cyberpark. “Tis will be a one-stop-shop to look for vacancies available in Kozhi- kode’s tech companies. All CAFIT tioning of Cyberdome, a Centre of virtual policing, automated threat members will post their job vacancies, Excellence under the Kerala Police to intelligence, tracking system for child free of cost on this portal,” says Abdul help combat emerging cyber threats protection, fngerprint capture appli- Gafoor K V, Secretary, CAFIT and in the digital arena by bridging the cation, cyber forensics, image analysis Director, Infnite Open Solutions. gap between the latest changes and sofware, online network investigation Te portal has received around 1000 innovations happening in the cyber application, victim identifcation and resumes within 10 days of its launch. space and the skillset development of criminal apprehension sofware are Trough consistent campaigns Kerala Police. some of the listed areas for which CAFIT has seen professionals from City Police Chief stated that volunteers can ofer support. Bengaluru and the GCC countries cyberdrome should work in a Pub- Limenzy Technologies, Infnite return home to the Malabar region. lic-Private-Partnership (PPP) model Open Source Solutions, Red Team Te City Police Chief, Kozhikode, and is looking for a virtual collabo- Hacker Academy and Next Technol- has also sought the support of the IT ration with technical experts from ogies are some of the companies that communities for the efective func- IT companies. Internet monitoring, have extended their assistance. CLAP RESEARCH SETS UP KENNEDYS OPENS NEW OFFICE AT TECHNOPARK OFFICE AT TECHNOPARK hashi Taroor MP inaugurated the new ofce of CLAP Research atS Nila building in Technopark. Te ofce, located on the second foor has a space of 4000 sq. f. and a seating capacity for 54 which will be expanded in the future. CLAP Research ofers a natural lan- guage-driven enterprise search plat- form named Voody. It correlates and indexes huge amounts of structured and unstructured data from sources within and outside the organisation. ennedys Cognitive Com- puting opened their new SHELL SQUARE SOFTWARE OPENS AT PERIYAR BUILDING oKfce in Chandragiri building at hell Square Sofware opened a Technopark Phase 1. Kennedys new ofce space at Periyar build- has over 51 ofces, associations ingS in Technopark. Te 2080 sq. f. fa- and co-operations in the Amer- SEP - OCT 2018 SEP - OCT cility has a seating capacity of 55. Te icas, Asia Pacifc, Europe and global IT solutions major provides the Middle-East. In 2017, they impetus to emerging and established partnered with Cognitive Com- businesses in the areas of consult- puter Services. Kennedys Global ing, custom sofware development, Computing will focus on technol- database administration, application ogies such as rapid prototyping. 26 integration and maintenance..