Revenue Med Blue wins Technopark Premier League (TPL)

Revenue Med Blue beat UST Global Blue by 86 runs in the finals of Technopark Premier League (TPL) cricket tournament 2012 held at Technopark. Vishakh of Revenue Med was the player of the tournament. As many as 108 companies participated in the eighth edition of the annual Technopark Cricket Tournament organised every year to promote team spirit amongst the professionals. Employees turned up in strength to view the matches that were played on Saturdays, Sundays and other public holidays. Congratulating the winners, Technopark CEO Girish Babu hoped the teams enjoyed the game.

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McFadyen Solutions Inaugurates New Facility at Technopark

As part of its expanding offshore operations US-based McFadyen Solutions has officially opened its new facility on the twelfth floor of Leela Infopark in Technopark.

McFadyen, a leading IT systems integrator that builds large-scale e-Commerce solutions, is investing heavily in its India operations by building a larger space with state-of-the-art facilities to stay ahead in today’s globalized world.

The President and CEO of the company Mr. Tom McFadyen inaugurated the spacious new facility. McFadyen Solutions, which is all set to mark its silver jubilee, has built a stellar reputation in the e-Commerce and IT space by successfully completing and delivering over 150 large-scale e-Commerce projects for its dynamic clientele.

“The solutions that McFadyen Consulting builds for our Fortune 500 clients are extremely complex large-scale e-Commerce systems.  It can take years to master this technology and we invest heavily in training and mentoring our staff.  This best-in-class infrastructure enables our team to continue exceeding our clients’ expectations,” said Mr. Tom McFadyen.

McFadyen Solutions has invested over half a million US dollars in creating this leading-edge new 16,000 sq. ft. office space with a capacity of 160 seats.  This modern facility is the first to bring the best of Silicon Valley to Technopark.  Modern technologies include 10 video conference stations, 10 high-resolution projectors, and 18 energy-efficient LED monitors ranging in size from 60” to 80”.  The Leela Group, India’s top-tier hospitality organization provides first-class facilities management for the 15-story building.

An accredited ATG partner for more than 15 years, McFadyen has expertise in designing and creating ATG-based e-Commerce, content management, and social media solutions.  McFadyen also has hands-on technical experience in integrating Oracle ATG with over a hundred different systems.

McFadyen’s operations in Technopark started in 2003 in the Nila building to provide offshore support in strategic, consulting, implementation, testing and support services for e-Commerce and social media based business solutions

“Technopark helps us provide the family environment for long-term employee relationships that justify such a major investment in our team,” said Mr. Tom McFadyen on why the capital city of Kerala was chosen over seven other cities including Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Noida and Chennai to begin the company’s India operations.

Mr M Vasudevan, Senior Manager (Business Development) in his felicitation speech mentioned that the company has already grown 15 times and Technopark will provide the best infrastructure and support facilities required for more IT professionals to come and work in the city.  Mr Anoop Ambika, Secretary, G-Tech, Mr Amit Sorcar and Mr Rajesh Menon also spoke.  Mr Thomas Varghese welcomed the guests and Mr Abhilash proposed vote of thanks.

“We provide an innovative, collaborative and cohesive environment for our employees resulting in mutual long-term relationships that add value to both employee and company,” said the General Manager of the company Mr. Thomas Varghese.

McFadyen Solutions nurtures a working ambience that hires, trains and retains the very best. It fosters an environment that promotes learning and sharing. Team performance is given top priority.

Infosys announce their second campus in Trivandrum

Infosys today announced their plans of setting up a new campus at the Technocity in Thiruvananthapuram. This will be Infosys second SEZ campus in Kerala, the first being in Technopark Phase II, also in Trivandrum. The MoU for the 50 acre campus was signed today between H R Binod, Sr. VP, Infosys and K G Girish Babu, CEO, Technopark in the presence of Chief Minister Shri Oommen Chandy, Minister for IT & Industries Shri P K Kunhalikutty and Finance Minister Shri K M Mani, Chief Secretary Shri K Jayakumar, Principal Secretary (IT) Shri P H Kurian, Shri Sunil Jose, Centre Head, Infy-Trivandrum, Shri Abhilash Kumar, Regional Manager, Infosys   Shri M Vasudevan, Senior Manager (Business Development), Shri Gigo Joseph, CEO, InfoPark and other officials of Technopark, Infosys and IT Department.

Giving details of the proposed campus, Kris Gopalakrishnan, Executive Co-Chairman, Infosys said, “Our second campus would employ 10,000 professionals when complete. In the first phase, the centre will have an investment of Rs.180 crore and will seat about 3,500 professionals and the second phase  will be with an investment of Rs.350 crore and  will seat about 6,500 professionals. The total investment will be about Rs.600 crore.”

“Trivandrum is our fastest growing centre with about 40% growth and contributed Rs.610 crore in our total exports last year. The fourth and final building in our first campus will be complete in the next 12-18 months and we will continue to expand in Trivandrum with our new campus. We are very happy that Infosys contributed about 20% to Kerala IT exports during 2010-11”, he added.   He also added that the services provided by Technopark has been excellent and said Kerala companies has to move forward to product development.

In his comments, the IT Minister Shri P K Kunhalikutty said that Kerala now has a representation from all major IT companies and Infosys’ second campus is a sign of development here. There will be considerable employment generation and growth opportunities for the IT industry in the State.

Complementing Infosys on their decision to start their second campus in Trivandrum, Shri Oommen Chandy said that Shri A K Antony has taken the initiative to bring Infosys into Technopark.  Shri Antony visited Infosys Bangalore and had discussions with Shri Narayanamurthy and Shri Kris Gopalakrishnan.  He assured all support to Infosys for their second campus.

Infosys currently employs 4,400 professionals across its two development centres in Technopark campus and their own campus which is also spread over 50 acres. Infosys started its Kerala operations in 2004.