Picutre of the day- the Rubber-Band Pakkoda from Rangoli restaurant, Technopark

See the rubber-band pakkoda from Rangoli Restaurant technopark
(picture courtesy: That lucky pakkoda customer)

Leela Infopark building in technopark - Updates

(Photo Courtsey: Sudheeshnairs)

4,60,000 Sq.ft Info Complex in Technopark belonging to Leela Group. It would be the next attraction in technopark. but it seems they are utilizing the space in its maximum. this building is situated near to the NILA, and there is no clues on its parking facilities so far. it seems some of its initial storeys will be used for the parking purpose. Its a good sign of interest by the business players who is willing to invest in technopark, trivandrum. It may be the first building in technopark built by a third party for the rental of IT infrastructure.

This building is constructing by the SI Property as a Turnkey (Contract) project.

For information on Leela Infopark building, technopark, Contact

M/s.LEELA LACE HOLDINGS PVT.LTD.,
Leela Baug,
Andheri Kurla Road,
Andheri (East) Mumbai, 400 059.
Phone : 022-2838 4420.

OR

Kinfra International Apparel Parks,
St.Xavier’s College P.O,
Thumba,
Thiruvananthapuram, 695 586.
Phone: 0471 - 2704327 / 28 / 29

Happy Vishu

indianitforum.com wishes happy vishu to all technoparkians!

Kerala's First GNU/Linux Install Fest on 12-April-2008 in Trivandrum

Here is a golden oppurtunity to get Gnu/Linux installed on your computer and experience the fun of Gnu/Linux. The security, reliability and robustness provided by Gnu/Linux is unmatchable with any proprietary/non-free operating systems. Free yourself from the world of Computer Viruses.


Gnu/Linux Users Group - Trivandrum, Free Software Foundation of India, Space-Kerala and Zyxware Technologies together presents the first Gnu/Linux Install Fest in Kerala.

Venue: Dishaa '08
Kanakakunnu Palace,
Trivandrum

Date: 12 April 2008, Saturday
Time: 9AM - 6PM


The event will contain:

1. Talk on Free software by Dr. V. Sasi Kumar, Board of Director, Free Software Foundation of India.
2. Gnu/Linux Installation.
3. Distribution of Gnu/Linux CD's.
4. Presentation on Free software.
5. Distribution of articles related to Free Software.
6. Gnu/Linux Games.
7. Gnu/Linux demo.
8. Quiz on Free software.

Users can bring in their PC's, both Desktop and Laptop. Users bringing their desktops can bring in the Tower(CPU) alone.

Ubuntu will be installed by default for novice users. The current settings or currently installed operating systems will not be affected. Other flavours are also available.

Refer www.gnu.org and www.fsf.org for more information regarding Free Software.

Websites:
FSF-India - fsf.org.in
Gnu/Linux Users Group - Trivandrum - www.ilug-tvm.org
Space - space-kerala.org
Dishaa '08 - www.dishaa08.com
Zyxware Technologies - www.zyxware.com

Contact: Anoop Jacob Thomas:9846670945

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Openings for PHP Programmers in Technopark

Openings for PHP Programmers in Technopark

Vanilla Networks Pvt. Ltd., an Australian based outsourcing firm requires PHP / MySQL developers

WALK IN FOR AN INTERVIEW
SATURDAY 19 APRIL 2008 (9 am to 5 pm)

#12 Nila, Technopark, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
or
2nd Floor, Tapasya, Infopark, KOCHI

Piture of the day - Technomall photos

Software Usability and User Experience Design - Seminar in Technopark

		Computer Society of India -Trivandrum chapter in association with Technopark, IEEE-Kerala Section & PMI-Trivandrum Chapter presents
	Architecting
	enjoyable
	user experience
	A seminar on Software Usability and User Experience Design Presenter Satheesh Nair Director | www.boxofease.in
	Enjoyable user experience is one of the most important ingredients for success of any product today. For software products, the “user interface” is the prime point of interaction for its end-users. Contrary to common beliefs, "look and feel" of a user interface contributes very little to the overall experience of a product. Progressive implementation of many structured user experience activities and constant user validation are essential to ensure an "enjoyable user experience" of any product. This seminar aims to emphasize the importance of user experience design in any software development process, and introduces some fundamental concepts in software usability and user experience design. This seminar will present an overview of the What, Why, How, When and Who of User experience processes.
	Sathees Nair : Satheesh Nair Founder | Director, Box of Ease, Bangalore, has about seventeen years of industry experience in user focused design, of which the last seven years are in Information Architecture, User interface and User experience design. He holds sound knowledge of the user experience strategies and usability research, and has extensive applied experience in information architecture, interaction design and usability research. So far, Satheesh has completed more than 200 user interface projects in the role of user experience designer, and conducted many usability tests and research studies. Satheesh has five years of professional training and research experience in industrial design at the Design Centre, Sydney Institute of Technology, Australia as the head of the product design department. Satheesh also holds four years of professional industrial design experience at Titan Industries Limited, Bangalore, as senior executive, industrial design. Satheesh holds Post Graduation in Industrial Design (National Institute of Design, Ahmadabad), Post Graduation in Training and Education (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) and B. Tech in Industrial Engineering.
	Who should attend Software Professional, Project leader, Program/ Project Manager, User interface developer, Business analyst
	Where Travancore Hall, Park Center, Technopark
	When 10:00 -12:30 am, Friday,11th April, 2008
	Limited Seats- Register Now Contact Mr. John Email : csitvm@dataone.in Tel: 0471 2479282 Mob: 9495831863

TECH-A-BREAK 2008 Schedule in abstract

Monday, 21st April 2008
10.00 am - Light Music 4.00 pm - Rally Theme (SEASONS and HALLOWEEN) followed by DJ
Tuesday, 22nd April 2008
10.00 am - Light Music Duets 4.00 pm - Old is Gold / Rock Concert
Wednesday, 23rd April 2008
10.00 am - Solo Song Classical 4.00 pm - Save Planet Earth
Thursday, 24th April 2008
10.00 am - Solo Song Western 6.00 pm - Techie Superstar singer
Friday, 25th April 2008
10.00 am - Quiz / Buzz 6.30 pm Group Dance Competition
Saturday, 26th April 2008
10.00 am - Sports
6.30 pm - Prize Distribution with mega show

New weekend bus service from technopark to trissur

A new weekend bus service has started from Technopark to Thrissur Via (Alp,Ekm,Ank)


Booking numbers: 9745040073,9349855066
Departure ( Every friday) : From Nila Building, around 6.00 pm

Daily return service is also there, but its from Trissur to thampanoor, the schedule is Bus will start on Sunday By 9.00pm from Trissur and reach around 3.00am at Thampanoor

TECH-A-BREAK 2008 programme Details

The following are the detailed programme of Tech-A-Break 2008

PROGRAMME:

DATE	MORNING	AFTERNOON
21st APR MONDAY		Rally followed by DJ
22nd Tue	Light Music Duets	Old is Gold / Rock Concert
23rd Wed	Solo Song Classical	Save Planet Earth
24thThurs	Solo Song Western	Techie Superstar singer
25th Fri	Quiz / Buzz	Group Dance Competition
26th Sat	Sports	Prize Distribution with mega show

Rules and Regulations for the contests:

RALLY:

1. The themes for the Rally will be “SEASONS” and “HALLOWEEN”.
2. The Teams may use either of the above or a combination of the two themes for their presentation.
3. The Teams will have to assemble at specified points where the judges will visit to make their judgment.
4. The teams will then move in procession to the main gate where the flame of Tech-A-Break 2008 will be lit.
5. An open air disco will follow into the night where the techies can let their hair loose and dance the night away.

SOLO SONGS:

1. There will be solo song contests in 2 categories, namely Classical and Western.
2. No Tracks can be used for the same.
3. For the Classical song, a shrudi box can be used.
4. A Time limit of 5 minutes will be awarded for the classical round.
5. For the Western round, the first stanza of the song and chorus will be judged and then the contestants will be short listed to perform in the final round.
6. 5 entries per company.

LIGHT MUSIC DUET CONTEST:

1. This year the light music contest will be a duet contest.
2. It is not necessary that the duo have to be 1 male and female. 2 male or 2 female may participate as a team but the song needs to be a duet.
3. The number of entries per company will be limited to 3 teams per company.
4. Tracks (minus / Karaoke) may be used for this contest.

TECHIE SUPER STAR SINGERS!

1. This is a group Song Contest with a difference.
2. The group song will be sung to the accompaniment of a Visual Karaoke Track.
3. The group needs to put in the following elements into their performance and marks will be allotted in the following categories.

• Singing - Pitching, Synchronization, Harmonization
• Performance – Choreography, Audience interaction, Body Language
• MC – To announce and bring their team onto the Stage – 2 mints
• Entry and Exit of the Team
• Who’s gonna be the Techie Team Superstar??? Overall Presentation.
• The team: - Min 4 to Max 12 Participants per Team.
• One Team per Company
• Time Limit – 10 minutes.

SAVE PLANET EARTH:

1. Time Limit – 15 minutes
2. One Team per company consisting of Minimum 4 to Maximum 12 participants to form the team.
3. Each Team gets to present the theme – SAVE PLANET EARTH using their imagination.
4. It can be presented in any way – using music, dance, skit, video clips, mimes, and combinations of these, props, fashion shows or anything one can think of.

QUIZ / BUZZZZZZZZZZZZ

1. 2 members per team. For the prelims, there is no restriction no: of entries per company can send in.
2. There will be a preliminary round to select 4 teams to the finals.
3. Only one top scoring team per company will make it to the finals. In the event of more than one team qualifying for the finals, the teams are free to interchange their team mates as they wish or send any team that qualifies to the finals to represent their company.
4. The quiz will be a general quiz.

GROUP DANCE CONTEST:

1. Time Limit – 15 minutes
2. One Team per company consisting of Minimum 4 to Maximum 12 participants to form the team.
3. There will be only one common category for the contest.
4. The teams can do a medley of dances, fusion or any category of dance in the time limit specified.
5. Teams will be judged on Costume, Presentation, Choreography, Synchronization, Variation of Steps used, theme presentation and audience interaction.

SPORTS:

1. There will be 4 team based fun sports games.
2. 1 team per company.
3. 10 participants per team.
4. The details of the Sports will be sent to you within the next few days.

LAST DATE FOR ENTRIES:

1. The last date for entries for the various contests will be Saturday, the 12^th of April.
2. Kindly send in your entries both as a mail to techabreak2008@technopark.org , sugeetha@technopark.org and also submit a hard copy of the same at the Tech-A-Break 2008 desk at Park Centre.
3. Kindly stick to the deadline as we need to make arrangements for the same and make any changes if necessary (If we can accommodate more entries, we will be in a position to tell you by April 15^th).
4. The entry form is attached. Kindly fill in the form and mail and submit the hard copy as mentioned above.

POINTS FOR THE CHAMPIONS CUP:

For the Solo Items the points for the Tech-A-Break 2008 Company of the year will be as follows:

1^st Place 5 points

2^nd Place 3 points

3^rd Place 1 point

For the Sports, Quiz and Group Contests the points will be as follows:

1^st Place 10 points

2^nd Place 7 points

3^rd Place 5 points

Click Here to download the Entry Form

A new political war looms over technopark

Close on the heels of the tall talk by the CPM leaders about the drastic changes in the industrial environment in the State and the significant growth anticipated in the IT sector, the State IT Department and the IT companies at Technopark here are fast moving on a collision course.

According to sources, the CEOs in the Technopark here have been sharing a general feeling that they are no more welcome to the State Government.

Unlike in the past, Technopark authorities and the companies housed at the Park now find no way to settle the differences between them. Neither are the Park Centre authorities and the IT Department able to take up the issue in the right forum, nor have the companies an idea about whom to consult to settle the issues that warrant political will and policy intervention.

The collapsing relations between the IT companies on side and the State IT Department and the Park Centre on the other were in evidence at the recently-held KeralaIT.Com. Majority of the companies at the Park opted to keep out of the unprofessionally-organised IT exhibition.

Adding insult to injury, the IT Department and the Technopark authorities have declined to pay back the advance given by three companies in the Park for rented space in the newly-built block - ‘Thejaswini’. The three companies (two of them are the leading companies in their respective domains and had set up their facilities during the initial days of the Park) had paid three months’ rent in advance to the Park Centre.

However, owing to various reasons, these companies decided not to occupy the built up space allotted to them in Tejaswini. The Park Centre authorities, after consulting the IT Department, informed the companies that the advance given by them could not be refunded. There is no change in their stand, even after the Technopark authorities rented out the same space to some other companies.

Meanwhile, another vexed issue regarding the payment of building tax of Technopark buildings to the Corporation is yet to be sorted out. As a result of the efforts taken by a CPM councillor in the City Corporation, the Technopark authorities were asked to pay the building tax arrears since 2000. Under some false notion, the Technopark authorities were not paying building tax. However, when the Corporation sent notice, the IT Department instructed the Park Centre authorities to pay the arrears on their own and collect the same from the companies later.

Following the instruction, Technopark paid around Rs 1.75 crore to the Corporation. But when the Park Centre wanted the companies to pay the building tax arrears, the companies responded in the negative. According to them, the building tax payment is the responsibility of the lessor and lessee need not bother about the same. The Park Centre should have incorporated the building tax in the rent, they said.

According to sources, the Infopark in Kochi has been collecting the building tax from the companies by incorporating the same in the rent.

Without exploring the possibility for an amicable settlement of the issue, the IT Department decided to go by the legal advice. As per the legal advice, Technopark can claim the building tax arrears from the companies. Though the term Building Tax was not written explicitly in the lease agreement, the companies can be made liable for the same.

Moving a step ahead, the IT Department has now told the companies that if they did not pay the building tax arrears, disciplinary steps would be initiated against the companies and their lease wouldn’t be extended.

Though the companies had approached Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, the result was a routine reply along the lines of ‘the matter will be looked into.’

(coutesy : newindpress)

IndianITForum.com - A social network for IT people

Social networking sites have become the "soda shops" of the digital age. It's where people meet new people, update friends on life happenings, find jobs, network, discover new music, and express themselves through customized page layouts, photos, music, and videos.

And here a few IT professionals setup a new social networking site exclusively for IT professionals. when all ordinary social networking sites are looking and recruiting all the crowd, including thousands of spams bots and fake profiles, here they are making a genuine and trustworthy social networking site which contains only IT professionals.

visit IndianITForum

Metrosexuality & dating in Technopark

Instant food, instant messenger and now it is instant s-e-x!! weekends and posh Cafés in the city are buzzing with budding aspirants and veterans as well. This is how it goes. Come Friday and he local guy techies of Technopark clamor to be back to their native places……. What else can the she techies go about having on Saturdays and Sundays??? Paid companions are no longer new to the city. Guys are at your service, just that she needs to sponsor them!!!!! This is how it goes…. ‘Ready to serve’ guys are out there at vantage points in the city. Are they gigolos? Common……. They are paid companions.. how dare you disgrace them???? The techie gals earning a handsome take home can take home these guys waiting for their turns. It is good fun. She gets a break…… and lavishes on him costly gifts or an awesome dinner. He happy!!!! She happy!!!!! And the proverbial moral police in town goes groaning…….hah hah…


The trend it seems stands institutionalized. Non keralite gals too should have some fun during weekends…….technoparkLive will soon publish the shocking news and real stories behind it !

Management programs from IIMs and XLRI in Trivandrum

Would you like to join the small percentile of professionals who rise to senior management positions?

Being a high-tech professional, your academic exposure and application of business management skills such as accounting or finance maybe very limited, yet as you move into team leading roles, such skills can become more important than technical skills. To perform on such roles, you need to move beyond individual achievement toward effective team driven business management, and from the current status quo toward an even greater capacity for change, growth, and leadership. Your technical strengths can bring you success during early stage of the career, but further advancement frequently requires the development of a more general set of skills and a more comprehensive, multi-functional perspective. Acquiring such skills not only help increase your confidence and vision at work but also enable you to join that elite cream of executives with hefty pay scales. And if renowned institutions like IIM and XLRI along with their certification stamp impart such skills, you can accelerate individual progress with a multifold increase in your value to the organization.

For the first time in Trivandrum, SPRINGBOARD™ is introducing prestigious management programs from IIMs and XLRI, targeted for the high-tech industry in Kerala. Enumerous corporate participants in Bangalore and other cities worldwide have already reaped the benefits of these global education programs. By helping participants develop a broader vision for company success, our satellite education programs help organizations groom the next generation of corporate leaders. This in-depth learning experience is well suited to the leadership needs and time demands of all high-tech professionals in today's highly competitive environment. Leveraging advanced strategies and techniques, participants learn how to excel in decision-making and execution. Designed to drive corporate performance by creating indispensable leaders, our courses transforms the way executives think, manage, and solve problems. Participants prepare for organizational transformation by learning to lead responsibly, ethically, and strategically. Through a world-class multimedia infrastructure that streams real-time classrooms from IIMs and XLRI via satellite, SPRINGBOARD™ provides a highly interactive and collaborative learning environment.

For further enquiries, please contact -

SPRINGBOARD™ Education,

Sasthamangalam, Trivandrum

Phone: 98952 15515

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