Britain’s second largest airline bmi opts for Technopark IT solution

April 10th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Later this year, Air New Zealand and Austrian Airlines will start using iCargo CRA, a revenue accounting solution for cargo carrying airlines developed by the city-based IBS Software Services. 'iCargo CRA is built on proven new-generation technology and application architecture.

September 24th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - City-based information technology park Technopark has signed a cooperation agreement with China's Dalian Hi-tech Zone, it was announced here Thursday. Dalian Hi-tech is a mixed industry zone in China's Dalian city, where pharmaceutical and IT services majors have units.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Investment in information technology (IT) by airlines the worldover this year is likely to be the lowest since 2002, says SITA, an air transport communication provider. The 2009 Airline IT Trends Survey report by SITA and Airline Business magazine released Wednesday in Cannes, France, has forecast that spend on IT and telecommunications is likely to be just 1.7 percent of airline revenue.

May 14th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Companies based in the Technopark IT industrial park here will join hands with the Kerala government to strengthen the AIDS awareness campaign in the state, an industry official said here Thursday. The Group of Technopark Companies (GTECH), a body representing the chief executives of the Technopark firms, has adopted a corporate policy on HIV/AIDS that calls for strengthening the awareness campaign among among the member companies and employees, the group secretary, Satish Babu, said.

March 27th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 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.

January 19th, 2009 HELSINKI - Skytrax, the international airline survey website, has awarded Nordic carrier Finnair a four-star rating, it was announced here Tuesday. 'The four-star rating and the 'Quality Approved by Skytrax' designation make a global statement about Finnair as a quality company,' Markku Remes, responsible for the airlines' passenger experience development, said in a statement.

June 30th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - IBS Software Services, a city-based IT solutions provider to travel, transportation and logistics industry, has signed an agreement with Malysia Airlines for providing a crew management solution, the company said Tuesday. As per the contract, signed in Kuala Lumpur Tuesday, the IBS software, "Avient Crew", will replace the airline's two existing crew management systems - one for managing technical crew roster and the other for cabin crew roster.

June 15th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Cooperation in the IT sector between Singapore and industry majors in Kerala has received a major boost after a delegation from the Group of Technopark Companies (GTech) visited the city-state for talks with senior government officials and business lobbies. GTech represents the heads of all major IT companies in Technopark, which is home to more than 120 companies and employ close to 18,000 people.

March 25th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - An eight-member delegation from China's Shenyang city Wednesday visited the information technology campus Technopark here to pick up tips on software outsourcing. The officials from the Shenyang Information Industry Bureau (SIIB) said they would study Kerala's software outsourcing services to set up similar parks back home.

September 22nd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - City-based information technology park Technopark has signed a cooperation agreement with China's Beijing Zhongguancun Software Park Co (Zpark), it was announced here Tuesday. Under the agreement, the two parks will join hands in business process outsoucring (BPO), software exports and training sectors in major markets like China, Japan, South Korea, the US and Europe, Technopark said in a statement.

September 18th, 2009 KOCHI - The first phase of the Rs.600-crore Koratty information technology park in Kerala, being set up as part of the state government's plan to open IT parks in all districts, will be opened Oct 10. The project, coming up on 42 acres in Koratty in Thrissur district, is one of the fastest developed IT parks in the state, Siddhartha Bhattacharya, chief executive of Infopark Kochi, which is developing the project, told IANS.

March 19th, 2009 CHENNAI - City-based IT firm ChennaiNet Thursday launched a new solution that will help individuals and companies spot the holes in their networking software and fix them at once. 'Our online tool Automated Vulnerability Assessment and Reporting Services (AVARS) spots the holes in software or in other networks and reports the same immediately,' ChennaiNet chief executive M.L.

July 11th, 2007 UATP, the airline-owned global corporate travel payment network, is helping to enable PayPal payments for online airline ticket purchases and has successfully launched PayPal payment for Southwest Airlines. Through the UATP network of over 220 airlines around the globe, PayPal is able to use the network to connect to the airlines and process payments.

February 17th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of the island nation, has opted for the city-based IBS Group's software 'iFly Loyalty' for handling its frequent flier programme and customer relationship management functions, the IT firm said here Wednesday. 'iFly is a new generation IT solution developed specifically for the evolving airline industry, and will set new standards in the market,' IBS Group chairman and chief executive V.K.

July 10th, 2009 British royal family joins TwitterLONDON — Britain's royal family has extended its kingdom further into cyberspace and joined Twitter — but don't expect Her Majesty to tweet. Buckingham Palace, which already has a significant online presence, said Friday that it has set up a Twitter account to alert royal watchers to what's happening with the family.