Microland
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| Microland Limited | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | August, 1989 |
| Headquarters |  Belandur, Outer Ring Road, Bangalore, India |
| Key people | Pradeep Kar (Chairman and Executive Director) |
| Industry | RIMS (Remote Infrastructure Management) |
| Employees | 2100 (As on March 1st, 2008) |
| Website | www.microland.com |
Microland Limited is a private company that focuses on RIMS (Remote Infrastructure Management), consulting, outsourcing and IT infrastructure services. The headquarters of Microland are in Bangalore, India. Microland was started by Pradeep Kar in August 1989. The company currently has over 2100 employees. Microland's services have been delivered to more than 200 clients worldwide in recent years, many in the Fortune 500 list, whose businesses include manufacturing, chemicals, aviation, banking and finance, mortgage, health care, software, consumer level products, semi-conductors, retail chains and BPO, to name a few. Microland is currently a gold partner with Microsoft.
NASSCOM places the RIMS market in India at $14 billion. RIMS is expected to grow at a rate faster than software/hardware industry in India.
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[edit] History
Microland primarily dealt with products and services for numerous companies who had not yet set up base in India. Microland started in Bangalore, India in August 1989 with a key focus on hardware and networking products. Over the next 5 years, Microland introduced several companies like Novell, Compaq, SynOptics, Cisco, Checkpoint and Netscape into the Indian market. In 1998, Microland moved out of the hardware supply market and starting moving towards the ‘internet – economy’. They began developing software tools for the web and portals.
Microland started investing in the IT infrastructure services (RIMS) market as early as 2002. RIMS remains the core competency of Microland till date. It deals with both on site support and consulting, while the core of the business revolves around remote support.
[edit] Offices
India:
Bangalore (Headquarters)
New Delhi
Mumbai
Pune
Chennai
USA:
San Jose, California
Princeton, New Jersey
United Kingdom:
London
[edit] Timeline
- 1989 – Microland opens first office in Bangalore (now called Bengaluru).
- 1989 – Microland introduces Novell into India.
- 1992 – Microland introduces Compaq into India.
- 1993 – Microland introduces SynOptics and Cisco into India.
- 1995 – Microland introduces Checkpoint and Netscape into India.
- 1997 – Microland revenue hits Rs.1800 million.
- 1997, March 5 – Microland hosts Bill Gates during his maiden visit to India.
- 1997, November 20 – ‘planetasia.com’ launched. Revenues hit US $15.4 million.
- 1998 – Microland starts transition from a product based company to an internet economy.
- 1999, September 22 - ‘ITspace.com’ launched.
- 2000, April 16 – ‘Indya.com’ portal launched.
- 2000, May 30 – ‘media2india.net’ launched.
- 2000, July 25 – Net Brahma launched.
- 2001 – Indya.com acquired by Star TV group owned by Rupert Murdoch.
- 2002, January 30 – Net Brahma acquired by Metro-Optix.
- 2002 – Media2india merged with connecturf.com.
- 2002 – Microland starts transition into RIMS driven company.
- 2005 – Controlling interest in planetasia.com sold to Global Consulting Inc.
- 2005, June 2 – Microland signs partnership with Serco UK.
[edit] Awards
- 2008 – Windows Vista Champions – Microsoft
- 2008 - Best Infrastructure Partner in India - Microsoft
- 2008 - Top 10 Best Performing Infrastructure Providers - Global Services Media
- 2008 - Global Services 100 - Cyber Media
- 2008 - Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
- 2007 - Global Services 100 - CyberMedia
- 2007 - Pink Slip Awards - Times of India
- 2007 - CEO with HR Orientation - HR Summit
- 2007 - Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
- 2007 - Best Infrastructure Partner in India - Microsoft
- 2006 - Recruitment & Staffing Best-in-Class BVIMSR & Indiatimes
- 2006 - Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
- 2006 - DET NORSKE VERITIAS Management - DET NORSKE VERITIAS
- 2006 - Best Infrastructure Partner in India - Microsoft
- 2005 - ISO/IEC 20000:1 ITSM BSI
- 2005 - ISO/IEC 27001 BSI
- 2005 - Best Infrastructure Partner in India - Microsoft
- 2001 - Top Growth Company Planetasia - Cyber Media Group
- 2000 - Golden Mouse Best Banner Ad indya.com - Golden Mouse Awards
- 2000 - Best MS E-Commerce Partner Planetasia - Microsoft
- 2000 - Campaign of the Year for indya.com campaign - AAI Awards 2000
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[edit] References
- Forrester report that Microland are one the early providers for IT infrastructure support.
- A Forrester report suggests that smaller India-based Infrastructure Providers can be the right size for the right clients and Microland is one of those providers.
- Microland has raised $11 Million funding from investors.. Retrieved on 2006-08-07.
- Star TV picks 15% stake in ITspace.com .. Retrieved on 2000-06-28.
- Murdoch buys indya.com.. Retrieved on 2001-08-02.
- Microland Version 3.0: Can Pradeep Kar pull it off?. Retrieved on 2002-02-11.
- Microland: Where change is the buzzword!. Retrieved on 2004-02-09.
- Microland to set up B'lore facility; hire 250. Retrieved on 2004-02-09.
- Sharad Heda, COO Microland Limted, interview on NASSCOM.
- Microland secures Rs.52 crore funding. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.
