Microland

Microland
Private
Industry Remote infrastructure management, Hybrid IT infrastructure management
Founded 1989
Headquarters Bangalore, India
Key people
 Pradeep Kar (Chairman & Managing Director)
Services Operations Transformation, Hybrid IT Transformation, Workspace Transformation
Number of employees
 3600+ (2017)
Website http://www.microland.com

Microland is an Indian IT Services company headquartered in Bangalore, India.[1] It was founded by Pradeep Kar in 1989 as a Network Integration Company with an initial funding of ₹2 million from SBI Capital Markets Limited. Microland assisted in the introduction of new technologies to the Indian market, namely, Compaq, Cisco, SynOptics, and Netscape.[2]

After the advent of the internet economy in 1998, Microland built several companies such as Planetasia.com, indya.com, ITspace.com, media2india.net and Net Brahma Technologies.[2]

The company employs more than 3,600+ professionals across its offices in Europe, Middle East, North America, and India.[3][4] Microland portfolio of services includes Hybrid IT Transformation, Workstation Transformation, Service Transformation and End-to-End Infrastructure Management. It is the first Hybrid IT infrastructure provider in India.[5]

History

Microland was started in Bangalore, India in August 1989 with a key focus on Hardware and Networking.[6][7] In 2005 Microland signed a strategic alliance with Serco Solutions, UK, for providing Remote IT Infrastructure Management Services (IMS). Microland inaugurated a dedicated operations center for providing Remote IT Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) to remote locations.

On January 14, 2005, Microland raised $7.3 million in funding from investors like SYNNEX, JP Morgan Partners, and ICICI Bank.[8] In August 2006, Microland received $11 million in the second round of funding raised from Cargill Ventures, Intel Capital, Trident Capital, and JAFCO Venture.[9]

In early 2007 Microland inaugurated its first multi-network operations center facility housing six network operations center, six tech labs, four data centers and one penetration testing lab. In December 2007, Microland expanded its operations in Bangalore by opening the global technology support center in Bangalore.[10][11] In April 2007, Microland partnered with Microsoft to provide Cloud solutions to large enterprises in India.[12] In 2008, Microland expanded its service lines through the inclusion of Managed Security Assessment and ITSM Consulting to its portfolio.[13]

In 2011, Microland signed a multi-year contract valued at $55 million with Serco Limited, UK.[14][15] As part of this contract, Microland would continue to provide specialist support for a range of devices through an expanded team located in Birmingham, UK, and Bangalore, India.[16]

In 2012, Microland added Virtualization & Cloud Infrastructure Life Cycle Services (Design, Deploy & Management of Public, Private & Hybrid Clouds including Cloud Integration & Automation) to its portfolio and as part of this built partnerships with leading Cloud technology providers.[17]

On August 26, 2014, Microland completed 25 years of operation and marked its 25th anniversary. On December 2, 2014, Microland partnered with Computacenter in opening the Global Network Operations Centre (GNOC) at Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore.[18]

In 2016, Microland set up its first offshore delivery center for ASG group, Australia in Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore.[19]

Services

Awards and Recognition

Locations

Microland is headquartered in Ecospace, Bellandur, Bangalore with three other offices in Bangalore. It has client servicing and sales offices in India, North America, Australia, UK, Europe, Dubai and Saudi Arabia.[27]

References

  1. ↑ "Our Global Locations". Microland.
  2. 1 2 "Boomgalore". Wired.com.
  3. ↑ "Microland". Microland.com.
  4. ↑ "Microland Company Profile". Owler.com.
  5. ↑ "Microland: Creating Hybrid IT Environments". itinfraworld.com.
  6. ↑ "Microland Version 3.0: Can Pradeep Kar pull it off?". www.expresscomputeronline.com. 11 February 2002. Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 2002-02-11.
  7. ↑ "Global Delivery Infrastructure Management Scorecard Summary: Microland". www.forrester.com. 9 December 2005. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008.
  8. ↑ "Microland January 14, 2005 Funding Round Venture". www.crunchbase.com.
  9. ↑ "Microland gets $11-m funding". www.thehindubusinessline.com.
  10. ↑ "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" (PDF). www.forrester.com. 18 September 2007.
  11. ↑ "microland opens global tech center". www.business-standard.com.
  12. ↑ "Microland To Offer Cloud Solutions With Microsoft". ww.moneycontrol.com.
  13. ↑ "Microland launches two new service lines - CIOL". CIOL. 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  14. ↑ "Microland Gets $55 Million Contract Extension From UK's Serco.". Economic Times.
  15. ↑ "Microland Signs $55 Million Contract From Serco.". Livemint.com.
  16. ↑ "Microland in $ 55m deal to provide infrastructure services to UK-based Serco". indiatechonline.com.
  17. ↑ IANS. "Microland Turns 25, Offers Hybrid IT Infrastructure Services". siliconindia. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  18. ↑ "New Facility Provides Expanded Managed Network, Security and Voice Capabilities". computercenter.com.
  19. ↑ "Microland inaugurates first offshore delivery centre asg group". channelworld.in.
  20. ↑ "Microland Services". www.microland.com.
  21. ↑ "Microland bagged Pink Slip Award". timesofIndia.
  22. ↑ "Top 10 Cloud Solution Providers 2016". IT infra world.
  23. ↑ "Cool Vendors in IT Operations Management, 2015". Gartner.
  24. ↑ "20 Most Promising VMware Solution Provider 2014". VMware.
  25. ↑ "20-Most-Promising-Cloud-Computing-Companies". CIO Review Magazine.
  26. ↑ "The 2011 Global Services 100: Defining Leadership in Global IT and Business Process Outsourcing". globalservicesmedia.com.
  27. ↑ "Microland_Offices & Delivery centres". Microland. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
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