Microland
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Microland is an IT infrastructure services provider, offering services across Infrastructure Management, Infrastructure Modernization, Process Maturity Services, Assurance and Compliance, Technical Support, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Collaboration and Mobility.
The headquarters of Microland are in Bangalore
, India
. Microland was started by Pradeep Kar
in August 1989. The company currently has over 2300 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 business process outsourcing
(BPO), to name a few.
Microland currently has ongoing alliances with companies such as Microsoft
, CISCO
, Avaya
, ChangeBASE, Sybase
, Symantec
and VMware
.
In 1998, Microland moved out of the hardware supply market and started moving towards the ‘internet – economy’. Riding on the internet boom they began developing software tools for the web and launched portals such as Indya.com, Planetasia.com, ITspace.com and NetBramha.
Microland also started investing in the IT infrastructure services market which has remained its main area of focus till date. 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 Solutions.
The same year Microland also announced a closure of USD 7.5 million in funding led by existing investors for fuelling growth capital
and investment in new infrastructure. This was followed by a second round of funding of 11 million USD in 2006.
In 2007 Microland set up its multi network operations center by setting up six network operations center, six tech labs, four data centers and a penetration testing lab. In 2008, Microland expanded its service lines through the inclusion of Managed Security Assessment and ITSM consulting to its portfolio.
The year 2009 saw appointments to key leadership positions in Microland including Chief Operating Officer- Mr. Jawahar Bekay and Chief Marketing Officer- Mr. V M Kumar.
In 2010, Microland signed partnerships with Sybase and ChangeBASE for providing enterprise mobility services and application remediation services respectively. Microland appointed its Chief Strategy officer- Mohit Jain.
In 2011, additions in key leadership positions continued with the joining of Executive Vice President (International Sales)- Bala Palamadai, Chief Innovation Officer- M S Rangaraj and Chief People Officer- P N S V Narasimham. A significant milestone for Microland was the signing of a strategic multi-year contract valued at $55 million with Serco Limited, UK. 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.
USA:
Canada:
United Kingdom:
The headquarters of Microland are in Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Microland was started by Pradeep Kar
Pradeep Kar
Pradeep Kar is an Indian businessman is chairman and managing director of a company which he founded in 1989. Microland is one of India’s leading providers of outsourced infrastructure management and technical support services, employing more than 1,600 staff. Pradeep Kar is the 2006 President of...
in August 1989. The company currently has over 2300 employees. Microland's services have been delivered to more than 200 clients worldwide in recent years, many in the Fortune 500
Fortune 500
The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect. The list includes publicly and...
list, whose businesses include manufacturing, chemicals, aviation, banking and finance, mortgage, health care, software, consumer level products, semi-conductors, retail chains and business process outsourcing
Business process outsourcing
Business process outsourcing is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of specific business functions to a third-party service provider. Originally, this was associated with manufacturing firms, such as Coca Cola that outsourced large segments...
(BPO), to name a few.
Microland currently has ongoing alliances with companies such as Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, CISCO
Cisco
Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...
, Avaya
Avaya
Avaya Inc. is a privately held computer networking, information technology and telecommunications company that is a global provider of business communications systems. The international head quarters is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States...
, ChangeBASE, Sybase
Sybase
Sybase, an SAP company, is an enterprise software and services company offering software to manage, analyze, and mobilize information, using relational databases, analytics and data warehousing solutions and mobile applications development platforms....
, Symantec
Symantec
Symantec Corporation is the largest maker of security software for computers. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock market index.-History:...
and VMware
VMware
VMware, Inc. is a company providing virtualization software founded in 1998 and based in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2004, and operates as a separate software subsidiary ....
.
History
Microland was 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 (1989), Compaq (1992), Synoptics & Cisco (1993), Checkpoint & Netscape (1995).In 1998, Microland moved out of the hardware supply market and started moving towards the ‘internet – economy’. Riding on the internet boom they began developing software tools for the web and launched portals such as Indya.com, Planetasia.com, ITspace.com and NetBramha.
Microland also started investing in the IT infrastructure services market which has remained its main area of focus till date. 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 Solutions.
The same year Microland also announced a closure of USD 7.5 million in funding led by existing investors for fuelling growth capital
Growth capital
Growth capital is a type of private equity investment, most often a minority investment, in relatively mature companies that are looking for capital to expand or restructure operations, enter new markets or finance a significant acquisition without a change of control of the business.Companies...
and investment in new infrastructure. This was followed by a second round of funding of 11 million USD in 2006.
In 2007 Microland set up its multi network operations center by setting up six network operations center, six tech labs, four data centers and a penetration testing lab. In 2008, Microland expanded its service lines through the inclusion of Managed Security Assessment and ITSM consulting to its portfolio.
The year 2009 saw appointments to key leadership positions in Microland including Chief Operating Officer- Mr. Jawahar Bekay and Chief Marketing Officer- Mr. V M Kumar.
In 2010, Microland signed partnerships with Sybase and ChangeBASE for providing enterprise mobility services and application remediation services respectively. Microland appointed its Chief Strategy officer- Mohit Jain.
In 2011, additions in key leadership positions continued with the joining of Executive Vice President (International Sales)- Bala Palamadai, Chief Innovation Officer- M S Rangaraj and Chief People Officer- P N S V Narasimham. A significant milestone for Microland was the signing of a strategic multi-year contract valued at $55 million with Serco Limited, UK. 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.
Locations
Microland is headquartered at RMZ Ecospace, Bangalore. It also has facilities at Cyber Park, Electronic City, Bangalore (Dedicated OMC). It has offices at- Phoenix House, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai
- Audi Nivas, Chinnaiah Street, T.Nagar, Chennai
- No 6 & 7, Palm court, Sector 14, 20/4 Sukrali Chowk, Gurgaon
USA:
- 2880, Zanker Road, Suite #210, San Jose CA (US)
- 5, Independence Way, Suite 300, Princeton, NJ (US)
Canada:
- 2810 Matheson Blvd. E, Suite #200, Mississauga, Ontario
United Kingdom:
- 1 Bell Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire in UK