Microland

Microland
Company type[Public Company]
IndustryTechnology
Founded1989; 36 years ago (1989)
FounderPradeep Kar
HeadquartersBangalore, Karnataka, India
Area served
India
Key people
Pradeep Kar (Chairman & Managing Director)
ServicesIT services
Number of employees
4500+ (2020)
Websitewww.microland.com

Microland is an technology company, headquartered in Bangalore. It was founded by Pradeep Kar.[1] The company employs more than 4,500 workers across its offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and North America.[2][3] The company's services include digital networks, digital infrastructure, digital application, digital workplace, IIoT services and cybersecurity.[4]

Microland's CSR initiative is called Microland Foundation.[5]

History

1989–1997

Microland was started in Bangalore, India in August 1989 with a key focus on hardware and networking.[6][7] It was founded by Pradeep Kar as a network integration company, with initial funding coming from SBI Capital Markets. Microland signed an agreement with Novell to become one of the first companies to bring network education to India.[8] In the years between 1993 and 1997, Microland assisted in the introduction of new technologies to the Indian market, namely, Compaq, Cisco, SynOptics, and Netscape.[9] In 1997, Microland hosted Bill Gates at a forum called ‘The Enterprise Tomorrow, Today’.[10]

1998–2001

After the advent of the internet economy in 1998, Kar built several companies such as Planetasia.com, indya.com (which he sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation),[11][12] ITspace.com, media2india.net and Net Brahma Technologies.[6][9][13]

2002–2013

In 2005, the firm signed a five-year contract for remote IT infrastructure management services with UK-based company Serco.[14][15] In August 2006, it received $11 million in the second round of funding.[16] 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, it opening a global technology support center in Bangalore.[17] In April 2007, it partnered with Microsoft to provide cloud solutions[buzzword] to large enterprises in India.[18] In 2008, it added managed security assessment and ITSM consulting to its services.[19] In 2011, the firm signed a $55 million multi-year contract with Serco Limited, UK[14][20] to provide specialist support through an expanded team located in Birmingham, UK, and Bangalore, India.[21]

2014–2017

On 26 August 2014, Microland completed 25 years of operation and was recognized as the first Hybrid IT Infrastructure provider in India.[22] On 2 December 2014, the firm partnered with Computacenter in opening the Global Network Operations Centre (GNOC) at Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore.[23] In 2015, Saudi Arabia's National Commercial Bank (NCB) selected Microland as its IT infrastructure services partner to manage its branch technology services across the kingdom.[24] In 2016, it set up its first offshore delivery center for ASG group, Australia in Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore.[25] In 2017, Microland reinforced its digital focus with MicrolandOne, a digital app for its workforce.[26] In line with its digital initiatives, it launched Digital hubs in Birmingham, UK and Pune, India.[27][28]

2019–present

In January 2019, the company announced the appointment Srikara CR as Senior Vice President of Global Professional Services and Presales.[29] In August 2019 they hired Ashish Mahadwar as President.[30][31] In October 2019, the company announced the appointment of Anupam Pandey as Chief Information Officer.[32][33]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Our Global Locations". Microland.
  2. ^ "Microland". Microland.com.
  3. ^ "Microland Company Profile". Owler.com.
  4. ^ "Microland: Creating Hybrid IT Environments" (PDF). icsi.edu.
  5. ^ "Microland Foundation".
  6. ^ a b "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 11 February 2002.
  7. ^ "Global Delivery Infrastructure Management Scorecard Summary: Microland". www.forrester.com. 9 December 2005. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008.
  8. ^ "38 Onward Novell Software (I) Ltd - Onward With IT". DATAQUEST. 30 July 1998. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  9. ^ a b Wetzler, Brad. "Boomgalore". Wired. Wired.com.
  10. ^ "Bill Gates: Technology investments will make India an economic and software superpower". Stories. 4 March 1997. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Star acquires Indya, buys out strategic investors". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Pradeep Kar, Chairman of Microland". InformationWeek. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Sundowner with Pradeep Kar". The Economic Times. 8 December 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Microland Gets $55 Million Contract Extension From UK's Serco". Economic Times. 10 August 2011.
  15. ^ "Microland opens offshore centre for UK's Serco". Business Standard India. 3 June 2005. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Microland gets $11-m funding". The Hindu Business Line. 9 August 2006. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  17. ^ "microland opens global tech center". www.business-standard.com.
  18. ^ "Microland To Offer Cloud Solutions With Microsoft". ww.moneycontrol.com. 7 April 2012.
  19. ^ "Microland launches two new service lines - CIOL". CIOL. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  20. ^ "Microland Signs $55 Million Contract From Serco". Livemint.com. 10 August 2011.
  21. ^ "Microland in $ 55m deal to provide infrastructure services to UK-based Serco". indiatechonline.com.
  22. ^ "Microland turns 25, offers hybrid IT infrastructure services". Tech2. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  23. ^ "New Facility Provides Expanded Managed Network, Security and Voice Capabilities". computercenter.com.
  24. ^ "NCB selects Microland as IT infrastructure services partner". www.tradearabia.com. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  25. ^ "Microland Services". www.microland.com.
  26. ^ ANI (30 August 2017). "Microland launches global mobile app for its digital workforce to enhance business productivity, collaboration". Business Standard India. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  27. ^ ANI (3 April 2018). "Microland enters fifth wave of business transformation; repositions itself as digital accelerator". Business Standard India. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  28. ^ ANI (22 January 2018). "Microland opens state of the art digital operations center in Pune". Business Standard India. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  29. ^ "Microland Announces Senior Leadership Appointments". Business Standard India. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  30. ^ "Microland appoints Ashish Mahadwar as President of Global Sales and Marketing". Moneycontrol. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  31. ^ Microland. "Microland Names Ashish Mahadwar as President for Global Sales & Marketing". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  32. ^ "Microland Appoints Anupam Pandey as Chief Information Officer". The Week. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  33. ^ Network, BFSI (18 October 2019). "Microland names Anupam Pandey as new Chief Information Officer". Retrieved 24 March 2020.

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