Microland

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Microland
Company type Private
Industry Technology
Founded1989;35 years ago (1989)
Founder Pradeep Kar
Headquarters Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Area served
India
Key people
 Pradeep Kar (Chairman & Managing Director)
ServicesIT services
Number of employees
4500+ (2020)
Website www.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]

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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]

Locations

Microland is headquartered in Ecospace, Bellandur, Bangalore, with seven other offices in India. It has client servicing and sales offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East and North America. [34]

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