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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Technology |
Founded | 1989 |
Founder | Pradeep Kar |
Headquarters | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
Area served | India |
Key people | Pradeep Kar (Chairman & Managing Director) |
Services | IT services |
Number of employees | 4500+ (2020) |
Website | www |
Microland is a 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, Africa, and North America. [2] The company's services include digital networks, digital infrastructure, digital applications, digital workplace, IIoT services and cybersecurity. [3]
Microland was started in Bangalore, India in August 1989 with a key focus on hardware and networking. [4] [5] 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. [6] 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. [7]
After the advent of the internet economy in 1998, Kar built several companies such as Planetasia.com, indya.com (which he later sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation), [8] [9] ITspace.com, media2india.net and Net Brahma Technologies. [4] [7] [10]
In 2005, the firm signed a five-year contract for remote IT infrastructure management services with UK-based company, Serco. [11] [12] In August 2006, it received $11 million in a second round of funding. [13]
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.[ citation needed ] In December 2007, it opened a global technology support center in Bangalore. [14] In April 2007, it partnered with Microsoft to provide cloud solutions[ buzzword ] to large enterprises in India. [15]
In 2008, it added managed security assessment and ITSM consulting to its services. [16] In 2011, the firm signed a $55 million multi-year contract with Serco Limited, UK [11] [17] to provide specialist support through an expanded team located in Birmingham, UK, and Bangalore, India. [18]
On 26 August 2014, Microland completed 25 years of operation and was recognized as the first Hybrid IT Infrastructure provider in India. [19] On 2 December 2014, the firm partnered with Computacenter in opening the Global Network Operations Centre (GNOC) at Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore. [20] 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. [21] In 2016, it set up its first offshore delivery center for ASG group, Australia in Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore. In 2017, Microland reinforced its digital focus with MicrolandOne, a digital app for its workforce. [22] In line with its digital initiatives, it launched Digital hubs in Birmingham, UK and Pune, India. [23] [24]
In January 2019, the company announced the appointment of Srikara CR as Senior Vice President of Global Professional Services and Presales. [25] In August 2019 they hired Ashish Mahadwar as President. [26] [27] In October 2019, the company announced the appointment of Anupam Pandey as Chief Information Officer. [28] [29] Gopal Sharma was then appointed to the role in 2023. [30] In 2024, Sam Mathew was announced as the new president of Microland. [1] [31] In 2025, Microland opened an Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence in its Bengaluru headquarters. [32]