SQL Star

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SQL Star International Limited
Company typePrivate
Industry IT services
Founded1987
Headquarters Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
ServicesIT Education, EGovernance, Enterprise Services
Number of employees
~1,100 (As on 31 March 2008)
Website www.sqlstar.com

SQL Star International Limited was an IT services company headquartered in Hyderabad, India. Its three main divisions are Knowledge Services, Enterprise Services and e-Governance. It was also listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange. (BSE: 532249) [1] [2]

The company provides IT Education to corporates and individuals. In March 2008, SQL Star launched its e-learning portal - thelearningport.com. [3] It is also an authorized training partner for Red Hat, [4] SUN and Oracle. [5] The company also markets an embedded Linux platform called Embinux.In February 2014 its authorization got canceled. [6]

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