Indian technology company
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] In 2012, the firm added virtualization & cloud infrastructure life cycle services (design, deploy & management of public, private & hybrid clouds including cloud integration & automation) to its portfolio and as part of this built partnerships with leading cloud technology providers.[22]
2014–2017
On 26 August 2014, Microland completed 25 years of operation and was recognized as the first Hybrid IT Infrastructure provider in India.[23] On 2 December 2014, the firm partnered with Computacenter in opening the Global Network Operations Centre (GNOC) at Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore.[24] 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.[25] In 2016, it set up its first offshore delivery center for ASG group, Australia in Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore.[26] In 2017, Microland reinforced its digital focus with MicrolandOne, a digital app for its workforce.[27] In line with its digital initiatives, it launched Digital hubs in Birmingham, UK and Pune, India.[28][29]
2019–present
In January 2019, the company announced the appointment Srikara CR as Senior Vice President of Global Professional Services and Presales.[30] In August 2019 they hired Ashish Mahadwar as President.[31][32] In October 2019, the company announced the appointment of Anupam Pandey as Chief Information Officer.[33][34]
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.[35]
