Microland

Microland
Private
Industry Remote infrastructure management, Hybrid IT infrastructure management
Founded 1989
Headquarters Bangalore, India
Key people

Pradeep Kar (Chairman & Managing Director)

Manoj Punja (Executive Vice President)
Services Operations Transformation, Hybrid IT Transformation, Workspace Transformation
Number of employees
3,400 (2016)
Website http://www.microland.com

Microland is an Indian IT company based in Bangalore. It is India’s first hybrid IT infrastructure services provider and has 3200 employees across the world.

History

Microland was started in Bangalore, India in August 1989 with a key focus on hardware and networking till date.[1][2] In 2005 Microland signed a strategic alliance with Serco Solutions, UK, for providing remote IT Infrastructure Management Services (IMS). Microland inaugurated a dedicated operations center for providing remote IT infrastructure management services (IMS) to Remote Solutions.

In 2007 Microland set up its multi network operations center by setting up six network operations center, six tech labs, four data centers and a penetration testing lab.[3] In 2008, Microland expanded its service lines through the inclusion of Managed Security Assessment and ITSM consulting to its portfolio.

In 2011, Microland signed a multi-year contract valued at $55 million with Serco Limited, UK.[4][5][6] As part of this contract, Microland would continue to provide specialist support for a range of devices through an expanded team located in Birmingham, UK, and Bangalore, India.

In 2012, Microland 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.

Services

Hybrid IT Transformation

Workspace Transformation

Locations

Microland has offices in Europe, Middle East, North America and India,.

References

  1. "Microland Version 3.0: Can Pradeep Kar pull it off?". www.expresscomputeronline.com. 11 February 2002. Retrieved 2002-02-11.
  2. "Forrester report that Microland are one the early providers for IT infrastructure support". www.forrester.com. 9 December 2005.
  3. "A Forrester report suggests that smaller India-based Infrastructure Providers can be the right size for the right clients and Microland is one of those providers" (PDF). www.forrester.com. 18 September 2007.
  4. "Microland Gets $55 Million Contract Extension From UK's Serco.". Wall Street Journal. 10 August 2011.
  5. "Microland Signs $55 Million Contract From Serco.". Microland News. 10 August 2011.
  6. "Microland Signs $55 Million Contract with Serco for IT Infrastructure Management Services.". Microland Press Releases. 10 August 2011.
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