In The News    Date   Source     Title January 26, 2012 The Hindu Focus shifts to guaranteed delivery service in IT   With focus definitely shifting from headcount-based approach to guaranteed service delivery concept in the wake of happenings on the global economic front, Indian information technology (IT) companies face three major near-term challenges, according to Murali Gopalan, Chief Information Officer of U.S.- headquartered UST Global. To view the article, please click here January 25, 2012 expressbuzz.com Innovating for efficiency   Would it not be helful if you had a hands-free technique to manage your power point presentation? And if you knew PCs and monitors waste over 66 percent of the enery consumed by them, would you not opt for an efficient energy management tool? The thoughful innovations of UST Global which won Excellence Awards 2011 in 'Technology Innovation - Implemented and Initiated' category instituted by Kerala Management Association (KMA) included these and a head wear which helps a blind person to navigate surroundings with better awareness. To view the article, please click here January 24, 2012 The Hindu Business Line Award for UST Global   Kochi - January 24, 2012 -- During the 2nd Kerala Management Association (KMA) Awards for 2011, UST Global which has its operations in Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram, and in Infopark, Kochi, won Excellence Awards 2011 in the Technology Innovation category. The award was presented by Mr George Paul, Executive Director, Synthite Industrial Chemicals, to the winners at KMA's 31th annual management convention. Under the 'Technology Innovations - Implemented and Initiated category,' UST Global had submitted three innovations, all conceived and developed at The Apple Tree, UST's innovation gym. UST Global received this award for innovations for its 'Interactive Gesture Recognition' ; WOD or Wearable Obstacle Detector and PowerUS, an energy management tool. To view the article, please click here January 06, 2012 The Hindu Riding high   The Technopark Bicycle Club has been declared a runaway hit. Exactly one month since it began, the campus is abuzz with the blue-and-white bikes. Promoted as an effective solution to overcome traffic congestion and parking woes, and a boost for the green initiatives of the IT park, techies now hire cycles for several errands – like going for lunch or for covering the distance from the main gate to their offices. Now they are also allowed to take the cycles out of the campus as well. To view the article, please click here December 11, 2011 IBN Live Malaysian delegation visits Technopark   A 15-member high-level delegation from the Malaysian state of Sarawak headed by Chief Minister Abdul Taib Bin Mahmud visited Technopark on Thursday. The delegation was received by M Vasudevan, Senior Manager (Business Development), Technopark, at Park Centre. Vasudevan conducted a presentation on Technopark and Kerala IT for the visiting delegation. The Chief Minister of Sarawak expressed great happiness over the visit to Technopark. “We are extremely impressed by the facilities provided at Technopark and we have focused plans to look into a mutual co-operation between Technopark and Sarawak Government to jointly promote IT industry in Sarawak and Kerala,” he said, according to a statement issued here. “We are really happy that this visit by Sarawak government will enable more in cross-country relationships there by generating more work opportunities. We can rightly say, Technopark has globally exposed at its best at various arenas,” Vasudevan said. The delegation also visited UST Global and Infosys campus and met officials there. Krishna Prasad, the centre head of UST Global, Chennai, made a presentation and Abhilash Kumar, head of facilities, Infosys, received the delegation and spoke on the activities undertaken by Infosys in Thiruvananthapuram. Abdul Taib Bin Mahmud was also accompanied by his wife Puan Sri Ragad Kurdi Taib and Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, the minister for Resource Planning and Environment, Sarawak. To view the article, please click here December 08, 2011 The Hindu In office, with the family   You invariably visit your ward's school during the school annual day. How about children visiting their parents' workplace? Or say, parents coming in to see where their children work? Even spouses are given an opportunity to see where their partners work. All this happens at Family Day, a one-of-its-kind annual event of UST Global. To view the article, please click here December 07, 2011 siliconindia.com Effective HR Strategies at SiliconIndia Strategic HR Summit   The summit was a leading event that underlined the major role HR plays in accelerating the growth of the economy. The summit managed gathered renowned HR leaders and business professionals to provide effective strategies for improving the organization's performance and achieving continuous growth. To view the article, please click here November 26, 2011 The Hindu Rangoli begins with a 'band' at Technopark   Rangoli '11, the three-week festival organised by UST Global at Technopark, here, got off to a musical start on Thursday with the Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre Brass Band performing for the Technopark employees. To view the article, please click here November 14, 2011 Marketwire.com MMRGlobal Reports 113% Increase in Third Quarter Revenue   UST Global is working with MMRGlobal to sell the Company's MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record and MMRPro document management and imaging system(s) and integrate them with existing and new UST clients. To view the article, please click here October 28, 2011 The Economic Times Big data explosion holds new pie for techies   After Gary Kasparov found the IBM Deep Blue computer making a mockery of his status as the world champion of chess in 1997, this must have been the most exasperating moment for mankind: IBM Watson, an artificial intelligence computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language, beat Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings earlier this year to score another victory in the machine-versus-man contest. To view the article, please click here October 28, 2011 rediff.com TOP reasons why candidates fake CVs   Praveen Kumar Parameswaran, India Head, Sourcing, UST Global lists seven reasons why candidates fake their resume and also suggests ways to identify them. Fake resumes have been one of the most common challenges faced by companies. The challenge is existent across the globe. Candidates lie on their resume about various things like their education, years of experience, previous salary structure and even their expertise. To view the article, please click here October 17, 2011 The Hindu Target is 3,000 Ph.D.s in ICT   Murali Gopalan, Senior Vice-President of the IT firm UST Global, says in an e-mail that Kerala needs to aim for 10 percent of the all-India IT export target of $200 billion by 2020. That will be Rs.1-lakh crore in today's exchange rates. Today, Kerala's IT exports amount to about Rs.1,000 crore. If this is to increase manifold by 2020, five lakh people need to be employed in IT companies in the State and 50 lakh square feet of commercial (IT-friendly) office space should be built. To view the article, please click here October 11, 2011 rediff.com Managing people at work: 5 key HR trends   The HR profession has seen a dramatic shift over the past few years. From the days of personnel management, HR has now become a significant 'Board' function. HR professionals are today looked upon to provide strategic business partnership and play key roles in developing better business leaders and shaping world-class organisations. To view the article, please click here October 2, 2011 The Hindu Volunteers clean up two beaches   Hundreds of people, including school and college students, NCC cadets, IT professionals, and defence personnel, joined hands to clean up the beaches at Shanghumughom and Kovalam here on Sunday. To view the article, please click here September 9, 2011 IBN Live Onam celebrations of UST Global   CNN IBN showed Onam celebrations of UST Global with USsociates enjoying the festivity. This was aired in the morning news on September 9, 2011 and there on, was aired every hour across India. The video titled 'The festival of plenty celebrates the annual visit of the noble demon king Mahabali from Pathalam (the underworld)' comprised of the fun and frolic within the Bhavani campus in Technopark, Trivandrum. If you are not able to view the above YouTube video, please click here For more videos, please visit UST Global tube August 17, 2011 The Economic Times Testing becoming the fastest-growing niche within the IT space   Krishna Prasad, General Manager of UST Global says "Many customers are looking for vendors to provide independent verification and validation (IV&V) services which are separate from the development process. This has led to a surge in demand for QA and testing services and fuelled the growth in testing-focused jobs. As a result, engineers with functional, technical or performance expertise are seeing QA and testing as a viable career path." To view the article, please click here August 15, 2011 The Hindu Business Line Ideas take the floor   A meeting with an information technology service company is usually all about loads of presentations, with some industry jargon too, right? Wrong, for it was a different experience at UST Global, a US-based company with development centres across India. To view the article, please click here August 9, 2011 The Economic Times Hexaware, MindTree, UST Global, Syntel and Tech Mahindra raking in more money from large clients like Airbus, American Express and Walmart for bigger gains   "We try to find clients where we can build deeper relationships," said Krishna Prasad, General Manager- India, UST Global. The firm has far fewer clients – 65 at rough estimate --than a traditional mid-sized company of their size would have. To view the article, please click here August 2, 2011 THE TIMES OF INDIA IT hiring shows slowdown signs   Ajith kumar B, Director for Global HR in UST Global says there is a lot of uncertainty in the economic environment and so companies are cautious. "No one wants to build benches again. The dip in hiring may be a temporary phenomenon, but it has the potential to be around for several quarters." To view the article, please click here July 21, 2011 The Hindu Business Line UST Global launches MBA programme for techies   UST Global, a California-based multinational company operating in the IT services and consulting space, has unveiled a novel continuing education initiative targeting management capability development for the IT workforce. To view the article, please click here June 29, 2011 1888pressrelease.com Zinnov to host its India Annual Conference 'Globalization Summit 2011'   Zinnov Management Consulting, a leading globalization advisory firm, is organizing the most awaited event of the year - its Annual India Conference, titled 'Globalization Summit 2011'at The Leela Palace, Bangalore on July 7, 2011. The event will be attended by more than 500 senior executives (special invitees) from Global MNCs and India Inc, and witness industry stalwarts sharing their views on the subject. UST Global® as Silver Partners. To view the article, please click here June 21, 2011 Femina Transforming Lives   In Chennai to promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Mary Johnson, senior director, CSR of UST Global from Seattle spoke to Anitha Ramachandran. To view the article, please click here June 10, 2011 IBN Live G-Tech proposes Kerala Model in IT development   The Group of Technology Companies (G-Tech), the industry body of software companies in the state, has proposed a new 'Kerala Model' for IT development. The suggestions, aimed at inclusive growth and expansion of IT industry to rural areas, were presented to the Chief Minister and IT Minister the other day, said G-Tech president V K Mathews. To view the article, please click here June 06, 2011 REDWOOD CITY Partners Show Overwhelming Support For Informatica 9.1 For Big Data Offering And Launch   Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) the world's number one independent provider of data integration software, today announced overwhelming industry support for Informatica 9.1, the industry's first unified data integration platform designed to unleash the full business potential of Big Data to empower the data centric-enterprise. To view the article, please click here June 04, 2011 CIOL Let's think green, act green   UST Global has launched a month-long programme as part of the Environment Day. This also includes an event called AroundUS, a reforming initiative where associates can choose any Community activities categorized – green, healthcare and education. To view the article, please click here May 26, 2011 Business World Online CSR focus an advantage, says IT firm   COMPANIES can set themselves apart from competitors by having a special focus on corporate social responsibility (CSR), an executive of a United States-based information technology services firm said. To view the article, please click here May 09, 2011 financialexpress.com 'Cloud computing is the next big change-driver' Interview: Kailash Attal   KAILASH ATTAL, Head of the Global Practice (Managed Services) division of UST Global Inc, says cloud computing will be the key driver in the Indian IT industry, provided, the cloud is leveraged strategically with out-come-based model and unit-cost pricing. The California-based UST Global is approaching $400 million in annual revenues. To view the article, please click here May 06, 2011 expressbuzz.com IT firm set to create CSR magic in city too   "UST will adopt two villages, the first one from Thiruvanathapuram and the other from Kochi. The adopted villages will be transformed completely in partnership with the government. The focus will be on three areas; health, environment and education," says Mary Johnson, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), UST Global. To view the article, please click here April 18, 2011 The Hindu Business Line The devil is in the resume   With 'fake resumes' full of falsified information doing the rounds, the tech sector is taking a close look at claims. To view the article, please click here April 12, 2011 The Economic Times Firms introduce unique executive education programmes   "There is a new surge of interest in executive education in India. With high growth and globalisation beckoning it, India Inc. feels more than ever before the need for learning and development at an accelerated pace," expresses Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, director, IIM Kozhikode. At IIMK, broadly, for operational effectiveness, executive learning activities are divided into short-term offerings focusing on professional development and longterm offerings (education/career programmes). To view the article, please click here April 08, 2011 The Hindu Convocation at business school   The Asian School of Business (ASB) will hold the fifth annual convocation of its Postgraduate Programme in Management (PGPM) at 4p.m. on April 9. The programme would be held at the School's new 'green' campus near the upcoming Technocity at Pallippuram. To view the article, please click here March 18, 2011 The Hindu Women imbibe lessons in self-defence   "Women have a critical role to play in the world today. A few unfortunate incidents should not cause them to withdraw into a cocoon. It is important to empower women, and that must happen through the cooperation of the entire society" said Alexander Varghese, Vice President (Corporate Services) and Country Head (India) of UST Global. To view the article, please click here March 12, 2011 The Hindu Women's day out   UST Global celebrated International Women's Day on March 8 in a unique fashion. A presentation contest was organised by the Network of Women USsociates (NowU) at the offices of UST Global in Technopark. The theme was 'How to make Technopark the most women-friendly tech park in India'. To view the article, please click here March 9, 2011 The Economic Times Keep your boss and spouse happy at the same time   Is there a single recipe that can keep your boss and spouse happy at the same time? Yes, if you are prepared to knock down the wall that separates work and personal life and treat both as inclusive and interdependent halves of the same coin. To view the article, please click here March 7, 2011 Silicon India Women, Weather, and Web will determine the course of the world   The history of women in leadership roles always speaks of struggle and hard work. Challenges surrounded her from her early childhood, but she is intelligent and cunning, her wit, charm, ambition and manipulative ways led her to be a leader. SiliconIndia organized the Women Leadership Summit for all 'hers' and 'her' Achievements on 25th Feb across 5 cities in India at Pune, Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and Chennai. To view the article, please click here February 27, 2011 The Hindu Business Line IT to ride oil seesaw ?   "Fluctuation in oil prices directly impacts the revenues of oil companies. The oil and gas companies allocate IT budgets keeping in mind their average revenues for a period", says Rajeev Nair, Director, Corporate Finance, US Technology, India. To view the article, please click here February 17, 2011 Deccan Chronicle The ex factor   If you are a top performer and a former employee of one of the top IT firms in India, then you might expect your old boss to come calling! To view the article, please click here February 09, 2011 CIOL UST to hire 2500 in India this year   "Though we have been India since 1999, it is a relatively new market for us in business terms as we had started our business operations with companies in India about one and a half years back. ....." said Krishna Prasad, UST Global's General Manager - India. To view the article, please click here January 21, 2011 Forbes.com & business.in.com Indian Outsourcing Has a House Call   "In general, lenders have become cautious. They have become more stringent," says Sajesh Gopinath, Practice Head, BPO Services, UST Global. For example, earlier, you took into account the 20 most relevant data points to make a decision about the value of a house. Today, you need to go through the entire documentation. Lenders today insist on looking at photographs of houses at various angles to get a sense of the value. To view the article, please click here January 07, 2011 CIOL Social media to play a key role in hiring   "After a period of recession, now things are apparently getting back to normalcy. In this backdrop, what are your expectations for 2011? UST is poised for a revenue growth of around 40 per cent in 2011. A large part of this would be managed services and outcome-based deals." said Arun Narayanan, COO, UST Global, Chennai To view the article, please click here January 05, 2011 The Hindu Business Line Customers today seek holistic service experience   The services sector is undergoing a sea change from a service provider's perspective as well as from the viewpoint of the customer. The typical image of a company and its leaders is rapidly being replaced by 'Next Generation' dynamics and the market is willing to settle for nothing less, said Mr Krishna Prasad, Global Head of Delivery, Head of Delivery Excellence and Centre Head, Chennai To view the article, please click here January 03, 2011 SiliconIndia Beyond the Metros: Bringing IT Opportunities to Tier II and III Cities   We have grown to 500 times our original strength, largely because about 60 percent of our workforce is located in Kerala. When we looked at the big cities—what we now call Tier I, at least in the Indian context—we saw the advent of a whole lot of industrial clusters, corridors, estates, hubs, and other business units. To view the article, please click here December 30, 2010 CIOL Why 2011 could worry you   "Volatility in talent is going to be a big challenge. The increasing demand in the market will largely impact the small and medium corporates...." says Alexander Varghese, Country Head and VP, Corporate Services UST Global. To view the article, please click here December 3, 2010 CIOL 'Innovation' comes to focus at UST's Retail Week   UST Global, a provider of IT and business process outsourcing services, said that the third edition of its annual Retail Week had 'innovation' in the retail sector as its focus. To view the article, please click here December 3, 2010 The Hindu Business Line 5-day Retail Week at UST Global draws to a close   The five-day annual Retail Week conducted by IT services and solutions major UST Global concluded here on Friday. To view the article, please click here November 30, 2010 The Economic Times Food, fashion provide zing to India retail biz   "Over the last 14 years since organized retail came to stay in India, the market has seen a euphoria and then a year of despondence in 2008-09, and then a reinvention in 2010. The industry is still young, considering that many countries took four decades to have a mature retail industry. What is perceptible, though, is that the food vertical is showing a sharp increase, propelling the organized retail format in the country", says K Radhakrishnan, president of Future Fresh Foods, part of the Future group. To view the article, please click here November 10, 2010 The Hindu Rise up to expectations   HR professionals need to rise up to these expectations. The service sector in the country is highly people based. "HR in India is people-centric," says UST Global's Vice President and Global Head-HR, Niketh Sundar To view the article, please click here October 19, 2010 The Hindu Health comes calling   UST Global's Chief Wellness Officer Barry Newton worries about the bags under his eyes. He knows what it implies. "Change in sleep patterns and lack of sleep are major problems in the IT industry," Barry says To view the article, please click here October 18, 2010 Financial Chronicle BPO biz model seeing change - Interview with Stephanie Moore   Over the years whenever IT outsourcing deals failed, 90 per cent of the times clients were to blame because they did not know what they actually want, Stephanie Moore said. To view the article, please click here October 8, 2010 Asianet News Watch UST Global CEO Sajan Pillai's interview in Asianet News channel   UST Global CEO, Sajan Pillai, was interviewed by popular journalist Manoj Das on "Friday Edition," an exclusive business telecast on South India's most popular TV channel, Asianet News. The interview, shot at our Kochi facility, is about UST Global's humble beginnings, coming of age, expansion plans, VISION 2012, and cultural moorings. Sajan also highlights the role of IT companies in eliminating social displacement. Click here to watch the video, with subtitles. October 5, 2010 Business World IT consultancy UST Global to beef up operations in RP   US-based information technology (IT) consultancy firm UST Global plans to increase its Filipino employees by more than a thousand next year, executives said. To view the article, please click here October 2, 2010 The Hindu IT professionals on a cleaning spree to mark Gandhi Jayanti   Over the past one week, employees of UST Global, an IT firm based at Technopark here, have discovered that they can do as much at home wielding a spade and broom as at office with a keyboard and mouse. To view the article, please click here September 2010 UST USsociate Renjith Ramachandran wins Nokia's "Make My App" Idea Contest   UST USsociate Renjith Ramachandran wins Nokia's "Make My App" Idea Contest! Their ideas would be converted into real apps and released in the Nokia Ovi Store. From over 8000 brilliant app ideas, 3 outstanding ones were chosen by the judges. Renjith says "Our innovation culture made me think and contribute when situations demand. It`s really great to be here in such a company which values innovation a lot. It our innovation culture will help our customers and touch the lives of millions across the globe." Renjith's idea was for a VisualAid - App for the visually challenged. This application would help visually challenged people to move around easily. By using a camera, it can give notifications about obstacles, roads and other objects either via vibration or as voice responses to the blue-tooth headset. The advanced version of this app would even read the newspapers by using the high definition camera and convert it into speech and send it to the headset. When asked how he came up with such a noble idea, he said, "Gadgets are getting smarter everyday so I just wanted to make use of its capabilities to help people to live better and overcome their disabilities and make a better and smarter world to live in!" September 4, 2010 The Hindu Racing ahead   UST Global is turning on the heat with F1 partner, Virgin Racing. VR-01, the first of its kind, new-generation Formula One dream machine is now parked on the UST Global lobby in Technopark. To view the article, please click here September 4, 2010 The Hindu Wired and intuitive   UST executives are fond of saying that their new campus, adjacent to Technopark, will be iconic in more ways than one. The campus will be "intelligent" with a "smart and connected real-estate solution" developed by the networking major Cisco. To view the article, please click here August 2010 UST USsociate Dileep Devapal wins Nokia's "Make My App" Idea Contest   UST USsociate Dileep Devapal wins Nokia's "Make My App" Idea Contest! Their ideas would be converted into real apps and released in the Nokia Ovi Store. From more than 6000 brilliant ideas to the voted shortlist of 90, judges had the impossible task of picking the final 12 winning ideas. Due to the sheer high quality of all the entries, they decided to choose 13 ideas instead. Dileep's Document Creator Manager was one of the winning ideas. The Document Creator Manager app can utilize the macro mode of the excellent 12MP camera to take optimized photos of a document and convert it into a WordPDF document which can be saved on the phone. The operation should be done on phone instead of uploading images to a 3rd party server. The app should also be able to manage these documents. This would certainly help reduce the carbon footprint and reduce the need for printing documents for reference When asked how he came up with the idea he said, "It was all about the category name. When thinking about going green the first thing that came to my mind was saving trees and one good way for that was to save paper. I believed that if users were presented a way of reducing their effort and saving paper at the same time they would certainly opt for it." August 30, 2010 The Hindu Business Line Cisco to wire up UST Global's intelligent Campus   Networking giant Cisco will use its Smart+Connected Real Estate Solution to wire up the futuristic global Campus being set up here by IT services and solutions provider UST Global. The Campus is being developed in two phases over 36 acres adjacent to the Technopark, according to Mr Joe Nalkara, President, UST Global. To view the article, please click here April 20, 2010 CIO Update Top 10 Outsourced IT Destinations You Haven't Thought Of   India will remain part of your outsourcing strategy and that is despite increasing complaints about rising costs and diminishing work quality, said Stephanie Moore, Former Forrester Outsourcing analyst and chief strategist for UST Global, a global IT outsourcer. The reason? No other nation has the massive skilled labor availability that India has and that is that. But the hunt is on for alternative sites and every outsourcer is trolling for new destinations. The surprise is there are so many new to the game. Where to go beyond India, China, the Philippines, and Brazil ― the obvious ABI locales? There are plenty of choices. To view the article, please click here March 08, 2010 Marsha Blakeslee, GM, Industry Practices awarded 'Retail Leadership Award'   Marsha Blakeslee receives the RETAIL LEADERSHIP AWARD in India from the Asia Retail Congress held recently in Mumbai. The Retail Leadership Award is the most prestigious award an individual can receive at the Asia Retail Congress and is awarded in recognition of professional efforts in the field of retail. The Theme of Asia Retail Congress this year was "Creating a New Vision of Retail". Marsha received the award and spoke at the event regarding trends and insights in the retail industry. The Asia Brand Congress is represented by 50 countries from across Asia and the world. The event hosted 100 Participants from different countries + 200 Participants from India and about 100 invited Guests, Speakers, Dignitaries and Award Winners. The Congress is in its 3rd year and is governed by an Advisory Council consisting of senior professionals from the industry".