Microland
Microland is a technology company, headquartered in Bangalore. It was founded by Pradeep Kar. The company employs more than 4,500 workers across its offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa, and North America. The company's services include digital networks, digital infrastructure, digital applications, digital workplace, IIoT services and cybersecurity.
History
1989–1997
Microland was started in Bangalore, India in August 1989 with a key focus on hardware and networking. 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. 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.1998–2001
After the advent of the internet economy in 1998, Kar built several companies such as Planetasia.com, indya.com, ITspace.com, media2india.net and Net Brahma Technologies.2002–2013
In 2005, the firm signed a five-year contract for remote IT infrastructure management services with UK-based company, Serco. In August 2006, it received $11 million in a second round of funding.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 opened a global technology support center in Bangalore. In April 2007, it partnered with Microsoft to provide cloud solutions to large enterprises in India.
In 2008, it added managed security assessment and ITSM consulting to its services. In 2011, the firm signed a $55 million multi-year contract with Serco Limited, UK to provide specialist support through an expanded team located in Birmingham, UK, and Bangalore, India.