Microland is an IT Infrastructure services company, headquartered in Bengaluru, India. The company employs more than 4,500 workers across its offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and North America. Microland services include Digital Networks, Digital Infrastructure, Digital Application, 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 an initial funding from SBI Capital Markets Limited. Microland signed an agreement with Novell to become one of the first few 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. In addition to Compaq, Computerland, Hewlett-Packard and Novell, Microland entered into strategic alliances with, Cisco, Lotus, Micom, Microsoft, SynOptics and Xircom. In 1997, Microland hosted Bill Gates, Chairman & CEO, Microsoft at ‘Enterprise Tomorrow. Today’.
1998 - 2001
After the advent of the internet economy in 1998, Microland 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 strategic alliance with Serco Solutions, UK, for providing remote IT infrastructure management services in a dedicated operations center serving remote locations. On 14 January 2005, the firm raised $7.3 million in funding; In August 2006, it received $11 million in the 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 opening 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. In 2012, the firm added virtualization & cloud infrastructure life cycle services to its portfolio and as part of this built partnerships with leading cloud technology providers.
2014 - 2017
On 26 August 2014, Microland completed 25 years of operation and was recognized as the first Hybrid IT Infrastructure provider in India. On 2 December 2014, the firm partnered with Computacenter in opening the Global Network Operations Centre at Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore. In 2015, Saudi Arabia's National Commercial Bank selected Microland as its IT infrastructure services partner to manage its branch technology services across the kingdom. In 2016, it set up its first offshore delivery center for ASG group, Australia in Bagmane Tech Park, Bangalore. In 2017, Microland reinforced its digital focus with MicrolandOne, a digital app for its workforce. In line with its digital initiatives, it launched Digital hubs in Birmingham, UK and Pune, India.
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.
