Trivandrum (India), Dec 06: Software companies in Technopark here and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) USA have signed an MoU to form a Technology Collaboration Council (TCC). ORNL is a multi-program science and technology laboratory managed for the U.S Department of Energy by UT-Battelle. The TCC will explore and implement on areas of potential collaboration between the parties.

Cochin (India), Nov 06: As part of its global expansion plans, the IBS Group has now established a base in Tokyo, Japan. Situated on the 15th floor of Imperial Hotel Tower, IBS Tokyo commenced operations on the 1st of November.

Cochin (India), Nov 06: IBS Software Services has been successfully assessed at PCMM Level 5. This was announced by KPMG at a Final Findings Presentation conducted at Technopark, Trivandrum on the 3rd of Nov 2006. Developed by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA, PCMM (People Capability Maturity Model), is a maturity framework that focuses on continuously improving the management and development of the human assets of an organization.

Trivandrum (India), Nov 06: VISaer, Inc., a leader in aviation maintenance and engineering software solutions, today announced it has signed additional agreements with IBS Americas for providing offshore software development services. IBS Americas is an IBS Group Company, and a leading provider of software solutions to the travel, transportation and logistics industries. IBS will provide VISaer with contracted development and technology assessment resources in support of VISaer� Version 3. The VISaer products have been built using Microsoft technologies.

Trivandrum (India), Nov 06: Avient Solutions, an IBS Group company based in the United Kingdom, has signed an agreement with RAK Airways to deploy TopAir, a flight operations system. RAK Airways, the national airline of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates, becomes the first customer for TopAir in the Middle East. RAK Airways chose TopAir for its optimum fit, short implementation time and flexible features.

Atlanta, Georgia, Oct 06: IBS Software Services, an IBS Group company and a leading provider of IT solutions to the global travel, transportation and logistics industries has joined IBM’s ‘ISV Advantage for Industries’ initiative, a program designed to provide independent solution vendors (ISVs) with technical and marketing support to help meet the specific needs of travel and transportation companies. Customers are seeking industry-specific solutions that help them better integrate processes and applications, which will allow them to quickly respond to changing market opportunities.

Trivandrum (India), July 06: Australian air Express, Australia's premier nationwide Express Air Freight Service, has joined the Core Group of Influence (CGI) Forum set up by IBS Software Services and will participate in the development of a next generation air cargo and logistics management system, �iCargo�. Australian air Express becomes the fifth member of the CGI Forum, which currently includes Air New Zealand Cargo, Gulf Air, South African Airways Cargo and Qantas Freight.

Trivandrum (India), June 06: IBS Software Services, a leading provider of software solutions to the travel, transportation and logistics industries, has announced the successful implementation of iFly, (the IBS product for managing staff travel requirements of airlines) for South African Airways (SAA). SAA is the second customer for IBS� iFly, the first being Air New Zealand.

Trivandrum (India), June 05: IBS Software Services has been rated as one among the top eight start-ups from India by Red Herring. This rating was based on a study they made on innovative companies in India. Red Herring, Inc. based in California is a media company whose mission is to cover innovation, technology, financing and entrepreneurial activity.

Trivandrum (India), May 25: IBS Software Services, an IBS Group company, and a leading provider of software solutions to the travel, transportation and logistics industries, has announced that Cendant Travel Distribution Services, the exclusive marketer of its next-generation Passenger Services System (PSS), aiRES, has signed an agreement with Virgin Blue Airlines.