 The district contributes 80% of software exports from the state.Technopark also houses global majors like Oracle Corporation, Infosys, TCS, HCL, Visual Graphics Computing Services, Ernst & Young Global Shared Services Center, Allianz Technology, UST Global, Tata Elxsi, IBS Software Services, NeST Software, SunTec Business Solutions etc.The Indian Space Programme came into being on 21 November 1963 with the launching of a sounding rocket from Thumba in Thiruvananthapuram city borders.