A new, new government way
[This article was published in the July 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Governments that can provide better citizen services will attract more global investment and talent in today
Tags: Chicago, CIO, Citizen Services
We are encouraging departments to own and implement the projects : K Ratna Prabha, Government of Andhra Pradesh
K Ratna Prabha, Principal Secretary, IT, Department of IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP), is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Future of Information Storage is ‘Virtual’
[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Growth in information is forcing a transformation in the IT sector. The acceleration in the pace of growth in information will only gather momentum, with the next four years expected to see a five-fold increase in information from 486 extabytes to 2502 extabytes, according to the Digital Universe Study done by IDC. Interestingly, 70% of this information explosion is going to be created by the private domain with more photos, videos, social networking and many other applications coming into play and mobile Internet becoming more popular.
Policies And Guidelines For Effective e-Governance
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The aim of e-Governance is to transform the Government into a knowledge society and make the benefits of information technology available to all citizens.
Decentralisation Must For Successful e-Governance
[This article was published in the July 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Governance projects always throws up some crucial challenges in the form of rising cost due to usage of proprietary softwares and technology, mere digitisation rather than Business Process Re-engineering, frequent transfer of IT secretaries, and lack of awareness among officials about the larger impact of e-Governance projects.
City Chief Information Officers Their Role
[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The office of a Chief Information Officers for the urban centre is perhaps the most appropriate forum for this. Each district should also have a similar CIO.
Municipalities on IT Road
[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Information technology, without any doubt, can reduce the pressure on municipalities. It can be of immense help to people as well.
Embracing Virtualisation Technology : Chris Sharp, General Manager- Server and Tools- Microsoft APAC, India
“We believe that organisations need to embrace virtualisation as part of their dynamic IT strategy to mobilise the resources of the infrastructure to meet dynamic business demands
National Seminar on ‘Grassroots Level Informatics Development Programs’ 9 May, 2008
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The National Informatics Centre (NIC), Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India organised a national seminar,
