“Governments tend to leave the security decisions to their integrators, our recommendation is that it is a mistake, as governments need direct access to security, even if the security comes through integrators”, says Chris Fedde, President and COO, Safenet Inc.
In e-Governance readiness, India has fallen from a rank of 87 in 2005 to 113 in 2008 on e-Government readiness. According to the UN e-Government Survey 2008, India has slipped 26 places in the last three years and been overtaken by countries like Maldives (ranked 95), Sri Lanka (101) and even Iran (108).
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
From January 1, 2008, the Government of Denmark has made it mandatory for all local government bodies and associations of Danish regions to use open standards for software, according to an agreement between the Danish Government, the association of Danish regions and the local governments of Denmark. This decision has been taken by the Danish Government in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the public sector and ensure seamless task flow easily between various systems and organisations.
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Patent-based statistics, indicators and data help one to know about the dynamics of innovation process, and the existing linkages between innovation system and economic growth across various geographies in different points of time.
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The vision of the empowered patient is still lagging behind reality, but now e-health offers the opportunity for patient empowerment.
When most of Asian countries have bettered their place in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2007 e-readiness rankings, Thailand slipped two places, from 47th to 49th, out 69 countries in worldwide e-Readiness rankings.
UK is falling behind in its overall IT readiness and infrastructure. From the fifth in 2006 through, now the UK has dropped to seventh.
Networked Readiness Index survey by the World Economic Forum shows that China and India, hot spots in the global economy, placed lower in this year’s survey. China fell nine spots to 59 while India slipped to 44 from 40.
