Wipro sees huge opportunity in Open Source Software
India’s third largest IT service provider Wipro Ltd. said that the government drive to encourage adoption and use of open […]
Open Source Software Policy for e-Governance projects
The Government has announced a policy for adopting open source software (OSS). As per the policy, all government applications and […]
Fruits of IT Revolution
[This article was published in the September 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
By N Ravi Shankar,
Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India
By Anuj Kumar,
Managing Director, redhat
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.
Tapping ICT potential : S Ramakrishnan, C-DAC, India
C-DAC was given the mandate and privilege to take the initiative for aggregating a minimal set of Indian language software tools and fonts in all the 22 languages and release them free in the next couple of years
eASIA Report 2008
[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
There have been several Asian countries that have made enormous progress in the arena of ICT awareness, knowledge, and skill. Some have completely outpaced others on particular areas and have become global leaders.
Providing Local Language Support
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
BJP Plans Tech-Savvy Lok Sabha Elections in 2009
In the upcoming Lok Sabha next year, Bharatiya Janata Party is planning to use technologies such as free and open-source software, which will bring video conferencing, Internet telephony and unified communication to approximately four million party workers by the year 2011.
100 community groups connects of with South Dublin SDCC’s online portal
More than 100 community groups in South Dublin have signed a contract to use South Dublin Co Council
FOSSFA wants African leaders to embrace FOSS
On the occasion of Software Freedom Day 2006, the Free Software and Open Source Foundation (FOSSFA) called on heads of state, policy makers and all Africans to support free and open source software (FOSS).
