eINDIA 2009 nominations: civil society

[This article was published in the September 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The Award for Civil Society/Development Agency Initiative of the Year aims to honour civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations, bi-lateral, multi-lateral developmental organisations from throughout the world that demonstrate extraordinary effort, innovation, leadership, and excellence in providing ICT services for Governance. The Award is an attempt to recognize the civil societies and development organizations whose exemplary service and success towards spreading the word of ICTs for governance, may have gone unnoticed and unappreciated on the international stage.

BTI announces enhancement for its 7000 Series

BTI Systems has announced the Dual 4G Multiprotocol Transponder (4G DTPR) solution to enhance its 7000 Series data centre portfolio.

Yahoo invents ‘chicken coop’ data centre design

Yahoo’s new data centre in Lockport, New York will feature a new design that the company has dubbed the ‘Yahoo! Computing Coop’.

Puducherry admn poised for e-governance

The Puducherry government plans to introduce INR 70 crore e-governance project in a phased manner to ensure transparent and citizens friendly administration.

$1.6-billion next generation data centre to come up in Scotland

A proposal to build a massive next generation data centre in Scotland will pave the way for mainstream adoption of the sustainable technologies it will showcase

e-HUDA: A People’s Initiative

[This article was published in the July 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) came up in 1977 as a statutory body under the Haryana government with a mandate to promote and secure development of urban areas. Till 2006, transactions in HUDA were done manually like any other urban body in the country.

Checkmate Threats : Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, Country Manager, India & SAARC,Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

There has been an impetus to build the Disaster Recovery Sites to run the Data Centre operations from a geographically different site in the event of the Primary DC failures

INR 300 crore Towards Increasing Data Center Capabilities

Data center capabilities are posed to rise in India, with Sify Technologies all ready to invest INR 300 Crore in the next eighteen months. Sify Technologies is also looking towards setting up data centers worldwide, starting from the Asian countries…

Advanced Data Centre For Vietnam

Most of these solutions focus on improving energy efficiency and reducing the use and improper disposal of hazardous materials associated with the production and operation of IT equipment…

Passport Seva Project:Expectations Go Up

[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The Passport Seva project began as one of the 27 Mission Mode Projects listed in the NeGP. The e-governance project aims, to issue a new passport within threedays and shorten queue time.