IBM, Oracle, i-flex collaborates to provide banking tools in India
IBM, Oracle and i-flex announced a collaborated effort to provide banks with infrastructure, services, and support for enterprise applications, core banking, and risk management.
NIC, IBM team up to boost national portal of India
National Informatics Center (NIC) has partnered with IBM (NYSE:IBM) to power the national portal of India (india.gov.in) enabling delivery of government services to its citizens.
e-Paper of The Hindu from 10th September
As an e-Paper on the Internet, the daily newspaper of India, ‘The Hindu’ will be formally launched in digital form, on September 10, 2006.
IBM signs MoU with Uttar Pradesh on IT education
IBM Global Services India has signed a deal with the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government, India, to promote IT education at the grassroots level as well as build capacity and improve skills of the IT workforce. The programme is called Initiative to Nurture a Vibrant IT Ecosystem (INVITE).
Thailand to establish a chapter under itSMF
In a bid to drive IT service management standards and best practices, Thailand will soon join the ranks of Hong Kong, Singapore and India to establish a chapter under the IT Service Management Forum (itSMF).
National Summit on e-Forms
[This article was published in the July 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Education is all about giving children the opportunity to experience a variety of things and definitely, the world of technology and all its associated paraphernalia is an important experience that every child must undergo.
IBM to nurture vibrant IT eco-system in Uttar Pradesh, India
IBM has clinched a MoU with the Government of Uttar Pradesh to give impetus to e-Governance by providing quality training to IT students under an ambitious programme titled Project INVITE (Initiative to Nurture a Vibrant IT Ecosystem).
India to spearhead in ODF revolution
The OpenDocument Format Alliance (ODF Alliance), a broad cross-section of associations, academia and industry dedicated to improve the accessibility to electronic government documents held the first national event in support of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) at New Delhi, which will change the way data is managed across the globe.
Global Alliance for ICT and Development announces members list
The Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Development, a new initiative of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to promote effective use of ICT for development, announced the members of its Steering Committee and Strategic Council for the first year, in view of its inaugural meeting on 19-20 June in Kuala Lumpur.
A challenging task for IBM: Tablet PC @ $150
The President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam asked IBM to join the global knowledge platform by developing low cost tablet PCs and computers based on nano technology.
