[This article was published in the June 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
On May 5, 2009, egov magazine celebrated its four year unstoppable journey with the launch of its 50th issue, with special focus in recognition and honour of the contributors in eGovernance ecology in India.
[This article was published in the June 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
New e-Govt Project gets Singapore Firm
[This article was published in the June 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In emerging markets, aging and dilapidated infrastructure can be an impediment to economic growth. Together with accelerated urbanization
The MTN Group is investing in a new $700 million submarine cable system, the European Indian Gateway (EIG), to be built by Alcatel-Lucent starting next month. The 15,000 kilometre-long high bandwidth optical-fibre will connect Europe and India from the United Kingdom to Portugal, Gibraltar, Monaco, Libya, Egypt, Djibouti and the United Arab Emirates.
Suvidhaa Infoserve is partnering with Government of India and Maharashtra in the ambitious E-governance project by providing its S-Commerce platform in rural areas of India.
Tata Consultancy Services has opened a development center TCS Awadh Park in Lucknow, India. The center is the latest addition to the company’s Global Network Delivery Model and has a capacity of 1,500 seats. It will develop and implement software applications for global corporations in countries like USA, Canada, UK, Singapore, and South Africa. It will also support e-governance initiatives in the states of UP and Uttarakhand as well as select projects for Government of India.
According to the recent report published by Cryptohippie Inc., which surveyed 52 countries for having the most aggressive procedures to monitor residents electronically, India ranks No. 20. The report, called ‘The Electronic Police State’, assessed the status of government surveillance around the globe for 2008.
We expect to spend almost 60% of our investments towards promoting innovations in India while the remainder will be focused towards our special programs for digital inclusion and towards expansion
As Vice President of the Public Services group for SAP
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
