Wipro to Assist MCD in its e-Governance Initiatives
In a move towards developing its e-Governance initiatives, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has engaged software company Wipro as consultant.
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Information Technology Expands to New Regions in Karnataka
The Government of Karnataka plans a policy that would benefit the people living in rural areas through Information Technology (IT).
Upgradation of CSCs for Agri-Business
The National Spot Exchange (NSEL) of India in association with Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) has been appointed to upgrade the working of the existing network of Common Service Centres (CSCs) which are a part of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of India. Both the organisations will work towards the development of synergies between the NSEL and CSC projects which will provide e-trading platform to the farmers.
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.
Promoting Technology Adoption, Prosperity Through Public Private Partnerships : Bill Gates, Chairman- Microsoft Corporation
We live in an era of unprecedented progress and prosperity. Today, about 1 billion people around the globe can expect to live long, productive and comfortable lives made rich by access to incredible amounts of information and new ways to connect with the people they care about.
SDC: The Store House of Information : Dr. Kshatrapati Shivaji, Secretary IT-Government of Maharashtra, India
“SDC is one of the most sophisticated component of the e-Governance project in India for which experts with specific skill sets such as security, software, hardware are required. Besides these, managing the entire activities of different departments of the government is also crucial,” says Dr. Kshatrapati Shivaji, Secretary IT, Government of Maharashtra
Cross Border eID to be checked: European Commission
In order to check national Electronic Identity (eID), the European Commission launched a pilot project
Embracing Virtualisation Technology : Chris Sharp, General Manager- Server and Tools- Microsoft APAC, India
“We believe that organisations need to embrace virtualisation as part of their dynamic IT strategy to mobilise the resources of the infrastructure to meet dynamic business demands
Towards User Friendly e-Governance : Dr. Ajay Kumar, IT Secretary- Kerala e-Governance, India
“The Kerala e-Governance Strategy 2008 is in furtherance of the intentions expressed in the IT Policy 2007 and proposes to provide a more definitive framework for leading Kerala into an era of ICT-enabled citizen friendly efficient and effective governance”
State Data Centres: The Critical Infrastructure : S P Singh, Senior Director-Department of Information Technology, India
“SDC being a critical infrastructure requiring uptime of the highest order, selection of right technology, monitoring, operation/management and conformance to the security and data privacy will be major issues to be addressed,” says S P Singh, Senior Director, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology.
