ICT to strengthen India
The Technology Sabha 06, organised by the Indian Express Group at Goa, brought into focus the various e-Governance initiatives undertaken by the central and state governments and the industry
INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY
40th niche for India in global ICT index
India, being the fastest growing cellular market, has slipped one position to 40th rank in the global Network Readiness Index for 2005-06, according the report published by World Economic Forum (WEF). India was ranked 39th in last year’s report.
A question mark on security of e-Voting
A series of new reports have again raised questions about the security of electronic voting machines, with one report identifying multiple vulnerabilities.
‘IT Health Check’ scheme in UK
Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) in United Kingdom has re-tendered its successful IT Health Check Scheme, an efficient vehicle for obtaining the services of skilled contractors to conduct mandatory security tests for police forces and related agencies who are connected to the CJX (Criminal Justice Extranet).
IT penetration to change the Indian scenario says minister
The growing use of IT in government departments of India is the fact that Government of India (GoI) has acknowledged the potential of IT and started looking at it as a component of progress.
Government of India saves $9m with G2006
Government agencies, India, have achieved an estimated $9 million saving over the next three years with the signing of a new triennial licensing agreement with Microsoft, known as G2006.
A Bhutanese touch to Linux
Bhutan, a country with seven lakh inhabitants, now has its own Debian-based operating system in the national language, Dzongkha. The system was built by the Bhutanese Department of Information Technology and consists of a CD, which can be either installed or used as a live CD.
Chandigarh will host e-Revolution 2006
Chandigarh, India, will host the international IT event, e-Revolution 2006, the second mega IT event, at Hotel Taj, Chandigarh, on 19-21 July.
Microsoft to support e-Gram project in Gujarat, India
Microsoft has partnered with the Gujarat government to enable effective e-Governance under Project Bhasha.
