Microsoft has launched rural computing programme, InfoWagons, in China and India to encourage the social and economic empowerment. Agricultural workers of China are becoming high-tech by utilising these InfoWagons.
India’s Apollo Hospital Group has joined hands with IBM in an endeavour to develop an online professional platform for doctors across the globe. The proposed online platform is named as
Two reputed IT firms of India, Hughes Communications Ltd, one of the leading providers of broadband satellite networks and services and Microsoft have rolled out a campaign in Jaipur, India to encourage rural citizens about the use of ICT for socio-economic empowerment.
Tamil Nadu (TN) State Government has finalised a bid for 40,000 Lenovo desktops, which can be installed with both Novell’s Suse Linux and Microsoft’s Windows XP Starter Edition in Tamil Nadu, India. The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (Elcot) will deploy the 40,000 Lenovo desktops in all schools and government departments of the state.
South Africa is planning to switch all Government departments over to open source computer software instead of Microsoft systems. The cabinet will use the open source Linux operating system to enhance local IT skills.
[This article was published in the March 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Sustainability is high on the agenda for community radio stations. With an international decline in donor funding, community radio stations are constantly searching for other ways of sustaining themselves.
[This article was published in the March 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Recent technological advances in mobile devices, technology and networks have made it possible for citizens to access information and transact services while on the move.
The government of Cuba is planning to make the country as open source. Microsoft, software giant has cooperated with the government agencies and intelligence services.
