Collaborative research to be conducted on e-Governance
Microsoft and the National Institute of Smart Governance (NISG) will set up an innovation centre at Delhi next month for conducting research in e-Governance.
Microsoft to launch Security suite
Microsoft plans to launch OneCare security launch. The Security suite is expected to bring down antivirus prices.
Opening windows of public sector IT solutions : Peter Moore, Managing Director, Public Sector, Microsoft
The common knowledge that Microsoft is “a PC running windows” being particularly viewed in developing countries is grossly erroneous and completely out of place. However, the perception of Microsoft varies from country to country in terms of what it does. “We are the only real player that has very strong desktop presence and a very strong server presence,” concurs Peter Moore, Managing Director, Public Sector, Microsoft
ictQATAR launches e-project for eight schools
Qatar’s Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) has launched its first e-Education project in eight Independent Schools.
Microsoft outlines e-government strategy
Software maker Microsoft has outlined a worldwide public services and e-government strategy to provide governments with the prescriptive guidance and technology to focus on seamless service deliveries for citizens.
Gyanodaya PC purchase programme in India
The Government of the Indian state Karnataka, in collaboration with Intel, has announced ‘Gyanodaya’, a Government Assisted PC Purchase Program which aims to encourage PC adoption among State Government employees and bridge the digital divide by providing easy and affordable PC purchase options.
Microsoft signs Action Plan with Mozambican Government
The Mozambican government and the computer giant Microsoft adopted a plan of action under which Mozambique will benefit from funding and computer products from Microsoft in order to implement the government’s computerisation programme.
Rural mobile services get click in Bengal, NGO becoming catalyst
The Grameen Sanchar Sewak (GSS) scheme, an ambitious pilot project to introduce rural mobile services kickstarted by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Lmited (BSNL) and the Department of Posts in 2002, is ready to be regularised and go national, after a resounding triumph in the Indian state West Bengal.
History of Internet
[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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e-Goverment on the go in Macedonia with Microsoft support
Several e-Government Web sites have opened as part of a two-year-old partnership agreement between Macedonia and Microsoft Corp. to enhance IT in the Eastern European country.
