Chennai-based Teledata acquires US IT firm

Teledata Informatics, a Chennai-based e-Governance and shipping software solutions company has acquired Alpha Soft Services Corporation (ASC).

Intel on innovative move in health sector

There is always a room for vast opportunities for the IT industry to flourish around healthcare in US.

Government Bill to monitor telephone, e-Mail and postal communications at Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwean government has drafted a bill that would permit the surveillance of telephone and e-Mail communications while making it compulsory for service providers to install the enabling equipment on behalf of the state.

Ramco systems expands to Middle-east

Software solutions provider Ramco Systems is enhancing its presence in the Gulf and Middle East, entering at least three new markets

On promoting e-Government in ME for progressive change

[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Back from a visit to the Middle-East where I

Kalashnikov Theory of e-Government

[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

If eGovernment is to be promoted as a tool for progressive change across the Middle East then it has to be in a sound local context and with the financial and technical support that will take modest projects to the point of being able to deliver simple, useful shared, services for the many. This is the Kalashnikov theory of e-government.

Open Source Software

[This article was published in the June 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

In most developing countries, the adoption of a national programme can prevent technological lock-in through selective, judicious and
cost-effective use of open source software.

The ‘effectiveness’ quotient of Public-Private Partnerships

[This article was published in the May 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The introduction of Information Technology (IT) has affected many noticeable differences in trying to fulfil everyday needs for both the rural and urban community.

A Vision

[This article was published in the October 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

This article envisions how open source software would cater to the needs of rural India in 2020. A much needed change in policy at the government level is required to take open source to the grassroots.

Revolutionising The Process

[This article was published in the October 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The Free/GNU platform was making strides on software front in many ways but a little slowly on Indian languages. But this slowness was steadily towards universal standards and hence almost deliberate.