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ICT program for otherly abled

November 3rd, 2011
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In a bid to turn the concept of ‘Digital Inclusion’ programme a reality, by empowering all students in the State in using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools, the IT@School Project has planned to introduce specific programs for differentially-abled students. As the first step, the training module for teachers has been developed using the free software application Gcompris.

�The Project has already imparted ICT training to all visually challenged teachers in the state using the free software ORCA and the achievement had fetched special appreciation from Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India.

�IT@School Project has customized the free software-based application GCompris exclusively for the program for differentially abled students, by which a total of 119 activities have been incorporated under eight sections. Using the software, it is possible to provide specific topics relating to physical and psychological conditions of individual students.

�The module comprises various educational activities enabling the student to learn by seeing, hearing, touching and reading. Students with differential capabilities would be able to learn ICT through this software irrespective of their physical limitations, a press statement here said.

�“Through this training using the customized software, differential capabilities found in students such as lack of memory, attention loss, lack of hand-eye coordination etc could be overcome significantly, enabling those students to learn and develop much better. The software GCompris has been packed with activities infusing reading materials, numericals, colours etc along with different games to help students who are hearing impaired, visually challenged, orthopaedically handicapped etc”, said K Anvar Sadath, Executive Director, IT@School Project, in a press release.

�The learning process has been designed in such a way as to facilitate psychological growth for students playing different games. The narrations and letters have been made available in Malayalam. The module, which encourages reading, calculations, puzzles, creation of maps etc, would be made use of in training the teachers from schools with the differentially abled students.

�The Project would also extend these resources to MHRD so that similar students of other States also can benefit. The innovative module of this training programme has been developed by the Malappuram team of IT@School.

Source:http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ict-program-for-otherly-abled/198499-60-123.html

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155 million euro ICT orders in Germany, Switzerland and Southeast Asia

October 6th, 2011
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GImtech N.V. (IM-AE, technical services provider in Europe) announces that it recently obtained a large number of new orders in the German and Swiss ICT markets, as well as in the fast-growing Southeast Asian ICT market. The orders represent a total value of some 155 million euro.

Imtech CEO René van der Bruggen: ‘Imtech’s ICT strategic focus lies on integral ICT solutions with strong added value in the specialist ICT fields of Business Intelligence, Data Centre Technology, Managed Services and ERP software. One reason why we are able to deliver this strong added value is our close collaboration with global market leaders like IBM, Microsoft and Cisco. Germany, Switzerland and Southeast Asia each offer positive economic conditions. In these markets, our strategic focus has generated extra growth. The new orders, which primarily relate to new ICT market segments, are an excellent case in point.’

Leading partner in new, fast growing ICT market segments and ICT niches
Imtech is represented in the German ICT market by Fritz & Macziol, a full subsidiary of Imtech ICT that is one of the larger players in the German ICT market. This Imtech subsidiary, which has enjoyed strong growth in recent years, is also active in Switzerland and Southeast Asia. The primary focus of Imtech’s overall ICT strategy is on new, fast growing ICT market segments and ICT niches.

Orders in new German ICT market markets
An excellent example of the firm’s activities in new segments of the ICT market is Cloud Computing, in which shared, configurable networks, applications, servers, data storage facilities and additional IT services are offered to customers, eliminating the need for them to invest in these matters themselves. This in turn generates recurring business, in which work is carried out on a continual basis for a growing group of customers. New services like PaaS (Platform as a Service), IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) and SaaS (Software as a Service) are provided to customers in this fashion.

Another example is Managed Services. To offer these services, a separate IT domain named Managed Dienstware® was set up in Germany, which is used to support customers’ business-critical software applications.

Imtech also focuses on the development of innovative functionalities like Unified Communications and Collaboration, which are utilised to promote communication within and between communities in the context of ‘New Way of Working’ and the use of social media. To ensure the security and continuity of the aforementioned services, Imtech also helps customers to set up and optimise their Data Centres and ICT infrastructure.

Recent orders in these new ICT market segments include the pharmaceutical company Merck Pharma, the German railway operator Deutsche Bahn and the food company Edeka.

The market for Business Intelligence services and products is extremely dynamic. It centres on data relating to production and process flow and the measurement of organisations’ financial performance. Imtech offers a distinctive solution: Imtech Control®, also known as STAS Control®. Over 50 new customers, including the German energy specialist RWE, have currently adopted this innovative software. Imtech also distinguishes itself by supplying NEO Mobile Suite – a range of mobile SAP applications – to new clients, like SMA Solar Technology and Viessmann.

Strong growth in financial public-sector software in Switzerland
Imtech (the business unit Infoma®) is also a leading player in the German and Swiss markets for software solutions in the area of public-sector financial services. The modular Microsoft Dynamics NAV software package ‘newsystem® kommunal’ was developed to offer an integrated, comprehensive solution for both traditional cash accounting and new public-sector accounting, reporting and budgeting. In Germany alone, this ICT application is already being used by 800 customers. The town of Baden-Baden has placed a major new order. In Switzerland, last year 60 Swiss municipalities and regional networks joined this innovative solution. On top of this, the Swiss canton of Graubünden was recently welcomed as a new customer, placing a new order of some substance. These new business relationships generate spin-offs with extra orders in the area of Document Management and Business Intelligence.

Strong growth in Southeast Asia
In Southeast Asia, Imtech recently acquired the 100% interest in F&M Asia, a subsidiary of Fritz & Macziol. F&M Asia, which has local offices in Manila and Singapore, operates in a fast-growing market. A share of its revenue is based on offshoring, in which IT-related tasks for Imtech customers in Europe are handled via a remote service. New contracts were signed with, among others, Globe Telecom and SM Shoemart.

Source:http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/06/idUS47860+06-Oct-2011+HUG20111006

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Software Qld loses Mills amid gag claims

August 30th, 2011
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With over 20 years of experience in the Queensland ICT sector, Mills is well known for his crusade for local ICT vendors to get big government contracts rather than multinationals like Oracle and Microsoft, a crusade that he pledged to continue. Mills represented Software Queensland on the government-funded ICT Workgroup — an ICT advisory board to the Queensland state government made up of the Australian Computer Society, the Australian Information Industry Association and Software Queensland. The group receives approximately $150,000 per year in government funding.

Software Queensland most recently expressed a concern about the nature of ICT leadership on both sides of Queensland politics, saying that the two sides were not adequately engaging with the real issues around ICT, nor were they engaging in a dialogue with industry.

Mills told ZDNet Australia yesterday that he had been pressed to leave the working group following recent comments he had made on his personal blog criticising the direction of the state government’s ICT policy. He believed that the workgroup had become gagged because of the funding flowing from the government. However, Queensland’s ICT minister Simon Finn’s office told ZDNet Australia that there was simply no basis for the accusation, and refused to comment further.

Mills stepped down as a board member of Software Queensland on Friday with immediate effect. The search for a replacement continues.

Source:http://www.zdnet.com.au/software-qld-loses-mills-amid-gag-claims-339321375.htm

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Software exports growth in slow lane

August 18th, 2011
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India’s software and service exports are estimated to grow 10 per cent this fiscal, a sharp reduction from the 30 per cent growth forecast prior to the 2008 recession, according to a top official from the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC).

“The US along with Europe accounts for more than 90 per cent of total software and service exports. There is a general slowdown in America and Europe following the recession. This has an impact on the exports,” ESC chairman S. Radhakrishnan said.

However, Radhakrishnan downplayed the recent downgrading of the US credit rating saying that it would not have any impact on the Indian IT industry.

According to information and communication technology trade body Nasscom, the global economic environment is a cause for concern for the sector. However, it felt that there would not be any impact on the industry in the near future.

“Prior to the recession period of 2008-09, we were estimating a 30 per cent growth in the exports of software and services. However, estimated growth for this fiscal is 10 per cent, which is achievable,” ESC executive director D.K. Sareen said.

Software and service exports will reach $64 billion by the end of this fiscal, registering a growth of 10 per cent over the last year. Electronics and hardware exports will grow 30 per cent to reach $10 billion. Overall ICT exports are estimated to clock $75 billion against $65.28 billion in 2010-11.

Radhakrishnan said in the April-July period, ICT exports stood at $21 billion, up 10 per cent from $19 billion last year. Electronics hardware export in the first four months grew 48 per cent to $3.72 billion over the same period last year.

Source:http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110818/jsp/business/story_14391369.jsp

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“Free – SME IT Clinic” – International ICT Expo 2011 13-16 April, 2011 Hong Kong

April 12th, 2011
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01 Synergy is pleased to announce that we will be providing Free IT Consultation Service at the “SME IT Clinic”in conjunction with HKTDC. The IT Clinic will be located at Hall 3F-G (opposite to booth no. 3F-F39), Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Should you want to make an appointment, please contact Mr. Jake Lee at (852) 2240-4585 or via email: jake.kw.lee@hktdc.org.

We at 01 Synergy are looking forward to welcoming you at International ICT Expo 2011!

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e-Invitation HKTDC International ICT Expo 2011

April 5th, 2011
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During 13-16 April 2011, 01 Synergy will be exhibiting at the “HKTDC International ICT Expo 2011″. We treasure every opportunity to meet with you, our valued customer. We cordially invite you to visit us.

Our booth number is 3G-E28 in Hall 3.

To help you find us easily at the expanded Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre,

please click here to view our booth location
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Intel optimistic about local ICT sector for 2011

December 29th, 2010
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Intel, which raked in a record $40 billion in revenue this year, is eager to watch that figure expand by entering adjacent markets in not just advanced economies but in Egypt, as well.

“Egypt is one of the highest growth markets in the region,” Taha Khalifa, general manager for Intel’s Egyptian operations, said in a one-on-one interview at the firm’s local headquarters in Cairo.

He pointed out that the ICT reforms that kicked off implementation five years ago have started to bear their fruit.

Khalifa also pointed out that PC growth in Egypt is over 30 percent, which has been the result of the rapid uptake of broadband connections thanks to the government’s effort to expand internet infrastructure.

“In terms of ICT indicators, ADSL subscribers are now around 1.2 million, representing a 40 percent growth rate, as well there being over 1 million 3G USB users,” he said.

Thus, there are over 2 million broadband users, which represents a five-fold increase over the past 2–3 years.

Notwithstanding his veneer of steadfast confidence regarding ICT expansion in Egypt, Khalifa admitted that hurdles remain.

To be sure, no emerging market comes without its own set of impasses, such as inadequate infrastructure, illiteracy and the like.

As many ICT experts and commentators have lamented, the level of Arabic content online remains disproportionately low relative to other major languages, representing a feeble 2 percent of the total content online.

He also noted that it is imperative that areas outside of Alexandria and Cairo be better connected with internet infrastructure so as to ensure further broadband uptake, which will in turn help consumers of these more remote areas link up with the “internet economy.”

Khalifa acknowledged that the troublingly high illiteracy rate – 30-40 percent – is an issue about which Intel is “concerned.”

Nevertheless, his firm is particularly eager to capitalize on the growth of smart gadgets – devices that are connected to the internet – which Intel predicts will reach 10 billion devices by 2015, Khalifa stated.

He also pointed out that by 2015 there will be an additional 1 billion worldwide connected to the internet.

Intel, he says, is “sure” that it will win “a good share of this growth” in Egypt and in other parts of the globe.

Thus, in view of Egypt’s burgeoning young population of increasingly PC and internet savvy consumers, Intel is further positioning itself to stake a claim in a segment of the local market.

Part of its 2011 ‘glocal’ strategy, Khalifa says, is to capitalize on the growing trend toward adjacent markets, specifically mobile applications – a sector with “lots of potential,” with the goal of continuing to foster the “always connected paradigm.”

As such, Khalifa explained, that Intel is taking the necessary steps to ensure that his firm is present when personal computing is integrated into “nearly every type of electronic device,” which includes netbooks, smart TVs, in-vehicle infotainment as well as a myriad of consumer electronic devices and connected and embedded machines.

To this end, as well as to ensure that Egypt is not only a strong consumer base for the country, but also one in which intellectual property is developed, Intel has engaged in a number of initiatives with the government.

Khalifa pointed out that Intel will seek to collaborate with the newly launched multi-billion dollar Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre in Smart Village, whose objective is to catapult Egypt into the ICT forefront.

In addition the firm has established affiliations with several Egyptian universities, such as Alexandria University and Nile University, where the focus centers on low-power circuit and system design.

In parallel, Intel has been collaborating with the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) in order to help equip local software developers with the latest Intel technology, with the aim of driving the development and innovation of homegrown software.

Khalifa, as well as many other industry insiders, are especially excited about the potential of cloud computing to transform the ICT landscape within the next few years.

Given its potential, he said, “We better work to make sure that it comes to Egypt.

Source:-http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/it-a-telecom/intel-optimistic-about-local-ict-sector-for-2011.html

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