11 November 2008 | News

UNESCO helps Iraq launch educational TV channel

Iraqi children who are unable to attend classes due to security concerns will now be able to continue their studies through distance learning thanks to a new educational television channel launched by UNESCO and the education ministry in Iraq.

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10 November 2008 | News

Low Cost Computers for Ugandan Schools

After two years of waiting, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions can now acquire low cost computers. The Uganda Ministry of Information and Communication Technology launched the Computers for Schools Uganda, a project aimed at bridging the digital-divide in the country.

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10 November 2008 | News

Bahrain, a rising IT hub in the Gulf

Bahrain has strengthened its position as the IT hub of the region, with more international IT companies establishing their regional headquarters in the kingdom.

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7 November 2008 | Deals

Singapore and Kuwait strengthen e-govt cooperation

Singapore and Kuwait further strengthens their e-government partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate cooperation in e-government.

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5 November 2008 | News

Palestine seeks Estonia’s help for e-government

Estonia has received a request from Palestine to share its experiences in building an e-state.

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4 November 2008 | News

Bahrain launches e-govt portal

Bahrain has introduced a new e-government gateway as an outcome of a study conducted to cater to the needs of the public through streamlining e-government services procedures.

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31 October 2008 | News

Microsoft to help the Gulf develop public technology policy framework

The Dubai School of Government has signed a deal with Microsoft to develop a pioneering technology policy that will aid officials in the Gulf to improve service delivery to the public.

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22 October 2008 | News

Uganda's education needs internet subsidy

High internet connectivity costs remain a major handicap to the widespread integration of IT in teaching and research at Ugandan educational institutions.

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9 October 2008 | News

Nature-based enterprises to help rural poor

Expanding nature-based enterprises can increase income for the world’s rural poor. This approach, as outlined in World Resources Report 2008, can also develop the rural poor’s resilience to social and environmental threats such as climate change.

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9 October 2008 | News

Israeli security expert discusses public safety at Singapore meeting

Ze’ev Sarig, Managing Director at the Ben-Gurion International Airport will discuss the leveraging of technology to prevent, respond to and recover from disasters and conflict.

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7 October 2008 | News

ICT initiative for African villages

The Imo State Government—a provincial government in oil-rich Nigeria—has plans to embark on an e-village project that would create a sustainable Information Communication Technology (ICT) foundation in the local government areas of the state.

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25 September 2008 | News

Dubai egov partners university

Dubai eGovernment has signed an agreement with Zayed University to collaborate in providing career development opportunities for university students in the field of information technology.

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23 September 2008 | News

IBM tops security software report

A new report has rated IBM as the leading vendor worldwide in identity and access management security software in 2007.

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18 September 2008 | News

R&D centre launched for social software

IBM has launched a centre for social software, which will bring together the top talent at the company who will work with university students and faculty, clients and partners, for the research, development and testing of social software.

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9 September 2008 | News

27 schools embrace e-learning in UAE

The e-learning project will revolutionise conventional teaching techniques in favour of equipping students, teachers and even parents, with smart IT tools.

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4 September 2008 | News

Dubai E-government sets US$276 million revenue target

Dubai’s integrated electronic payment system (ePay) has collected US$163 million so far this year and is expected to record revenues of US$276 million by the end of 2008.

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3 September 2008 | News

Hands-free access for disabled children at a UK college

National Star College is a registered charity and national independent specialist college that helps young disabled students to achieve their potential through innovative programmes of education and independence training.

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2 September 2008 | News

Google launches web browser

Google is joining the browser war by launching its own application which aims at offering safer and richer web experience.

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2 September 2008 | News

UAE authorities emphasise importance of green buildings

Ali bin Towaih says, “The EGBC goal this year is to align its members from the industry with local and Federal Government initiatives. The partnership will be the council’s way of conducting business with its stakeholders in addition to its role in public awareness.”

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29 August 2008 | News

Czech Senate passes e-govt bill

The Senate has approved a bill which will allow civil servants to do more of their government paperwork over the internet.

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29 August 2008 | Research

Having everyone equipped with PCs has green flaws

Across the globe, the number of personal computers in use has exceeded one billion and the figures will double by 2014. This development will account for PCs dumped into landfills without consideration for its toxic content, says Meike Escherich, Principal Research Analyst at Gartner.

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28 August 2008 | Feature

Raising the standard for research and education networks

Dai Davies, General Manager at Europe’s advanced research network DANTE, talks about the challenges of meeting rising user demands and fending off cyber threats.

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25 August 2008 | Spotlight

Accenture appoints new Public Service head

Barcelona-based Accenture veteran to oversee company’s business serving public-sector clients.

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13 August 2008 | News

E-government ideas competition launched in Europe

The Estonian government has launched an ‘Idea Competition’ with the purpose of generating new ideas for extending and improving the country’s e-services. Citizens are encouraged to contribute their ideas to the central government portal.

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8 August 2008 | News

Bahrain shares e-govt plans with United Nations

A high-ranking delegation of officials from Bahrain is visiting the United Nations headquarters in New York to benchmark the Arab country’s e-government plans.

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7 August 2008 | Feature

WiMax around the world

Jianggan Li rounds up his interviews with the people behind WiMax deployments in France, the Netherlands and the United States.

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6 August 2008 | Research

UK civil servants want more access to Web 2.0 tools

A new study by Huddle.net - ‘Social Collaboration and Public Sector’ - has indicated that local government workers in the UK are straining at the IT department’s leash to use social internet tools.

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5 August 2008 | News

Conferencing key govt productivity tool

African country deploys videoconferencing to increase the effectiveness of senior government official meetings.

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1 August 2008 | News

IBM Research develops tech fix to aid human memory

New software helps people struggling with information overload.

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17 September 2007 | News

Estonian Tax and Customs Board offers e-Service to local authorities

The Estonian Tax and Customs Board has offered e-Service to local authorities which will allow them to make inquiries on the incomes of the taxpayers living in their area.

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20 August 2007 | News

Business solutions to be deployed at the Abu Dhabi government

The Abu Dhabi System and Information Committee (ADSIC) signed an agreement to deploy Oracle’s business solutions throughout the Abu Dhabi government’s IT infrastructure.

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30 July 2007 | News

E-patient records in the United Kingdom

A long term contract was issued to improve health and social care services in Guernsey, the British crown dependency.

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20 July 2007 | News

Cairo approaches South Korea for e-govt advice

Rising connectivity in Egypt spurs discussions of national e-government infrastructure - and they have come knocking on South Korea’s door for advice.

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3 May 2007 | Spotlight

Transparent, interoperable, secure: the Office Open XML file format

Oliver Bell, Regional Technology Officer, Microsoft Asia, highlights the importance of choice and compatibility in achieving the maximum benefits through effective XML data representation.

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1 May 2007 | Interview

Delivering the largest healthcare IT service

Richard Granger, Director General of IT for the National Health Service in England, talks about recent developments in Britain’s healthcare technology.

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9 March 2005 | News

European citizen feedback portal launched

The European Commission has officially launched ‘Your Europe’, a comprehensive web site providing information for citizens and businesses within the EU.

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3 March 2005 | Deals

Oman govt signs infrastructure agreement

Oman’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry has signed two agreements that will pave the way for the roll-out of e-government services.

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