17-Mar-2010

The US Embassy, together with the University of Ruhuna, launched a two-week training program for staff of the English Teaching Unit of the University of Ruhana in Matara. 

17-Mar-2010

17-Mar-2010

A workshop on eGovernment policy that was presented to the cabinet by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and approved by the Cabinet recently will be held at Water's Edge, Colombo from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. tmorrow.

Conducted to promote the implementation of the eGovernment policy by Government institutions, this workshop will be attended by the Heads of Departments and Statutory Bodies and the Chief Innovative Officers in these institutions.

17-Mar-2010

Using the English language as a livelihood tool for the youth of the country has been recognized by the Special Presidential Task Force, President's Secretary Lalith Weeratunga said.

English Speech had to be given priority for the practical needs of the youth and writing was also to be developed but as English was a foreign language it had to be taught according to the local conditions and demands.

17-Mar-2010

By Chaminda PERERA

President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday opened the Kalutara branch of the Open University.

The Kalutara branch of the university was housed at the Kalutara Technical college premises earlier.

16-Mar-2010

The ‘Virtusa head start’ programme, launched in Sri Lanka acts as the perfect platform giving the pool of I.T potential in the country the head start they need to make it big in an ever evolving, ever developing, ever growing I.T world. The reputed global IT services company together with the renowned Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) introduced this program with the intention of boosting the quality of the Software Testing educational experience and maximise student potential within the IT sector.

16-Mar-2010

By Sunimalee Dias

Hewlett-Packard has identified Sri Lanka as having the best IT potential for growth in South Asia, the company's local representative said last week.

Country Business Manager, Personal Systems Group Lakshman Fernando speaking at the launch of the HP MultiSeat Computing Solution in Colombo said Sri Lanka was ready to adapt to change and embrace the new technology.

16-Mar-2010

The Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka [IPMSL} exchanged papers and signed an MOU with Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK which is represented locally by Business Management School (BMS) as the Regional Centre for Sri Lanka and Maldives.

This will provide an opportunity for candidates who have obtained IPM qualifications to complete an international degree with one year of study in UK. However, there is an option to complete the Leadership and Management honours degree program in Sri Lanka too.

16-Mar-2010

By Charumini de Silva

Trading at the Colombo (CSE) and the London Stock Exchanges (LSE) has been excellent. The London Stock Exchange is confident about future activities in Sri Lanka. London Stock Exchange Information and Technology Director David Lester told Daily News Business this year is equally important for Sri Lanka and the UK as the entire world is recovering from the global economic meltdown.

15-Mar-2010

IDM Chavakchcheri Campus recently launched a curriculum named “Your Future” –An IT BPO introductory Curriculum (One Day Workshop) to the Northern Province students.

The most recent workshop was held at “Thenmaradchchi Kalai Mandram-Chavakachcheri” on 07th March 2010 with the participation of 172 Students from several schools of the Thenmaradchchi zone.

15-Mar-2010

15-Mar-2010

Suntel hosted a panel discussion on 'How to trim IT CAPEX through SaaS,' which was attended by 100 CEO's from different industries.

Suntel drew panel members from different spheres and discussed the concept of SaaS, Software As A service and how this would benefit Sri Lankan companies.

15-Mar-2010

The Young Members Forum (YMF) of the Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka (IPM) will conduct ‘Young HR Mind Awards 2010’ for the third consecutive year to encourage young HR professionals to share their knowledge and experience within a broad learning platform.

15-Mar-2010

The Communicative English Training Program for English teachers in Colombo schools will get under way at Royal College Colombo today.

This program aimed at improving the Communicative English as a life skill among the Sri Lankans will be handled by the Sri Lankan village teachers trained in Hyderabad English and Foreign Language University, India. This islandwide program to train nearly 22,000 teachers under the Mahinda Chinthanaya will be inaugurated at the Royal College, Colombo today.

15-Mar-2010

By Sandasen Marasinghe

Commissioner of Sri Lanka Inventors Commission Professor Mahinda Pathegama yesterday stated that new inventors would be given loans at a low interest rate as a form of assistance for commercializing their inventions thus enabling the nation to obtain the maximum benefits from them.

14-Mar-2010

By Lalin FERNANDOPULLE

The Customs will introduce electronic handling of trade documentation to enhance efficiency and speedy delivery of consignment, said Director General, Customs C. S. W. Jayatilake addressing a ceremony to launch the DHL Airside Gateway Facility at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on Wednesday.

He said around 80 percent of trade documentation is handled manually which needs to be replaced with a more effective system. Electronic documentation will be introduced soon to the Customs.

12-Mar-2010

By Shirley WIJESINGHE

The Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) has launched several projects to implement the Mahinda Chintana Idiri Dekma.

According to ICTA sources, National e-Literacy Project is aiming to bring out 100,000 citizens in the rural community to ICT literate within 18 months.

This is one of the projects tasked to run for Instant Global Village envisaged in the Mahinda Chintana Idiri Dekma ensuring 75 percent island-wide ICT literacy by 2017.

11-Mar-2010

ISTQB is the world’s only not-for-profit organization dedicated solely to provide practical, globally-accepted software testing certification in more than 45 countries.

Since it has been developed by more than 100 global software testing experts, offered in more than 45 countries, and with more than 110,000 certified software testers worldwide, ISTQB software testing certification is the most widely recognized and fastest-growing software tester certification in the world.

11-Mar-2010

11-Mar-2010

Novell India Partner Academy, a training program for Novell's partners in selling, distributing and supporting Novell's suite of enterprise IT solutions, held for the first time in Colombo, was a major success.

11-Mar-2010

By Rafik JALALDEEN

Cellular phone usage in Sri Lanka has shown a dramatic rise. A total of over 14 million registered SIM card holders are reported to be using mobile phones, a Telecommunication Regulatory Commission spokesman said.

Over 14 million registered SIM card holders use mobile phones as a means of communication in Sri Lanka. As a developing country, it is a high figure compared with many other developing nations.

Nearly 16.8 percent use fixed land line phones. He said mobile phone users are growing in the country.

11-Mar-2010

Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), a global IT services company that offers a broad spectrum of business consulting and outsourcing services, has introduced the company’s new Enterprise 2.0 Services Suite from the Gartner Portals, Content and Collaboration Summit 2010.  Using a set of collaborative technologies including social media, video and mobile, the comprehensive portfolio allows businesses to implement innovative Web 2.0 initiatives for attracting and retaining customers, reducing costs and increasing employee productivity.

10-Mar-2010

Sri Lanka Telecom entered into a partnership with the Moratuwa University to conduct the Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) external degree program at its established Training Centre at Welisara.

The agreement was signed at the Sri Lanka Telecom premises on Monday.

Sri Lanka Telecom Chairperson Leisha De Silva Chandrasena and the Moratuwa University Vice Chancellor Prof. Malik Ranasinghe signed the agreement.

9-Mar-2010

The Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), renowned for producing skilled IT specialists, creates valuable opportunities for students to further their knowledge-base and enhance future career prospects through its collaboration with many institutions and companies to provide constructive industry-ready training. 

SLIIT recently partnered with reputed global IT services company Virtusa Corporation to introduce a program that will boost the quality of the Software Testing educational experience and maximise student potential within the IT sector.

9-Mar-2010

By Colin Beaney and Poorna Bandara

With the demand for information within an organisation growing on daily basis, business solution providers are constantly looking at new approaches of shorter implementation cycles, better known as "dynamic or rapid implementation".

Although rapid implementation approaches appear to be theoretically promising, in practice, it may not help all customers equally. On the contrary, the forced rapidity against the best fit approach could lead to failure in the implementation.