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12-May-2010

CIMA Sri Lanka together with Suntel is organising a Business Brief titled ‘Growth at lower IT cost’ on Friday May 14 at the CIMA auditorium at 6.30 p.m.

Cloud computing is democratising computing power and IT barriers like cost, time, quality and geographic location. SMEs are adopting cloud computing to break down traditional technological and financial barriers in the delivery of new categories of software innovation. Larger businesses are cutting costs with cloud computing while adopting a transformation of their IT service delivery models based on cloud computing.

12-May-2010

Mobile telephone giant Dialog Telekom PLC announced yesterday that it expects to gain from the proposed implementation of the Mobile Number Portability (MNP).

Speaking at an Investor Forum, Dialog Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya said that the company was unlikely to lose from it as previously anticipated.

5-May-2010

By Salmaan Saheedullah

A team of five 3D artists (startup) known by “Creative Cohort” recently participated (online) in an annual feature held by the Linux Foundation which requires the creation of a video Advertisement by its community (keeping par with the spirit of Open Source) promoting the popular free operating system ‘Linux’. This year’s winning entry would stand a chance of being aired during the U.S Super bowl, also wining a ticket to Boston and a laptop filled with Open Source Software.

28-Apr-2010

By Santhush Fernando

Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has received a World Bank grant to develop a regulatory framework for long-awaited Mobile Number Portability and its subsequent implementation.

Country’s telecom watchdog has invited Expression of Interests (EoI) from suitable companies seeking to provide ‘consultation services on recommendations and regulatory framework for Mobile Number Portability as per the official website of the TRCSL.

24-Mar-2010

The Council for Business with Britain (CBB) is the proud organiser of “Our Journey to Sri Lanka” by The London Stock Exchange. The forum was held at the main ballroom at the Hilton Colombo Residence, Colombo 02, from 12.30 pm and 2.00 pm. Addressing the gathering was Director of Information Services of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) David Lester. Lester spoke predominantly on the acquisition of MillenniumIT, and further spoke in elaborate detail of the increasingly competitive landscape and how technology is a key differentiator for exchanges.

3-Mar-2010

The Sri Lanka Telecom Summit 2010, presented by Runeware Integrated together with BE Expositions India will be held tomorrow, March 4 2010 from 10.00 am – 6.30pm at the Cinnamon Grand in Colombo.

24-Feb-2010

The importance of a good enterprise resources planning (ERP) system in the highly specialised paint and ink industry can never be underestimated. And global giant for component based business software, IFS responded to the industry’s unique needs with an agile and flexible solution. Shortly after its launch, several leading paint and ink manufacturers in the world including Teknos, Akzo Nobel, Jotun, and Becket Acroma have chosen IFS’ offering to help boost revenue and cut costs.

24-Feb-2010

For the first time in Sri Lanka, Latitude 655 - a partnership between a Sri Lankan entity and a Silicon Valley innovator (Monvia) - brings to the nation’s businesses the access to world-class technology innovation and professional IT expertise - all leveraging local talent and prices. Sri Lankan businesses will now be able to increase revenue or cut business costs by using the innovative technology services offered by Latitude 655.

6-Jan-2010

As the festival season ends and you think of business as usual, does your mind harbour any worrying thoughts about certain annual routines? Do you say to yourself, “Oh, the vehicle revenue licence! Should I take another day off to get the revenue licence for my vehicle renewed for 2010 or to get a new vehicle revenue licence? And after going to the relevant departmental office should I have to go through the hazard of waiting in queues etc.?”

You can now say, ‘full stop’ to such worries.

6-Jan-2010

Lanka Bell, the largest CDMA ‘fixed line’ provider in the country with 1.2 million subscribers has awarded its Northern Province Expansion Project to Sierra Global Network Private Limited, one of the leading firms in the telecom infrastructure development sector, having 30 years experience in telecommunication expansion work. Sierra has been heavily involved in the network expansions of many telecom operators in both northern and eastern regions since their liberation.

16-Dec-2009

Operators and capital investment in Sri Lanka’s telecom infrastructure has plummeted amid a price war with high taxation threatening crimp expansion and broadband rollout on the island in the future, top telecom operators have said.
“Before the price war each operator was spending about 150 to 200 million (US dollars) a year in capital expenditure,” Head of Tigo Sri Lanka, Dumindra Ratnayake said at a forum held in Colombo by Lirne Asia, a regional policy research body.

16-Dec-2009

By Santhush Fernando

With accounting bodies in Sri Lanka preparing towards compliance to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by 2011, accounting professionals are calling for a joint industry think tank for a smooth transition.

2-Dec-2009

The much awaited e-Asia 2009, the fourth in the series of the premier ICT event in Asia will be declared open by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at BMICH Colombo this morning (Dec. 02). Themed “Opportunities for Digital Asia”, the three-day greatest Information and Communication Technology event of the region for the year consisting of conference and exhibition will end on Friday (Dec. 04).

4-Nov-2009

The National Best Quality Software Awards (NBQSA) competition, an annual event organised by the British Computer Society Sri Lanka (BCSSL) Section, was successfully concluded last week. The objectives of NBQSA competition come within the scope of the e-Sri Lanka initiative. Here is the list of winners for 2009.

Overall Winner
Gold
Scienter Technologies
Silver
Epic Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
Bronze
Epic Lanka (Pvt) Ltd

4-Nov-2009

SLINTEC’s unwavering, explicit commitment to Sustainable Nanotechnology, which is built on three sustainability dimensions, namely, Social, Environment and Economic, have started to paid off as research institutions in the world have begun to bridge their R & D initiatives with SLINTEC.

Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology CEO Ravi Fernando (left) exchanges the agreement signed with Prof. Susumu Sugiyama, the Director of Research Institute for Nanomachine System Technology of the Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Organization.

28-Oct-2009

ACCA Sri Lanka, which held its 2009 graduation at the Cinnamon Grand in Colombo recently celebrated its professionals’ achievements by urging them to become integral drivers in Sri Lanka’s burgeoning industries.

28-Oct-2009

Speedbooth is an online service which will facilitate day-to-day domestic and business needs with the click of a mouse. Speedjobs.lk is the pioneering product under the innovative Speedbooth concept which was launched recently. 

Speedjobs, an E-recruitment tool catering to diverse corporate recruitment needs via a highly user-friendly web interface, has been launched by Speed Group under a revolutionary ‘touch of a button’ results-oriented concept.

21-Oct-2009

eAsia 2009 is looked forward to with tremendous interest both locally and internationally. So said Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) Chief Operating Officer Reshan Dewapura during his address to the ICTA Private Sector Forum meeting held at Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo recently.

Reshan Dewapura, Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) Chief Operating Officer

21-Oct-2009

Microimage Mobile Media will showcase its range of software solutions for radio, tv and digital convergence at broadcast India 2009 in Mumbai, India this month.

Harsha Purasinghe, CEO of Microimage Mobile Media

21-Oct-2009

FCCISL recently partnered with the Unlimited Potential Partnership Program (UPP) to offer Industry Specific ICT courses through the Business Schools Network of Regional Chambers and Chamber Academies.

7-Oct-2009

World Bank supported InfoDev is coordinating a survey of the use of information and communication technology for education in India and South Asia. The purpose of this survey is to gather together in a single resource the most relevant and useful information on ICT in education activities in India and South Asia.

30-Sep-2009

The largest education fair of its kind in Sri Lanka, EDEX 2010-National Higher Education and Careers Expo will be held for the seventh consecutive year from 22nd to 24th January 2010 at BMICH and 26th and 27th January at Queens Hotel, Kandy.

Organised by the Royal College Union, the mammoth event which is expected to draw over 100,000 visitors from all over the island will revolve around empowering Sri Lankan youth to be globally competitive. The exhibition will comprise of over 300 stalls representing over 15 countries abroad with the objective of providing students the opportunity to choose the education path that would take them to greater heights and arm them with the right skills to conquer not only Sri Lanka but the rest of the world.

23-Sep-2009

Charting the best way forward for the global economy in today’s financial climate is a priority concern for all world leaders. With this in focus the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has invited Heads of State and Government to participate in ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009, in Geneva on 5–9 October.

ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun I. Touré said the event provides them with a golden opportunity to engage in a strategic dialogue with policy-makers, industry leaders and international experts and examine how information and communication technologies (ICT) can push forward economic recovery, investment and growth.

23-Sep-2009

Metanoia Partners (www.metanoia-partners.com) , London based telecom and ICT consulting firm is conducting its first workshop in Asia in September 29 , 2009. Colombo workshop will be one of the series of workshop that Metanoia Partners has planned in Asia.

The Colombo workshop will be mainly targeting telecom and ICT executives in strategy, sales and technical areas. Sales executives can gain the technical background and implications on NGN and technical executives would acquire knowledge on business side of NGN. This workshop will be in interactive mode and it will be followed by a 3 months E-Learning course to gather further knowledge on the subject.