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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
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.
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.
7-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 Virtusa BPM Test Drive for Needs Assessment, Business Case & ROI from Gartner’s Business Process Management (BPM) Summit 2010. This intensive three-week program, focused on BPM education, evaluation of challenges, business case creation, prototype development and technology evaluation and recommendation, establishes a framework for a client’s successful BPM engagement.
5-Mar-2010
IT (Information Technology) is a science which is constantly changing emerging as a scientific discipline out of research and development activities in the fields of technology, data base technology, software technology, video technology and communication technology, to the adaptation to a vital part of everyday life. Our country experienced a boost and adaptation towards IT following the technology boom in Sri Lanka. The opportunities available in the IT and ICT sectors are rich, yet Sri Lanka is absent with regards to the talent inheriting as there is a lack of awareness within the mass – realized by the government, and the resistance to change – change is inevitable in IT.
3-Mar-2010
One of the largest electronic document management project in Sri Lankan history started recently with Department of Immigration and Emigration Sri Lanka. Under this project Sanje Lanka Private Limited provide all the technologies and resources to digitize & index passport related documents enabling online search, retrieval and manipulation.
2-Mar-2010
Virtusa TestFest 2010 was held on the 25th of February 2010, as Virtusa Corporation presented its groundbreaking software testing festival. The event was organized to celebrate software testing & quality assurance professionals and their contribution to the IT industry, in an ever evolving world where quality plays a crucial and fundamental role. This rare opportunity enabled first-hand experience on how software testing tools, innovative methods, techniques and processes are designed, implemented and used by professionals in the IT industry.
26-Feb-2010
As part of the company’s much admired Gamata IT initiative, and following the launch of its very successful Sinhala Language Interface Pack (LIP) last year, Microsoft Sri Lanka made an amazing impact at the Infotel Exhibition in Jaffna with the launch of the Tamil Language Interface Pack. The pack was also launched as part of the company’s efforts to support the “Uthuru Wasanthaya” programme initiated by the Government.
26-Feb-2010
A dawn of a new era has arrived in Sri Lanka as the United Arab Emirate’s telecom giant launches their brand Etisalat to the local market. This new entry will bring in experience and expertise from three continents, with pioneering technology, ground breaking innovations and a brand new customer experience. Etisalat takes on Sri Lanka’s first ever cellular service provider, which played an avant-garde role in giving the nation access and exposure to novel and revolutionary aspects of communication, information and services. It further embraces the vision of enabling people access to their world, and creating “a world where mobile services are affordable, accessible and available, everywhere and to all”. We welcome you to discover new horizons and explore new possibilities as Etisalat steps in to redefine Sri Lanka’s communications sphere.
25-Feb-2010
Microsoft Sri Lanka recently entered into a Security Cooperation Agreement with Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), this agreement will be part of the very successful Security Cooperation Programme initiated by Microsoft. This initiative will go a long way to address the increasing number of cyber security threats and vulnerabilities in a more holistic manner and provide a global perspective to Sri Lanka’s efforts to minimize its exposure. In 2008, ICTA’s fully owned subsidiary SLCERT (Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Response Team) entered into a similar agreement with Microsoft; in addition this latest partnership will provide much wider scope and avenues for security corporation agreements for Sri Lanka’s public and private sector institutions.
25-Feb-2010
The Sri Lanka Science and Engineering Fair (SLSEF) 2009, took place on the 19th of February 2010 at the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) auditorium. The event showcased the country’s most innovative science and research talent and also served as a platform for the selection of the local finalist who would travel to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) which will be held in San Jose, California in USA in May 2010.
22-Feb-2010
Source- http://www.panl10n.net/english/Activity25.htm
“In the field of IT, all language communities are entitled to have at their disposal equipment adapted to their linguistic system and tools and products in their language, so as to derive full advantage from the potential offered by such technologies for self-expression, education, communication, publication, translation and information processing and the dissemination of culture in general” [1].
PAN Localization project (www.panl10n.net) has been a regional initiative addressing these challenges and promoting the use of language technology across Asia. The project, initiated in 2003, has developed and disseminated computing solutions for Bahasa Indonesia, Bangla, Dzongkha, Khmer, Lao, Mongolian, Nepali, Pashto, Sinhala, Tamil, Tibetan and Urdu. These languages represent a population of nearly one billion people across developing Asia.
25-Feb-2010
The Sri Lanka Science and Engineering Fair (SLSEF) 2009, took place on the 19th of February 2010 at the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) auditorium. The event showcased the country’s most innovative science and research talent and also served as a platform for the selection of the local finalist who would travel to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) which will be held in San Jose, California in USA in May 2010.
25-Feb-2010
The Sri Lanka Science and Engineering Fair (SLSEF) 2009, took place on the 19th of February 2010 at the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) auditorium. The event showcased the country’s most innovative science and research talent and also served as a platform for the selection of the local finalist who would travel to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) which will be held in San Jose, California in USA in May 2010.
19-Feb-2010
The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) through its ICT Capacity Building Program (ICBP) has embarked on an initiative to create a qualified and certified workforce for the ICT industry in Sri Lanka. One of the main constraints limiting the growth of the local industry is the lack of a suitably qualified workforce. In this regard, a committee comprising of ICT industry representatives along with ICTA identified some key entry level certifications that they believe would have a significant impact in overcoming this constraint.
18-Feb-2010
With the dawn of peace and recovery of the global economy, Sri Lanka is at a pivotal point for tremendous growth in the IT/BPO industry. The industry is geared for mass employment generation, foreign direct income generation and to support regional development. The national IT/BPO Industry chamber, SLASSCOM is setting aggressive plans to capitalize on the opportunity ahead of Sri Lanka. SLASSCOM elected its second Board and the General Council consisting of key industry leaders for the year 2010.
16-Feb-2010
Microsoft’s premier technical education and networking conference, the recently concluded Tech.Ed Sri Lanka 2010, provided an unparalleled opportunity for IT students and professionals to explore current and future Microsoft technologies, tools, platforms and services. The three day program themed “Challenge Your World” provided participants with the opportunity to interact with Microsoft innovators, third party experts and IT students, and was structured in a manner in which participants could avail themselves of over 200 IT learning opportunities.
14-Feb-2010
IOF stays true to its name as the global appeal continues to spread.
The International Outsourcing Forum (IOF) provides just that; a truly international networking forum in which outsourcing professionals, IT and BPO companies keep abreast of industry developments.
14-Feb-2010
By Omar Fatharally, CEO of HelloCorp and SLASSCOM representative
Ask any small business owner about their biggest business challenge and he or she will probably say maintaining adequate cash flow. The recession has brought this problem into sharp focus as many of the UK's smallest firms increasingly live from hand to mouth, unable to keep capital moving through their businesses whilst banks maintain tight grips and severe interest rates on their cash. Numerous small companies have fallen by the wayside and, although signs of recovery are emerging, the need for small and medium businesses (SMEs) to get their houses in order and shed risk is more prevalent than ever.
12-Feb-2010
Hirdaramani Group of companies, one of Sri Lanka's leaders in the apparel industry, known for its diversification strategies now ventures in to the Information technology arena, with the commencement of its new IT subsidiary - H-ONE.
The company's core objective is to provide high end software solutions which are simple with great flexibility that go beyond technology, as a result its clients gain the critical competitive edge to stay ahead in their respective industries.
12-Feb-2010
11-Feb-2010
Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), a global IT services company that offers a broad spectrum of business consulting, IT services and IT outsourcing, today announced the appointment of Sudheer Mareddi as the company’s Senior Vice President (SVP) - Managed Services SBU.
With over two decades of IT experience, Sudheer’s major achievements are in identifying growth markets, driving business strategy, key customer acquisitions, creating new service lines and expanding delivery footprint to emerging geographies.
11-Feb-2010
Epic Lanka received the Best Performing Channel Partner 2009 Award from SafeNet Inc. at the Channel Partners Conference 2010 held in Thailand on February 5, 2010. SafeNet Inc. is a world leader in providing transaction security with hardware and software solutions. Epic Lanka, the winner of the National Business Excellence Award in ICT sector for two consecutive years of 2008 and 2009, represents SafeNet in Sri Lanka with award winning performance.
10-Feb-2010
An enterprise summit to help create a culture of economic value through creative enterprise
Innovation is the most critical success factor for businesses today. However companies need people that are pioneering, or better put, entrepreneurial themselves in order to be inventive. To this intent, Enterprise Education is now increasingly being hailed as a legitimate tool for wealth creation for a nation’s economy; where its aim is to develop in individuals (particularly the young) a set of skills and attitudes that will allow them to be both job creators and highly employable individuals, and help them contribute to the economy through innovative value and knowledge creation.
10-Feb-2010
Born in Kandy, a product of Trinity College, Riyaaz Rasheed takes with him 14 years of experience and expertise in the Telco industry, as he becomes Deputy CEO of Tigo (Pvt) Ltd. Previously Chief Financial Officer of the company; he has a diverse academic background, boasting qualifications in Accountancy (ACMA UK, FCMA SL), Science (B.Sc) and Business Administration (MBA). Despite all these qualifications, he remains modest and amiable, characterized by his intelligent yet unassuming persona. Here we have this corporate high flier and family man, talk about himself, the telecommunications industry, Tigo’s presence in the market and the future prospects for the company, country and industry.