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The trick is to balance profit and results.

Anyone who has spent hours waiting in a queue in a government building can appreciate the difference that technology could make to their lives.

Mjwara said government realises information and telecommunications technology are essential agents in generating economic growth “and, therefore, creating jobs, fostering social development and improving the quality of life”.

Providing the national backbone transmission services to support this NGN will be South Africa’s second national telecommunications operator, Neotel.

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) says the network has been vital in providing a platform for goods, music and produce to be sold online via an e-commerce Web site, while an e-government site provides the community members with access to services.

This is according to ICT research House Forge Ahead, which recently released a report on the top-five ICT trends to have emerged in the public sector.

Head of Research at Forge Ahead Adrian Schofield said the top-five list is a rough guide to the trends public sector Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are encountering.

Topping the chamber’s list, however, corruption remains the number one issue facing ICT and business in South Africa.

“If we cannot turn this around, we will continue to see large capital expenditure in ICT being compromised,” the chamber told BusinessTech.

The role of technology, however, is often assessed by the overall enhancement in productivity and increase in national incomes. The potential role of technology in improving the lives of ordinary people — from reducing poverty, upgrading the delivery of public services to the enhancement of human development — is often hidden and unrecognised.

The government says feedback and ideas are already being submitted to the position paper which was released with the recent announcement by the South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill, at an ICT Summit attended by more than 400 industry representatives.

South Australian Government Chief Information Officer, Andrew Mills, says working in partnership with the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is helping to deliver the best ICT strategy.

The paper was launched by Premier Jay Weatherill at the recent ICT Strategy Summit that attracted over 400 industry representatives.

South Australian Government Chief Information Officer Andrew Mills says working in partnership with the Australian Information Industry Association is helping to deliver the best ICT strategy.

New York City-based think tank Intelligent Community Forum last Friday named the Gangnam District in Seoul, Korea, as the 2008 Intelligent Community of the Year as part of its annual conference held last week at Brooklyn Polytechnic University.

Experts from each relevant field gave a presentation on the country's disaster communication and emergency broadcasting policies as well as technology trends and response plans. At this autumn seminar, they reviewed the overall technological development, effective disaster prevention measures, and what is needed for further improvement of the system.

In a sense, Korea has the duty to mediate and take the lead in coordinating the interests of developing nations as well as more advanced nations. In particular, Korea will need to contribute to making a more content global community by sharing with the world what it does best.

“While the Programme is promoting awareness of the risks associated with ICT and the safety of users and the information they share, it also recognises the huge potential in the use of ICT to support national development,” he said.

As we emerge from recession, we face fundamental questions about the kind of Britain we want to build for the future; and about who will lead us there.

Choices: about who’s best for jobs? Who’s best for industry? Who’s best for the NHS, schools and public services?

The networks using the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) technology will especially benefit rural areas enabling services like telemedicine and e-learning, officials said.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his budget for next year proposed to set up Nenasala centers in every Grama Niladari division as a special project to broaden the access to IT facilities.

The 2013 budget has allocated 750 million rupees to set up an ICT center in each of 14,000 Grama Niladari (village officer) areas of the country.

President pointed out that the Information and Communication Technology literacy stood at four per cent in 2004 and by today it has risen to well over 30 per cent. He further said that the government paid special attention on the education sector, highlighting the Information and Communication Technology.

We have consistently allocated resources to reach these levels. If you look at the rest of the world, not many countries can boast about a healthy literacy of their population. In the South Asian region, we have the best along with Maldives.

He said all development projects being implemented in the country are firmly rooted in this premise and eDevelopment programs being implemented in the country is no exception.

Speaking at the launch of the Nenasala Centre at Samanthurai via satellite from the Presidential Secretariat, President Rajapaksa said his objective was to extend computer literacy to 60 per cent of the country’s population from the current 25 per cent.