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Freitag, 27.12.2024
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  • Taiwan Starts Testing for US$237 million Cloud Project

    The government of Taiwan established ’Cloud Open Lab’ this week to test equipment, applications and systems for cloud computing. The Lab will be a platform to match software application providers, such as independent vendors and system integration service providers, with infrastructure providers such as telecom carriers and data centre operators.

    The lab is part of the government’s plans to enhance the use of cloud computing in Taiwan. Earlier this month, the government announced a NT$7 billion (US$237.3 million) cloud-building programme to encourage growth in Taiwan’s information and communication technology sector and improve government services and functions.

  • Taiwan Students to be able to pay Tuition online

    Students in Taiwan will soon be able to pay their tuition online, thanks to an e-Government Payment System set up and promoted by the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission (RDEC) under the Executive Yuan.

    Ho Chuan-teh, director of the RDEC Information Management Department, said more than 400 universities, colleges and schools have joined the system to allow students to pay their tuition and other fees through the RDEC system. Ho touted the system as a safe and convenient option for students and their parents.

  • Taiwan takes 3rd place for e-government

    Taiwan remains high on the list of countries around the world that boast outstanding e-government services, trailing only to South Korean and Singapore, according to a recent survey conducted by Brown University in the United States.

    Taiwan ranks third among 198 countries chosen for the annual survey conducted by Darrell M. West, director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University.

  • Taiwan to establish new ministry for digital development in 2022

    Taiwan's cabinet has decided to establish a ministry of digital development in 2022 to accelerate the country's digital transformation, promote digital economy and improve information and communications security, according to minister without portfolio Yau-hwang Kuo .

    Kuo, who has a background in digital economy, has been assigned to head the effort. He said a proposal for establishing the new ministry will soon be submitted to the Legislative Yuan for ratification, and may be put into practice in the first quarter of 2022 at the earliest.

  • Taiwan to launch automated immigration gates in 2012

    Come January 2012, passengers arriving at any of Taiwan’s three main airports will no longer have to wait and stand in long queues at the immigration control thanks to the new “E-gate” system that promises to speed up passenger clearance to roughly 12 seconds per individual.

    Once the system is inaugurated, passengers who register their biometric data in advance will be able to avoid long queues by using the automated immigration gates at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei Songshan Airport and Kaohsiung International Airport.

    130,000 people have already registered since its trial run, and the National Immigration Agency (NIA) expects the number to grow to one million by the end of next year.

  • Taiwan To Use IOTA’s Tangle To Introduce ID Cards In Taipei

    To prevent identity theft and increase security, Taiwan is planning to introduce new ID card in the capital city Taipei. The ID card will be based on Tangle, the Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) technology of IOTA, perceived as the next level of blockchain technology.

    The project is an outcome of the partnership between the city’s Department of Information Technology and startup company BiiLabs.

  • Taiwan urged to export e-business

    Boasting a high-level of electronic readiness (e-readiness), Taiwan can export its expertise in e-business to fill the development gap in the Asia Pacific region, and accordingly enhance its international image, said the Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (AFACT) Chairman Javed Naushahi.

  • Taiwan verlangt Linux-kompatible PCs in öffentlichen Ausschreibungen

    Zum ersten Mal hat der taiwanische Central Trust of China (CTOC) in einem öffentlichen Beschaffungsverfahren für PCs vorgegeben, dass diese Linux-tauglich sein müssen. Zu den Aufgaben des staatseigenen CTOC, der unter anderem auch im Banken- und Versicherungssektor tätig ist, gehört auch die Anschaffung von Ausstattung für Behörden und Schulen, berichtet die TaipeiTimes. Im Rahmen einer Ausschreibung, die im Mai begann und bis September läuft, werden rund 120.000 PCs eingekauft.

  • Taiwan-based diplomats shown Kaohsiung's smart city efforts

    Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung leads delegation to southern city

    A group of Taiwan-based diplomats from 23 nations visited the Taiwan AI Labs in Kaohsiung’s Asia Bay 5G AIoT Innovation Park on Saturday (Nov. 2).

    Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) led the 38-member delegation to meet with Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) to understand the city’s efforts in smart city development, according to the Kaohsiung city government. Participating countries included several of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies, Japan, Poland, and New Zealand.

  • Taiwan: 1.5 million Citizen Digital Certificate cards issued to date: MOI

    The Ministry of the Interior announced Wednesday that the number of Citizen Digital Certificate cards issued to date has surpassed the 1.5 million mark.

    The card -- an electronic identity card with security features in the form of a contact microprocessor 'smart' chip card -- is the basis for an e-government initiative that links all government agencies through networking and provides convenient and versatile services to citizens, the ministry said in a press release.

  • Taiwan: Beyond the digital push

    Not stopping at a comprehensive e-government initiative, Taiwan aims to eventually integrate IT into every facet of society, bridging the digital and age gaps.

  • Taiwan: Booking hospital visits, train rides popular among E-gov users

    Making a hospital appointment and booking a train ride are the two most popular electronic government services, according to the results of a survey released by the Cabinet-level Research, Development and Evaluation Commission (RDEC) Saturday.

    The survey on the public's opinion of e-government services and other related issues showed that 62 percent of respondents knew how to use the computer and 95 percent of computer users made use of the Internet.

  • Taiwan: Cabinet passes National Information and Communication Initiative

    The Executive Yuan on March 28 passed the next phase of the National Information and Communication Initiative that will run from 2007 to 2011. Over the next five years, the government will spend NT$55.6 billion on continuing to strengthen the nation's information infrastructure in order to enable Taiwan to maintain its leading position in information readiness.

  • Taiwan: E-Government Service Platform Inaugurated

    An e-government service platform aimed at improving administrative efficiency was formally inaugurated Monday, with Premier Yu Shyi-kun presiding over the inauguration ceremony. Speaking at the ceremony, Yu said that the inauguration of the e-government service platform, initiated by the Cabinet-level Research, Development and Evaluation Commission (RDEC) , marks the first step in building a digital Taiwan.

  • Taiwan: E-government services seen as world's best

    Taiwan is the top performing country when it comes to "electronic" government, according to a recent global e-government survey, thanks to the efforts of the government to promote Internet access to its data and services in recent years.

    According to a survey of 1,935 government Web sites in 198 countries conducted by the Center for Public Policy at Brown University in the summer, Taiwan ranked No. 1 for its e-government performance and on-line services.

  • Taiwan: E-government transforms public sector services, says researcher

    The Research, Development and Evaluation Commission is the think tank of the Executive Yuan, and among the RDEC's six departments, the Department of Information Management is responsible for the planning, evaluation and implementation of e-government services.

  • Taiwan: Electronic financial service will assist SMEs

    The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and five local banks signed an agreement yesterday to jointly establish a platform that would streamline the assessment of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) seeking financing.

    "The platform will facilitate the greater transparency of company financial status, making it easier and faster for SMEs to acquire bank loans," Shih Yen-Shiang, the vice minister of the MOEA said at the signing ceremony.

  • Taiwan: Gov't plans on cleaning own house for efficiency

    A government minister told European business leaders of plans for government reform at a luncheon Wednesday.

    Jiunn-rong Yeh, Chairman of the Research Development and Evaluation Commission in the Executive Yuan, told the ECCT monthly meeting at the Grand Formosa Regent of his government's plans to downsize itself and the significant changes in store for the present ministerial structure. The speech was titled "Cleaning House — the Government's Plan to Reform Itself."

  • Taiwan: Government says all new PCs must be Linux-friendly

    The government-run Central Trust of China has mandated for the first time that all desktop computers purchased from now on must be Linux-compatible, demonstrating the government's desire to widen the nation's usage of open source software.

    "It is a global trend that Linux is gaining wider adoption due to its lower costs and better adaptability," Mike Lin (林智清), a consultant at the Taipei Computer Association (TCA), told the Taipei Times yesterday.

  • Taiwan: Government Web sites rated as excellent

    Since the norms and award criteria for the evaluation of Web sites were established by the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission in 2001, Web sites set up by government agencies have exhibited excellence in content, services and convenience. This is further evidenced by Taiwan's 2002 top ranking for its e-government among 198 countries around the world in a survey conducted by Brown University in the U.S.
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