The Government and the private sector should come together in developing such applications that can be scaled up and applied in a number of areas, according to Mr Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice-Chairman, Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH), a US-based software company with large offshore centres in India.
Delivering his keynote address at CeTIT 2010, a two-day conference and exhibition on e-Governance, Mr Narayanan said it is not necessary for the Government to spend huge amounts in developing applications. Instead, it needs to identify appropriate technology partners to develop the applications, make it available to the public, be accountable for the efficient running and make money through the SaaS model.
The higher the transaction volume, higher will be revenue for both the Government and the service provider. Re-investing in these applications in order to improve them, will also be profitable.
If the service is not good, citizens will not pay for it. Rules are going to be tougher for the service provider and the Government is absolved of any risks with the implementation of the technology, he said in his keynote address at the conference organised by FICCI and co-hosted by the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu and the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency.
The SaaS model has been adopted globally by many countries through Government-private sector partnership. In Nordic countries, global software major, IBM (NYSE:IBM) , has put together a mobility system that tracks traffic congestion. It sends out the monthly bill for the usage of the public infrastructure. This has improved the public transport system and efficiency of the people who are using these systems.
Pilot project
A similar system was adopted in Bangalore, where 39 television cameras were installed in key traffic locations.
The cameras capture the image of violators and send a bill along with a traffic ticket. This was an initiative of the BATF that spent nearly Rs 5 crore in installing the equipment. Revenue in the first year, by way of penalties for traffic violation, was Rs 17 crore. This not only paid off the initial investment but also become a revenue generation exercise, executed along with local companies, he said.
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Quelle/Source: iStockAnalyst, 27.07.2010
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