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Oman's burgeoning IT sector has been in focus again this month, as the Sultanate played host to the COMEX exhibition, the IT, telecoms and technology show. The event was held on April 26-30 at the Oman International Exhibition Centre (OIEC), hosted over 100 companies from across the region and further afield, and included a pavilion specialising on e-government and e-business in the Sultanate held on the 27th, where the CEO of the Information Technology Authority (ITA), Dr Salim Al Ruzaiqi, was keynote speaker.

The Omani authorities have made a significant push in recent years to improve their e-government offering, including the creation of an internet portal for government services and, most recently, the inauguration of the Sultanate's first cyber centre. The latter facility, based in the capital, Muscat, and known as the Oman National Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT), was opened earlier in April to provide the Sultanate with enhanced security for its information assets, as well as coordinating emergency responses to incidents relating to the internet.

Weiterlesen: Oman: A significant push to improve e-services

The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) Singapore is active in Oman and providing the best possible Information Technology solutions to government establishments. In an interview with the Observer, Shaik Umar (pictured), Centre Director of Middle East Office of the IDA said the National Computer Systems (NCS) has extended co-operation to the Information Technology Authority (ITA) to develop the eOman Portal, a service delivery portal that connects the citizens and government of Oman.

Other major areas of cooperation between Oman and IDA are done through e-Cop and Oman's eGovernment Architecture Framework (OeGAF) with the ITA. With OeGAF, the Sultanate's Government entities seek to seamlessly integrate their IT Infrastructure and collaborate to deliver better citizen services. The e-Cop is establishing a national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) for the Government. The ST LogiTrack had implemented their innovative Radio frequency Identification (RFID) Solution, ELiMS to the Sultan Qaboos University's main library.

Weiterlesen: IDA-ITA co-operation will lead Oman to new heights in IT sector

eOman, the Sultanate of Oman's e-Governance initiative, made its presence felt at the recently concluded IT, telecom and technology show Comex. In a way it was successful in conveying the eOman message among the people that "the Information Technology is for everyone. It helps the ordinary people like you and me to enhance our lives by simplifying it on daily basis."

The Sultanate's Government has taken up the job of e-governance very seriously and among major eOman projects are the official eGovernment Services Portal, Oman Government Network, ePayment Gateway, National Data Centre, Innovation and Support Centre, eTransactions Law, National IT Training and Awareness, Oman National CERT, and the e.oman Awareness campaign. Mohammed bin Nasser al Wahaibi, Senior Executive at the Information Technology Authority (ITA), explained the need for ambitious eOman projects.

Weiterlesen: eOman to be most effective people-to-govt channel

Oman’s biggest annual IT, telecom and technology show, COMEX, opening here on Monday, will display a vast array of e-government services that are now on offer to the public, and, for the first time, and arrange a special section for children.

The five-day event, to be officially inaugurated by senior royal family member Sayyid Shihab bin Tareq Al Said, will play host to more than 100 companies from the GCC and abroad.

Weiterlesen: Oman’ IT event to display host of e-Govt services