The centre will also benefit all governments in the Middle East.
The centre was inaugurated by Shaikh Ahmed Ateyatalla Al Khalifa, president of the Central Informatics Organisation (CIO), Tom Francese, vice president, IBM Software Group EMEA and Abdulla Ishaq, general manager of Bahrain Business Machines (BBM). "Standards based technologies offer unprecedented opportunities for modernisation throughout society in our country and we believe that this is the best way to move forwards with e-government projects not only in Bahrain, but in the whole Middle East region as well," said Shaikh Ahmed during the ceremony on Tuesday.
"We have a unique experience in that we've built our e-government infrastructure on open standards and I am proud to say that it has been a successful project. The establishment of the centre today will allow us to share our experience with other government organisations."
Quelle: Khaleej Times, 12.05.2005
