Tuesday, April 16, 2013
இணைய உலகம் இதுவரை கண்டிராத மிகப் பெரும் தாக்குதல்!: ஆடிப்போயுள்ள வல்லுனர்கள்
இணைய உலகமானது இதுவரை கண்டிராத பரந்தளவிலான தாக்குதலுக்கு முகங்கொடுத்துள்ளதாக அவதானிகள் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர். இது ‘biggest cyber attack in history’ வரலாற்றில் இடம்பெற்றுள்ள மிகப் பெரிய சைபர் தாக்குதல் என வர்ணிக்கப்படுகின்றது.
DDOS- Denial of Service attack எனப்படும் ஒரு கணினியோ அல்லது வலையமைப்போ அவை வழங்கும் சேவையை பயனாளிகள் பெறமுடியாத வகையில் முடக்க மேற்கொள்ளப்படும் சேவை மறுப்புத் தாக்குதலே தற்போது மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டு வருவதாகவும் இது இணையத்தின் 'DNS Domain Name System' என்று பரவலாக அறியப்படும் களப் பெயர் முறைமையை பாதிக்கத்தொடங்கியுள்ளதாக தொழில்நுட்ப வல்லுனர்கள் விளக்கமளிக்கின்றனர்.
இத்தகையவொரு பரந்தளவிலான தாக்குதலை இதுவரை இணைய உலகம் கண்டதில்லை என ஆய்வாளர்கள் அச்சம் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.
இதனால் உலகலாளவிய ரீதியில் இணையத்தின் வேகம் நன்கு குறைந்துள்ளதாக சுட்டிக்காட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது.
இரண்டு நிறுவனங்களுக்கிடையிலான மோதலே இதற்கான காரணம் என தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றது.
தேவையற்ற மின்னஞ்சல்களை 'Spam' தடுக்கும் நிறுவனமான Spamhausக்கும் , அத்தகைய மின்னஞ்சல்களை அனுப்புவதாக குற்றஞ்சாட்டப்படும் Cyberbunker க்கும் இடையேயே இடம்பெற்றுவரும் மோதலே தற்போது பூதாகரமாக உருவாகியுள்ளது.
'Spamhaus' என்பது லண்டன் மற்றும் ஜெனீவாவைத் தளமாகக் கொண்ட தேவையற்ற மின்னஞ்சல்களை தடைசெய்யும் இலாப நோக்கற்ற நிறுவனமாகும். Cyberbunker என்பது ஹோஸ்டிங் (Hosting) நிறுவனமாகும்.
Spamhaus நிறுவனமானது போலியான பொருட்களுகளுக்கு விளம்பரம் வழங்குதல் போன்ற(உதாரணம் வயகரா, எடைக்குறைப்பு மாத்திரைகள்) ஸ்பேம் மின்னஞ்சகளை அனுப்புதல் போன்ற தீய நோக்கங்களுக்காக செயற்படுத்தப்படும் சேர்வர்களை பட்டியலிட்டுள்ளது.
இந்நிலையில் குறித்த நிறுவனமானது Cyberbunker நிறுவனத்தினையும் அப்பட்டியலில் உள்ளடக்கியுள்ளது.
இதற்கு பதிலடி கொடுக்கும்முகமாக Cyberbunker நிறுவனம்மேற்கொண்ட நடவடிக்கை தற்போது உச்ச கட்டத்தை அடைந்துள்ளதாகவும் அது தற்போது அடுத்த கட்டத்துக்கு நகர்ந்துள்ளதாகவும் இதுவே இணையத்தின் வேகம் குறையக் காரணம் எனத் தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றது.
இரண்டு நிறுவனங்களுக்கிடையேயான மோதல் தற்போது இணைய உலகினையே ஆட்டிப்படைக்கத்தொடங்கியுள்ளதாக அவதானிகள் சுட்டிக்காட்டியுள்ளனர்.
தற்போது இவ்விடயம் தொடர்பில் தீவிர விசாரணைகள் நடைபெற்று வருவதாக தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றது.
இதனால் மில்லியன் கணக்கானோர் தற்போது பாதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். மேலும் வங்கிகளின் இணையம் சார்ந்த செயற்பாடுகள், மின்னஞ்சல் சேவை வழங்குனர்களின் செயற்பாடுகள் விரைவில் பாதிக்கப்படுமென தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றது.
இதனை எவ்வாறு கட்டுப்படுத்துவதற்கு என்பது தொடர்பில் தொழிநுட்ப வல்லுனர்கள் திண்டாடி வருவதாக தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றது.
Source:
http://www.virakesari.lk/article/technology.php?vid=167
An awards presentation ceremony to evaluate the services contributed to the IT sector by the Nana sala centers, is being organized.
An awards presentation ceremony to evaluate the services contributed to the IT sector by the Nana sala centers, is being organized.
| Tuesday, 16 April 2013 13:13 |
| The Nenasala felicitation golden awards festival is to be conducted for the first time. Instructor of the Nenasala project J.K. Perera says that the aim of the awards presentation is to evaluate the contributions being made for the enhancement of the Information Technology field in the country by the Nenasala centers. Mr.Perera participating in a discussion programme of the National Radio this morning further said that awards will be presented under six categories. They include the V.K.Samaranayake award for the best Nana sala Center and awards presented on the provincial and district basis. Nana Sala project official Janaka Manjula said that the general public could also express their opinion through the internet on the Nana sala centers , that need to be felicitated. The website address is www.nanasala.helpdesk.ict.lk. He added that the nana sala awards felicitation ceremony is scheduled to be conducted in the final week of June, this year. The nana sala project was inaugurated 2005 with the objective of propagating the information technology to the rural areas. Currently, 695 nana sala centers have been established throughout the country. Source: http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/14051-an-awards-presentation-ceremony-to-evaluate-the-services-contributed-to-the-it-sector-by-the-nana-sala-centers-is-being-organized |
Thursday, April 11, 2013
“நாடு ‘சுறுசுறுப்பான இலங்கை’யை நோக்கி பயணிக்கிறது”
.JPG "ICTA CEO Reshan Dewapura delivering his keynote speech as Chief Guest at the inauguration of IBMSoftwareUniverse2013 at Oak Room, Cinnmon Grand, Colombo on 19th March 2013.")
நாடு ‘சுறுசுறுப்பான இலங்கை’யை நோக்கி பயணிக்கிறதென இலஙூகைத் தகவல் தொடர்பாடல் தொழில்நுட்ப முகவர் நிலையத்தின் நிறைவேற்றதிகாரி ரெஷான் தேவபுர தெரிவிக்கிறார்.
ஐபீஎம்மென்பொருள்உலகம் 2013 அல்லது ஐபீஎம் சொப்ட்வெயர் யூனிவர்ஸ் 2013 என்னும் நிகழ்வில் தலைமை விருந்தினராக தலைமை பங்குபற்றியபோதே இலங்கைத் தகவல் தொடர்பாடல் தொழில்நுட்ப முகவர் நிலையத்தின் நிறைவேற்றதிகாரி ரெஷான் தேவபுர மேற்கண்டவாறு கூறினார்.
ஐபீஎம் மென்பொருள் உலகம் 2013 அல்லது ஐபீஎம் சொப்ட்வெயர் யூனிவர்ஸ் 2013 இம் மாதம் 19ந் திகதி கொழும்பில் சினமன் கிரான்ற் விடுதியில் இடம் பெற்றது.
இலங்கையில் முதல் தடவையாக இடம் பெற்ற ஐபீஎம் மென்பொருள் உலகம் அல்லது ஐபீஎம் சொப்ட்வெயர்யூனிவர்ஸ் என்னும் நிகழ்வு ஐபீஎம் இலங்கை அல்லது ஐபீஎம் ஸ்ரீலங்காவினால் ஒழுங்கு செய்யப்பட்டிருந்தது.
இந் நிகழ்வில் தலைமை விருந்துரையை வழங்கிய ரெஷான் தேவபுர அவர்கள் தற்போது நாடு தனிமையான தொழில்நுட்பத்திலிருந்து புத்தாக்கல் அல்லது இன்னொவேஷன் இதொழில் முனைவூ அல்லது என்ட்ரப்ரணஷிப் மற்றும் உட்சேர்க்கை அல்லது இன்க்ளுஷன் ஆகிய விடயங்கள் பால் கவனத்தைச் செலுத்திக்கொண்டு வருகிறது என்றார். இன்றைய உலகத்தின் போக்கின்படி நாம் இ சுறுசுறுப்பான இலங்கையை அல்லது ஸ்மார்ட் ஸ்ரீலங்காவை உருவாக்குவதில் ஈடுபடவேண்டும் என்று அவர் மேலும் எடுத்துரைத்தார்.
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இலங்கைத் தகவல் தொடர்பாடல் தொழில்நுட்ப முகவர் நிலையத்தின் நிறைவேற்றதிகாரி ரெஷான் தேவபுர ஐபீஎம்மென்பொருள்உலகம் 2013 அல்லது ஐபீஎம் சொப்ட்வெயர்யூனிவர்ஸ் 2013 என்னும் நிகழ்வில் தலைமை விருந்தினராக கலந்துகொண்டு தலைமை உரையை வழங்குகிறார்.
இலங்கைத் தகவல் தொடர்பாடல் தொழில்நுட்ப முகவர் நிலையத்தின் நிறைவேற்றதிகாரி ரெஷான் தேவபுர ஐபீஎம்மென்பொருள்உலகம் 2013 அல்லது ஐபீஎம் சொப்ட்வெயர்யூனிவர்ஸ் 2013 என்னும் நிகழ்வில் தலைமை விருந்தினராக கலந்துகொண்டு தலைமை உரையை வழங்குகிறார்.
රටේ සංවර්ධනයට තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණය වැදගත් සාධකයක් - ප්රධාන විධායක නිලධාරි රෙෂාන් දේවපුර
තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්ෂණය මේ වන විට මෙරට සංවර්ධනයේ ප්රධාන සාධකයක් බවට පත්වී තිබෙන බව ශ්රී ලංකා තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්ෂාණ නියෝජිතායතනයේ (ICTA) ප්රධාන විධායක නිලධාරී රෙෂාන් දේවපුර මහතා පැවසීය.
ජාත්යන්තර අයිබීඑම් ආයතනය මෙවර ශ්රී ලංකාවේදී පවත්වන ලද “අයිබීඑම් මෘදුකාංග විශ්වය 2013” සමුලුවේ ප්රධාන ආරාධිතයා වශයෙන් සහභාගිවෙමින් දේවපුර මහතා මෙම අදහස් පළ කළේය. කොළඹ සිනමන් ග්රැන්ඩ් හෝටලයේදී මෙම සමුලුව පැවැත්විණි.
“තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්ෂණය අද වන විට ජනජීවිත වලට ඉතා සමීප වී තිබෙනවා සේම රටේ සංවර්ධනය සදහාද එය යොද ගනිමින් සිටිනවා.විශේෂයෙන්ම යුද්ධය නිමා වී රටට සාමය උදාවීමත් සමගම ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාගේ අපේක්ෂාවක් වන දැනුමේ කේන්ද්රස්ථානය බවට ශ්රී ලංකාව පත් කිරීමේදී ජනතාව රාජ්ය අංශය මෙන්ම රටේ රැකියා උත්පාදනය සදහා නව මානයන් සොයා යාතුව තිබෙනවා.එහිදීත් ඉතා වැදගත්ම මෙන්ම පළදායීම සාධකය වන්නේ තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්ෂණයයි. මෘදුකාංග නිර්මාණ ක්ෂේත්රයේද ශ්රී ලංකාව අද දස්කම් දක්වමින් සිටිනවා” යැයිද දේවපුර මහතා මෙහිදී සදහන් කළේය.
මෙම සමුළුව සදහා ජාත්යෘන්තර අයිබීඑම් ආයතනයේ ඉන්දියා දකුණු ආසියා මෘදුකාංග කණ්ඩායමේ අධ්යක්ෂ ජේසන් මොසකවක්ස්කි මහතා ඇතුඵ දෙස් විදෙස් නියෝජිතයින් රැසක් මීට සහභාගි වී සිටියහ.
සයිබර් ප්රහාරයකදි වහා ක්රියාත්මක වීමේ වැදගත් කම අවධාරණය කෙරේ
සයිබර් ප්රහාරයකදී කඩිනමින් ඒ පිලිබඳව තොරතුරු රටවල් අතර හුවමාරු කර ගැනීමේ සහ ඊට පිළියම් සොයා ගැනීමේ වැදගත්කම ආසියානු ශාන්තිකර කලාපීය පරිගණක හදිසි ප්රතිචාර කණ්ඩායමේ 10 වන වාර්ෂික සමරුවේදී අවධාරණය කෙරිණී.
ආසියානු ශාන්තිකර කලාපීය පරිගණක හදිසි ප්රතිචාර කණ්ඩායමේ 10 වන වාර්ෂික සමරුව ශ්රී ලංකාව ඇතුළු රටවල් තිහක පමණ සහභාගිත්වයෙන් ඕස්ට්රේලියාවේ මෙල්බන් නුවරදී පසුගියදා පැවැත්විණි.
සයිබර් ප්රහාරයකදී තොරතුරු හුවමාරු කර ගැනීම සඳහා මේවන විට චීනය විසින් සකස් කර තිබෙන මෘදුකාංගය දැනට වඩා පුළුල් ආකාරයෙන් යොදා ගැනීමේ වැදගත්කම පිලිබදවද එහිදී අවධානය යොමු කෙරිණී .
ශ්රී ලංකා තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්ෂණ නියෝජිතායතනය(ICTA)යටතේ ක්රියාත්මක ශ්රී ලංකා පරිගණක හදිසි ප්රතිචාර කණ්ඩායමේ සාමාජිකයින් මෙම සමරුව සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකාව නියෝජනය කළේය.
ඕස්ට්රේලියාව, බෘනායි, බංගලාදේශය, චීනය, හොංකොන්, ඉදුනීසියාව, ජපානය, කොරියාව, මැලේසියාව, සිංගප්පුරුව, තායිලන්තය මෙම සමරුවට සහභාගි රටවල් අතරවේ.
‘එදා අද සහ හෙට සයිබර් ආරක්ෂණය’යන තේමාව යටතේ මෙම සමරුව පැවති අතර සයිබර් ආරක්ෂණය පිලිබඳව මහජන දැනුවත් කිරීම් සහ සම්මන්ත්රණයක්ද පවත්වා තිබේ.
එහිදී ශ්රි ලංකා නියෝජිතයින් විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද අදහස් සෙසු රටවල ද අවධානයට යොමු වීම විශේෂත්වයකි.
ICTA subsidiary Sri Lanka CERT marked at APCERT event
The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team Coordination Centre (Sri Lanka CERT|CC) played an active role in celebrating Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team’s (APCERT) 10th anniversary recently. Sir Lanka CERT |CC is a subsidiary of the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA).
Set up in 2003 to enhance cooperation between region’s CERTs, APCERT marked its 10th anniversary with the 10th APCERT Conference and Annual General Meeting from 24th to 28th March ultimo.
CERT Australia hosted the twin event at the Novotel Hotel in Brisbane, Australia. The two-pronged event was a great opportunity for cyber security professionals to compare experiences and related issues and to share knowledge and expertise.
Sri Lanka CERT|CC the national body for cyber security in Sri Lanka and a full member of APCERT made a substantial contribution to the celebration, themed “Then, Now and Beyond”. As self-evident, the theme afforded all the teams the opportunity to review the past and the present, and look to the future.
Sri Lanka CERT actively contributed to the success of several working groups for APCERT policy development and the development of a new operational framework. The purpose of this policy development and new operational framework development was to meet the new challenges facing the internet infrastructure in the region. Sri Lanka CERT CEO Lal Dias served as the pro tem Chairman in the election of a governing council for APCERT.
A public conference was also held soon after the Annual General Meeting. Several eminent personalities from around the world addressed the well-attended confab. There were three panel discussions in the conference. Sri Lanka CERT Principal Information Security Engineer Rohana Palliyaguru chaired one of them and the topic was "Malware, Hacking and Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)".
In a major outcome of the celebration, it was agreed by the group of participating countries that they work together offering more cooperation in identifying and stalling cyber threats. A software usable in dealing with such situations was made available to the participating CERTs which numbered about 30.
Caption (APCERT)Sri Lanka CERT Principal Information Security Engineer Rohana Palliyaguru addressing the APCERT conference
This article is carried in Weekend FT and Daily News of 6th and 8th April 2013.
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Country on path to ‘Smart Sri Lanka’– ICTA CEO
Country on path to ‘Smart Sri Lanka’– ICTA CEO
‘Sri Lanka is now journeying from version 1.0 to version 2.0 of Development Agenda, ‘Smart Sri Lanka’ moving from pure technology and focusing more on innovation, transformation, entrepreneurship and inclusion’. This was stated by ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) CEO Reshan Dewapura Tuesday (19) while participating as Chief Guest at the inauguration of IBMSoftwareUniverse2013 in Colombo. Organised by IBM Sri Lanka, this was the first ever ‘IBMSoftware held in Sri Lanka.
Delivering his keynote speech on the occasion, Dewapura explained to a full house at the Oak room at Cinnamon Grand, Colombo the buzz phrase ‘Smart Sri Lanka’: “In the spirit of this event, the IBM Software Universe, where we have heard much about a smarter planet, let’s refer to this version 2.0 of the e-Development Agenda as ‘Smart Sri Lanka’. Version 1.0 was e-Sri Lanka, and by coining this new phrase we are now moving above and beyond pure technology, and focusing more on innovation, transformation, entrepreneurship and inclusion”. Highlighting the differentiator component of the endeavour Dewapura said further: “ Benefitting from the latest advances in technology, more intelligence and smartness could be induced to the country, in all activities in all sections.
Director of Software Sales & Marketing, IBM India / South Asia, Jason Mosakowski , Director-IT, Agro Harapan Lestari Pvt. Ltd., Kevin de Silva, Country General Manager, IBM Sri Lanka, Chrishan M Fernando and, Head of Software Group, IBM Sri Lanka Channa de Silva also spoke at the inauguration session.
The Chief Guest gave an overview of Sri Lanka’s achievements in the ICT sector and shared with the conclave the future national ICT plans. The buzzword was ‘smarter’. Dewapura drew the attention of the audience attention to three focus areas both with regard to the past achievements and future hopes - Government, private sector and people. (Smart Government’, ‘Smart Jobs’ and ‘Smart People’).
Underlining the benefits of peace attained after many years Dewapura pointed out the path to achieve one of the challenges put forward in the ‘Mahinda Chinthana, Vision for the Future’.
While ensuring Government’s and ICTA’s commitment Dewapura emphasised that version 2.0 of the Development Agenda would contribute much for fulfilling the challenge of Sri Lanka becoming the regional knowledge hub.
The following is the full text of the keynote speech delivered by the ICTA CEO:-
Objective of IBM S/W Universe 2013
“It is indeed a great privilege for me, to have been asked to speak at this first-ever IBM Software Universe event, being held here in Sri Lanka. IBM is the oldest computer company to have been in existence in Sri Lanka, and, throughout the years, have contributed immensely to the Information and Communication Technology sector in this country. And like all technology companies, IBM has also gone through a huge transformation, and I believe one of the objectives of this event, is to demonstrate that transformation, and showcase the new IBM and its potential, here in this country.
Organisational transformation, key to success
This is of great importance, in an era, where organizational transformation is key to success, or even key to survival. On a personal level, I have been engaged with IBM in many ways, and in many forms almost all throughout my working career. So on behalf of the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka and also on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka, and also for me personally, I’m delighted to be here at this event and share a few thoughts on this subject.
‘Smarter’, buzzword in transformation
Now in the previous speakers’ addresses, we heard a great deal of information and many facets about ‘A Smarter Planet’ and how we can get there. Smart or smarter seems to be the buzzword in transformation, and I would also like to bring this notion, to a Sri Lankan context, and share a few thoughts on a ‘smart country’ concept, which we hope to take forward and implement in the future. This I believe is the natural continuation of the journey in ICT led transformation, which we embarked upon over 8 years ago. And to start off with, let me say a bit about this journey, and how far we have traversed in it, to date.
ICT – Information and Communication Technology is a powerful tool. It can make tremendous contributions as a tool for socio economic development, as a development accelerator in any sector, to boosting a country’s economy (specially in developing countries such as ours), and provide viable solutions to the problems of ordinary people, and help uplift their lives. ICT therefore came into the reckoning in National development plans of countries (again specially in developing countries).
Sri Lanka was no different, and back in 2005 we embarked on the e-Sri Lanka journey, an ambitious and pioneering e-Development agenda for the country, with the vision of taking the benefits of ICT to every citizen in every village, every business, and transforming the way government thinks and works.
This ground-breaking initiative has not only resulted in major and numerous achievements and successes in the field of ICT in Sri Lanka, but has also ensured that this sector has developed and matured tremendously in the last 6 to 7 years. As well as being a transformational tool, ICT is also a great leveler, as it brings in inclusivity for all our citizens, like nothing else can.
Three dimensions
I would like to look at the development in the ICT sector, in three dimensions. The Government, the private sector, and the people:
In government, the information infrastructure eco system is now in place for all government entities to forge ahead, in re-engineering and simplifying processes and developing automated systems, all to provide a better service delivery to citizens.
Cruial infrastructure systems
Crucial infrastructure systems such as the Lanka Government Network, the Lanka Gate and the Lanka Government Cloud, are all in place. The Lanka Government Network, connects up all government institutions in one cohesive and dedicated network, providing the connectivity for easy communication and for data transfer within government.
Lanka Gate
The Lanka Gate, is really a state of the art middleware infrastructure and a flagship project of ICTA. It functions as the service delivery platform for any government e-service. In addition, its front end is also the country portal, with a single window access to citizen services, and has many delivery channels including the mobile phone, which is now, an ever growing phenomenon in our entire country.
Lanka Government Cloud
The Lanka Government Cloud – which was provisioned last year, now provides infrastructure, platform and applications as a service to government, for hosting any government system, application, content or service, with-out the government organization having to spend on the infrastructure, themselves.
e-Population Register
Also on the enabling side, the e-Population Register has also been completed and launched, creating a single system to store all people related data, which is relevant to government. The e-Sri Lanka initiative has also successfully completed a critical number of re-engineering and automating activities, and e-services implementations, on behalf of the government, and many others are being worked on currently.
For the private sector, mature ICT platforms are now available to use as great transformational tools, for the progression and growth, of their industries and sectors. And for the ICT sector itself, the environment is conducive to maximize the opportunities in our country, as a global ICT destination.
Government interventions
The interventions from the government in terms of capacity building, encouraging quality certification, business linkages and market creation, all backed with the provision of substantial resources, has been key to the tremendous growth and development of the ICT industry. And this industry is now firmly on the path of being a critical growth pillar in the country’s development effort. The IT BPO Industry has become the 5th largest foreign exchange earner in the country at USD 475m p.a. and has generated over 50,000 new jobs in the last 6/7 years.
For the people, opportunities have been created and the stage is set to continue to use ICT for the betterment of the masses, the rural communities, and the disadvantaged and the under-privileged groups. Access to ICT for all through the now well known Nenasalas (the local tele-centres), the enabling of local language computing, the creation of local and localized applications, all these have bestowed untold benefits to many rural and specially marginalized and underserved communities. Over 200 ICT based community projects have helped/ continues to help rural / disadvantaged communities on regular basis. ICT literacy in the country has gone well above 40% from being around 4% only a decade ago.
These efforts have also gone a long way to spawn a local e-content creation industry in the country, which has now come to be recognized globally by winning international awards for innovative and impactful digital creations. The phenomenal penetration of the mobile phones in Sri Lanka (which is now over 100%) has brought-out another dimension to this thriving developer community, in producing pioneering mobile applications, and giving rise to a booming mobile content eco-system in the country, which has caught the eye of UNCTAD and has been showcased in the UNCTAD Information Economy Report 2012.
Future e-Development Agenda, version 2.0
So these are some of the achievements in the past, let’s move now to see what the future holds in this e-Development Agenda. What can we expect in the Future?
Sri Lanka today, reaping the benefits of post terrorism peace, is looking to transform itself to a dynamic global hub in the region, and more specifically from our point of view to a ‘Knowledge Hub’, in the region. Information and Communication Technology will always play a key role, and continuation of the many things I have mentioned earlier, or even the implementation of version 2.0 of the e-Development Agenda, will be the differentiator, or even trail blazer in this endeavor in becoming a Knowledge Hub.
Smart Sri Lanka
In the spirit of this event, the IBM Software Universe, where we have heard much about a smarter planet, let’s refer to this version 2.0 of the e-Development Agenda as ‘Smart Sri Lanka’. Version 1.0 was e-Sri Lanka, and by coining this new phrase we are now moving above and beyond pure technology, and focusing more on innovation, transformation, entrepreneurship and inclusion. Benefitting though, from the latest advances in technology, more intelligence and smartness can be induced to the country, in all activities in all sectors.
The aim is to provide a launch pad for Sri Lanka to become a knowledge economy and information society, and finally a knowledge hub. In order to get to a ‘Smart Sri Lanka’, activities will need to happen in three focus areas as before; in government, in the private sector, and in the citizenry. Albeit, with a much higher emphasis on concepts and activities which are, more than just technology led improvements. And again we can coin the phrases ‘Smart Government’, ‘Smart Jobs’ and ‘Smart People’ for these three focus areas.
Smart Government would leverage on the existing infrastructure eco-systems already put in place, and would use e-government services to demonstrate transparency, accountability, and participation. The continuation of re-engineering and automating government processes would take place until all the key public services are available electronically. This we believe would not only present tremendous benefit to the citizens and increase participation and usage, but would also improve the government’s revenue collection and expenditure management systems, not to mention boosting its planning, and management activities.
Latest e-Government concepts and trends such as cloud computing, Open data (albeit with appropriate sensitivity filtering), big data analysis, and mobility of application and content, should be fully embraced. With these new concepts, while contributing immensely to the transparency and accountability of government, citizens will be able to garner many benefits and would certainly make the government look smarter in their eyes.
Smart Jobs
Let’s move on to Smart Jobs. As Sri Lanka seeks to become a knowledge and innovation hub, a highly vibrant ICT services sector becomes a crucial enabler. In this context, Sri Lankan ICT industry’s core competences, which are, the highly sophisticated software development and the high-end knowledge-process-outsourcing come into play. This industry can be the catalyst in bringing global knowledge and demonstrating best practices in ICT products and services for the benefit of all sectors in Sri Lanka. It will also help to grow, develop and mature, the booming digital content industry in the country.
Investment in growing the capacity, capability and quality of the Sri Lankan workforce will play a key role in creating this demand. Empowering and increasing small and medium enterprises, and encouraging more and more public-private partnerships, especially with Industry bodies, will need to be pursued with greater force. In order to cater to the infrastructure demands, development of technology parks and implementation of state-of-the-art data centres will need to be carried out.
Innovation will be also required to ensure that the economic environment is conducive for attracting more Foreign Direct Investment, for the formation of Venture Capital companies, and for fostering of incubators. The eco-system needs to be set, to drive transformation of the ICT sector and other sectors with use of ICT. This is in order to continue the development and growth of smart jobs and smart employment opportunities, not to mention increasing the foreign exchange revenue for the country.
Smart People
Smart People are empowered people. We must use technology to encourage social capital, citizen participation, and digital inclusion. Increasing ICT literacy in the country to optimum levels will be important. Many modalities such as the Nenasalas, Schools and other education-delivery centers can be utilized for this purpose. These can also have engaging partnerships with the communities, to create entrepreneurs and entrepreneurships. The previously mentioned digital content, and specially the mobile content can be a key contributor in providing solutions and opportunities to people.
The Smart People concept also contributes to sustaining the peace that has been earned in our country with the greatest of efforts, and the greatest of sacrifices. ICT can contribute to peace in-away that nothing else can. It breaks down barriers that were there before, creates a true cyber class, and brings in that inclusivity, which is vital, for sustaining peace and harmony. And by making certain that all segments of our population are smart, greater peace can be sustained.
Smart City
And now I’d like to throw into this combination of a ‘Smart Government’, ‘Smart Jobs’ and ‘Smart People’, the concept of a ‘Smart City’. By combining all three of the above in more concentrated and highly focused manner in a small urban area, we can give light to the smart city concept.
From a technological point of view, the infrastructure systems of the city can be made more intelligent by the use of Information and communication technology. Utilities, transportation, traffic management and public services can all be made more efficient by the correct and incisive use of technology. From a government point of view, municipal services, citizen transactions can be transformed to provide great efficiencies and benefits to the city dwellers.
On the economic side, the smart city can provide a world class business environment, where investors would be delighted to come in, where entrepreneurship and innovation can thrive. With all this in place, the ‘smart-city’ can also be the centre of the ‘knowledge hub’ which I alluded to earlier, and be playing the prime role in spreading this phenomenon to the rest of the country.
Government’s commitment
So these are some of the thoughts of our visions for the future of a ‘Smart Sri Lanka’. I can confidently mention that, the Government of Sri Lanka is extremely focused and committed on these areas, and will continue to do its utmost to realize these goals. The commitment for this sector from the government is with-out limitations, and the ICT Agency is fully devoted to realizing this commitment.
IBM – supportive partner
Coming back to IBM, we are extremely happy and very thankful that, IBM has been a trusted and a supportive partner of ours through-out the years. They have contributed greatly to our journey, continues to do so, and I believe that more engaging partnerships will materialize in the near future. As a pioneer in this industry, I hope that IBM will continue to lead the way, and I’m also sure they are aware they have a key role to play in our successes.
To conclude, I’d like to mention, that the ICT Agency is privileged to be part of this event. I’m thankful to IBM, for giving me this opportunity to speak to you, and I wish the IBM Software Universe all success. I hope that all our endeavors will finally result in a Smart Sri Lanka for all of us. Thank you”.
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ICTA CEO Reshan Dewapura delivering his keynote speech as Chief Guest at the inauguration of IBMSoftwareUniverse2013 at Oak Room, Cinnmon Grand, Colombo on 19th March 2013.
ICTA CEO Reshan Dewapura delivering his keynote speech as Chief Guest at the inauguration of IBMSoftwareUniverse2013 at Oak Room, Cinnmon Grand, Colombo on 19th March 2013.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Nenasala Pranama - Swarna Sammana Award entry submission extended till April 26th!
නැණසල ප්රණාම - ස්වර්ණ සම්මාන 2013 ලිපි එවිය හැකි දිනය 2013 අප්රේල් මස 26 වන දින දක්වා දිර්ඝ කර ඇත
Nenasala Pranama - Swarna Sammana Award entry submission extended till April 26th!
நெனசல-அறிவக விருது விழா!!! - விண்ணப்பிப்பதற்கான காலவரை வரும் ஏப்ரல் 26ம் திகதி வரை நீட்டிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
Nenasala Pranama - Swarna Sammana Award entry submission extended till April 26th!
நெனசல-அறிவக விருது விழா!!! - விண்ணப்பிப்பதற்கான காலவரை வரும் ஏப்ரல் 26ம் திகதி வரை நீட்டிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
www.nenasalapranama.lk ...... >>>> කොහොමද ? ලියාපදිංචි වන්නේ / பதிவு செய்யவது எப்படி?
කොහොමද ? ලියාපදිංචි වන්නේ
பதிவு செய்யவது எப்படி?
1) ප්රථමයෙන් ඔබ වෙබ් අඩවියේ වම් පස Menu තිරුවේ , Create an account මත Click කරන්න.
இடது பக்க Login Form மெனுவில் கணக்கொன்றை உருவாக்குக (Create an account) பொத்தானை க்ளிக் செய்யவும்
2)ඔබට පහත සදහන් ආකාරයට පෝරමයක් දිස්වනු ඇත.
பதிவு செய்தல் திரையில் காட்சிப்படுத்தப்படும்.
ඔබගේ තොරතුරු ඇතුළත් කර එම පෝරමය සම්පුර්ණ කර Register අයිකනය මත Click කරන්න. ඔබට පහත සදහන් විස්තරය දිස්වනු ඇත.
தேவையான விவரங்களை உள்ளிட்டு படிவத்தை பூர்த்தி செய்து பதிவு செய்ய Register பொத்தானை கிளிக் செய்யவும்
3) ඔබ ලියාපදිංචිවිමේදි ලබාදුන් විද්යුත් ලිපිනයට ඔබගේ ලියාපදිංචිව තහවුරු කිරිම සදහා URL එක මතClick කරන්න.
தங்களது கணக்கு உருவாக்கிய பிறகு செயல்படுத்தும் இணைப்புURL நீங்கள் உள்ளிட்ட மின்னஞ்சல் முகவரிக்கு அனுப்பப்படும். செயல்படுத்தல் இணைப்பை கிளிக் செய்வதன் மூலம் நீங்கள் கணக்கை செயல்படுத்த முடியும்
4) දැන් ඔබට පරිශිලක නාමය (User Name ) හා මුරපදය (Password ) භාවිතා කරමින් වෙබ් අඩවියට පිවිසිය හැක
பயனர் பெயர் (User Name) மற்றும் கடவுச்சொல்லை (Password ) உள்ளிட்டு இணைய தளத்தை செயல்படுத்த முடியும்
5) මාර්ගෝපදේශයන් හා ආකෘති පත්රය භාගත කරගැනිම සදහා පහත සදහන් අදියරන් අනුගමනය කරන්න
இணையத்தில் உள்ளிடுவதன் மூலம் தங்களது கேள்வித்தாள் மற்றும் கையேட்டை பதிவிறக்கம் செய்து கொள்ளலாம்
6) මාර්ගෝපදේශයන් හා ආකෘති පත්රය භාගත කරගැනිම සදහා User Menu වෙහි Download Questionnaire & Guide Line මත Click කරන්න.
Download Questionnaire & Guide Line பொத்தானை கிளிக் செய்யவும்
7) ඔබට පහත සදහන් පරිදි පෝරමයක් දිස්වනු ඇත.
தேவையான விவரங்களை உள்ளிட்டு படிவத்தை பூர்த்தி செய்துகொள்ளவும்
8) නිවැරදි තොරතුරු ලබාදි , මෙම පෝරමය SAVE කල පසු, පහත සදහන් රුපයේ පරිදි Continueඅයිකනය මත Click කරන්න.
படிவத்தை நிரப்பிய பிறகு SAVE (சேமிக்க) பொத்தானை கிளிக் செய்து பின்பு Continue (தொடர்க) என்பதை கிளிக் செய்யவும்
9) පහත දැක්වෙන පරිදි ඔබට ආදාළ භාෂාගොනුවෙන් ආකෘති පත්රය එා මාර්ගපෝදේශකය භාගත කලහැක.
தங்களது தேவைக்கேற்ப தேவைப்படும் மொழி கோப்புறையிலுள்ள உள்ளடக்கங்களை பதிவிறக்கம் செய்யலாம்.
தங்களது தேவைக்கேற்ப தேவைப்படும் மொழி கோப்புறையிலுள்ள உள்ளடக்கங்களை பதிவிறக்கம் செய்யலாம்.
Monday, April 1, 2013
Intel offers ‘easy steps’ to ICTA’s Nenasalas
The Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA), today entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Intel Sri Lanka on the adoption of Intel Easy Steps. Intel Easy Steps is a basic technology literacy education programme, provided free of charge by Intel to governments and NGOs around the world, to train adult learners with little or no experience with computers. ICTA would be using this as the primary instruction module for fundamental technology education at its Nenasalas.
Sharing his thoughts on this momentous occasion, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology said, “Working with global technology leaders like Intel, ICTA has made commendable progress in improving the level of ICT awareness. With the help of Intel Easy Steps and the guidance of the ICTA team, I am sure that they could take this to the next level.”
Speaking at the event, ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) Chief Executive Officer Reshan Dewapura, said, “As the apex body involved in ICT policy and direction for the nation, we make every effort to boost the level of ICT literacy in the country.
Having seen how Intel Easy Steps has worked in other parts of the world, we have chosen to deploy it in Sri Lanka and look forward to seeing our ICT literacy numbers grow steadily. I would like to thank Intel for providing us with this tool and the necessary guidance to implement the project.”
“A research-based, practical tool, Intel Easy Steps training is relevant for adults with no prior computer experience. The Programme has been successfully adopted by 20 nations around the world and we at Intel are delighted to be able to contribute to Sri Lanka’s ICT literacy goals through this,” said Intel EM Limited- Sri Lanka Liaison office Country Business Manager Indika de Zoysa
Elaborating on the MoU, Indika de Zoysa added, “Through this collaboration, Intel will be providing an implementation toolkit which includes a comprehensive guide with information, instructions, etc.
An Intel Easy Steps Senior Trainer would conduct Train-the-Trainer sessions for the ICTA team. We would also provide them with a no-fee license access to course material comprising the basic course, a facilitation guide for trainers, an activity book, Intel? Education Help Guide, Intel PC Basics, an evaluation toolkit, and marketing templates.”
Source: http://www.itpro.lk/node/10816
දැයට කිරුළට නැණසල පරිගණක විද්යාගාරයක්
අති නවීන පහසුකම් වලින් සමන්විත නැණසල තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ විද්යාගාරයක් දැයට කිරුළ ජාතික ප්රදර්ශනයට සමගාමීව යෝජිත අම්පාර හාඩි තාක්ෂණික විශ්ව විද්යාලයේදී විවෘත කෙරේ.
පරිගණක විස්සකින් පමණ සමන්විත මෙම පරිගණක විද්යාගාරය සදහා සිංගර් ශ්රී ලංකා සමාගමේ සහ ඉන්ටෙල් සමාගමේ සහයෝගයද ලැබී තිබෙන බව ශ්රී ලංකා තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්ෂණ නියෝජිතායතනය පවසනවා.
දැයට කිරුළ ජාතික ප්රදර්ශනය නැරඹීම සදහා පැමිණෙන ජනතාවට මුලික පරිගණක දැනුම ලබා දීමට ද පියවර ගෙන තිබේ.
නියෝජිතායතනය විසින් ප්රදර්ශනයට එක් කර තිබෙන සිය ප්රදර්ශන කුටියේදී මේ සදහා වන පහසුකම් සලසා තිබේ.
පවුලේ සියළුම සමාජිකයින්ට කණ්ඩායමක් වශයෙන් සහභාගි වී මෙම පරිගණක දැනුම ලබා ගැනීමට හැකිවීම විශේෂත්වයක් බවද නියෝජිතායතනය පවසනවා.
තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්ෂණය පදනම් කර ගනිමින් ජනතාවගේ කටයුතු පහසුකර ගැනීම සදහා ක්රියාත්මක තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ ව්යාපෘති සහ වැඩසටහන් පිලිබදව ඩිජිටල් තිර යොදා ගනිමින් ජනතාව දැනුවත් කිරීමද ප්රදර්ශන කුටියේදී සිදු කෙරේ.
தகவல் தொடர்பாடல் தொழில்நுட்ப கருத்தமர்வு (ICT -Talks Session)
தகவல் தொடர்பாடல் தொழில்நுட்ப கருத்தமர்வு (ICT -Talks Session)
ICTA Srilanka நிறுவனம்
நுட்பம் -இலங்கை தமிழ் தகவல் தொழிநுட்ப அமையத்துடன் இணைந்து ஏற்பாடுசெய்துள்ள மேற்படி நிகழ்வு வருகின்ற ஏப்ரல் மாதம் 6 ம் திகதி சனிக்கிழமை மு.ப 10 மணி முதல் பி.ப 1 மணிவரை யாழ்ப்பாணத்தில் யாழ் வீரசிங்கம் மண்டபத்தில் நடைபெறும். இந்நிகழ்வானது அடுத்த நாள் பிள்ளையார் சுற்றுலா விடுதியில் நடைபெறவுள்ள தகவல்தொழில்நுட்பத்துறை நிறுவனங்களின் கண்காட்சி நிகழ்வின் முன்னோடி நிகழ்வாகும் . இந்நிகழ்வுக்கான உள்நுழைவு அனுமதி இலவசம். இங்கு பதிவு செய்வதன் மூலம் உங்களுக்கான இடத்தினை உறுதிசெய்து கொள்ளுங்கள்
கருத்துரைகள் (Talks)
1) Developer to CEO - A journey of Jaffna University Graduate
Mr Tharmarajah Suresh
CEO,Zillione ,Chairman of
FITIS(Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka)
2) Latest Trends in the IT/BPO Industry
Mr.S.Muralidharen
General Manager at Sampath IT
Solutions Limited
தகவல் தொழில்நுட்பத்துறையில் ஆரம்பத்தில் இருந்து முன்னேறி ஆசியாவின் முன்னணி தகவல் தொழில்நுட்பத்துறை நிறுவனமான Zillione நிறுவனத்தின் தலைமைப்பொறுப்பில் உள்ளவரும் இலங்கை தகவல் தொழில்நுட்ப தொழிற்துறை சம்மேளனத்தின் தலைவராகவும் உள்ள தமிழர் ஒருவரின் அனுபவப்பகிர்வினை அறிந்து கொள்ளவும் ,அப்படி நமது பிரதேசத்தில் இன்னும் இளைய தலைமுறையில் இருந்து புதியவர்கள் உருவாகுவதற்கான வழிகாட்டுதல்களை பெற்றுக்கொள்ளவும், இக்கருத்துரைகள் உதவிசெய்யும். புதிய தகவல் தொழில்நுட்ப நிறுவனங்களைஆரம்பிக்க விரும்பும் இளைய தலைமுறைக்கு இது ஆலோசனைக்களமாகவும் அமைந்திருக்கும்.
அதேவேளை தகவல் தொடர்பாடல் தொழிற்துறையின் தற்போதைய நிலையினையும் தொழில் நுணுக்கங்களையும் உலகளாவிய ரீதியில் இந்த தொழிற்துறையில் உள்ள வாய்ப்புக்களையும் போட்டித்தன்மைகள் பற்றியும் அவற்றினை எதிர்கொள்வது எப்படி என்பது பற்றியும் தற்போது தகவல் தொழில்நுட்பத்துறையில் கல்வி பயின்று கொண்டிருப்பவர்களும் தகவல் தொழில்நுட்ப தொழிற்துறையில் ஈடுபட்டிருக்கும் தொழில் முயற்சியாளர்களும் அறிந்துகொள்ளவேண்டிய தகவல்களையும் இக்கருத்துரைகள் வழங்க உள்ளமை குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.
ஆர்வலர்கள் குறிப்பாக தகவல் தொழில்நுட்பத்துறையினை தமது இலக்காக கொண்டுள்ள அனைவரும் அணி திரண்டு வந்து பயன் பெறுமாறு நுட்பம் அமையம் மற்றும்
ICTA Srilanka ஆகிய அமைப்புக்கள் கேட்டுக்கொள்கின்றன.
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