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Virtusa Corporation  (NAS: VRTU) , a global IT services company that combines innovation, technology leadership and industry solutions to transform the customer experience, today announced that the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) has named it a Best Ten leader for Entertainment and Media, a sub-list of the 2013 Global Outsourcing 100 list. This is the second time in four years that Virtusa has received this honor.

Sri Lanka is looking to give the freedom of getting inward payments through Paypal, a cost-effective global remittance and payments system that has helped boost e-commerce in many countries, Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said.

M. D. Gunasena the leading publisher, printer and bookseller together with Microimage and Etisalat, launched the “Book Hub Reader” an ebook reader, revolutionizing the publishing industry in Sri Lanka with new technology. The maiden device was handed over to veteran children's book writer and illustrator Kala Keerthi Sibyl Wettasinghe.

Participants at Google I/O Extended 2013 in Sri Lanka

The National Mobile Service Provider, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel hosted the live-streaming of the Google I/O Extended Conference in Colombo at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute today. The event, streamed live from San Francisco which commenced at 7pm on the 15th ran throughout the night with an overwhelming participation by Sri Lankan developers.

The purpose of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as ways to bridge the digital divide around the world. May 17th marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union. The theme for 2013 is ‘ICTs and improving road safety’.

Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), a global IT services company that combines innovation, technology leadership and industry solutions to transform the customer experience, today announced that it is now a Pegasystems Platinum Partner, Pegasystems’ highest partnership level. Pegasystems named Virtusa a Platinum Partner based on its success implementing large-scale, high-quality, complex BPM projects using Pegasystems’ BPM platform.

DMS Electronics, (DMSE) a pioneer ICT solutions provider in Sri Lanka, has successfully implemented the end-to-end networking solutions and cabling infrastructure at the People’s Leasing & Finance (PLC) head office building in Borella.

In recent times, Sri Lanka has seen a tremendous boom in the IT/BPO and Knowledge Service industry, which is marked to be one of the top revenue earners for the country. It is estimated that the industry will grow and become a billion dollar industry by 2016 and is currently among the top 20 outsourcing destinations.

The TRCSL ventured in exploring the possibility of extending its broadband QoS of fixed broadband services to remote locations to check whether the subscribers are receiving the same level of service as observed by the TRCSL at its monitoring unit.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, hosted an advanced trade finance seminar in Colombo last week to train bankers from Sri Lanka and Maldives on using sophisticated trade finance products, to better serve small entrepreneurs engaged in international trade.

The inaugural MongoDB meet up of the Colombo user group organized by Ensizon PVT Ltd was held on 3rd of May 2013 at HDPL with around 30 enthusiastic participants. During an era where no one speaks about no-sql databases Ensiz took the initiation to create a user group to share the knowledge and convince the industry about MongoDB which is a no-sql database.

For the first time in Sri Lanka, the National Mobile Service Provider, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel along with the country’s national carrier – SriLankan Airlines offers customers the opportunity to reserve airline tickets via mobile phone. Expanding on Mobitel’s mTicketing platform, this collaboration breaks new ground, and makes it the only entity to offer this facility in the country.

Minister of Education, Hon. Bandula Gunawardena met with the winners of the Sri Lanka Science and Engineering Fair (SLSEF) 2013, Pasindu Wijesena from Ananda College, Colombo, Subhash Gamage and Rakhitha Malewana from Nalanda College, Colombo, and the runner up, Dinesh Kapuge from Mihintala Maha Vidyalaya, Mihintalaya, prior to their departure to the US to participate in the annual Intel International Science and Engineering Fair from the 12th through 17th of this month.

DMS Electronics (DMSE), together with Hewlett-Packard hosted a gathering of CXOs to a session on Cloud solutions under the theme ‘Transforming the Datacenter’ recently. The thought-leadership session explored problems with the current approach to cloud computing faced by organizations and highlighted the importance of choosing the best cloud solution.

Bhasha Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, well-known as Bhasha was founded by Dhanika Perera, a young Sri Lankan entrepreneur in 2011 when he was an undergraduate at University of Moratuwa & existed as a fully Virtual Company for more than one & half years. Introducing the concept of Virtual Companies to Sri Lanka, Bhasha successfully operated as a Virtual Company with all part-time employees including its CEO & innovated a number of Award-winning local language software products & recognized by several Global & National Awards. The mBillionth South Asian Mobile Award (2011), e-Swabhimani National Award (2011 & 2012) & National Best Quality Software Award (NBQSA 2012) were some of the Awards won by them.

In keeping with the projected demand, the tourism sector of Sri Lanka has set an ambitious growth target of 22,500 additional hotel rooms by 2016 – a required CAGR of 7.4%. While a few large hotel chains have entered the market, many mid and small tier operators (20-100 rooms) are opening properties at a rapid pace.  Destination management companies are actively looking to enhance their strategies to position the unique product we have to offer the world and compete aggressively with other Asian options. Positioning Sri Lanka as the best option in front of our target market, enhancing REVPAR (revenue per available room ) and delivering a consistent guest experience have been identified as the key challenges of growth.

We are pleased to announce that the International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer2013) will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 12th to 15th December 2013. ICTer2013 is IEEE co-sponsor conference and it is the successor to the seminal International Information Technology Conference (IITC) held in Sri Lanka since 1998.

Amana Takaful PLC, the pioneering Takaful provider in Sri Lanka along with its subsidiaries signed up with Saberion (Pvt) Ltd as their preferred web solutions partner. With ventures in insurance, investments and asset management the Amana Takaful Group is now focused on providing a more holistic customer service experience online and by working with Saberion, the company is keen to redefine the online experience of its discerning clientele.
Having recently launched new web solutions for Amana Global (www.amanaglobal.com), Amana Takaful (www.takaful.lk) and Amana Maldives (www.takaful.mv), the Saberion solutions offer a streamlined brand experience and a range of online services to its customers.

Source www.outsourcemagazine.co.uk

By Dr. Arul Sivagananathan

Traditionally Sri Lanka’s export income was earned through tea (the world-famous Ceylon Tea), rubber and coconut until apparel and tourism became big earners. With the end of the 25-year war, tourism seems set to be a bigger foreign currency earner than ever before. However the country is yet to realise its full potential in the hospitality industry.

DMS Software Technologies (Pvt) Ltd (DMSSWT), a Gold Level Member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), successfully completed the implementation of the Oracle E-Business Suite solution at Continental Insurance Lanka Limited. The new system has substantially helped the company increase efficiency and accuracy in its many financial transactions.

The TRCSL ventured in exploring the possibility of extending its broadband QoS of fixed broadband services to remote locations to check whether the subscribers are receiving the same level of service as observed by the TRCSL at its monitoring unit.

By Ranga Sirilal, Shihar Aneez

Sri Lanka's top mobile phone operator Dialog Axiata will roll out the country's first mobile 4G LTE network, sealing the deal with a 3.2 billion Sri Lanka rupees ($25.22 million) bid at auction, authorities said on Thursday.

Virtusa Corporation (NAS: VRTU) , a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that combines innovation, technology leadership and industry solutions to transform the customer experience, today announced that the CRF Institute has named it one of Britain's Top Employers for the third consecutive year.

The monthly Colombo Selenium Meetup was held on the 20th March at the 99X Technology office, where over 50 participants from the industry took out time to listen to Sahan Serasinghe, on his views on Desktop Test Automation talking about a developed testing tool called “CodedUI” which is easy to use with its range of features followed by a very interactive Q & A Session.

Sahan conducting the presentation

Bringing together the Principals and teachers from across the island, the Ministry of Education together with Intel Sri Lanka hosted the e-Village Forum 2013 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute on 21st March 2013. Showcasing the most successful ICT projects initiated in their respective schools, the event provided a unique opportunity for people from e-Villages to interact and learn from one another.