Category: Technology
Decisions under Sri Lanka’s Megapolis are ad-hoc: Prof Kumarage
Apr 08, 2016 (LBO) – Decisions and actions under Sri Lanka’s Megapolis have been ad-hoc and have not received sufficient debate and evaluation, a transport sector expert charged. Professor Amal Kumarage, a senior professor at Moratuwa University, speaking at a Verité Research seminar said the Megapolis initiative is based on unsustainable high-cost and long-term solutions. […]
Public sector, access to services being transformed, says Sri Lanka ICTA official
Apr 08, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) is deploying a wide range of initiatives to modernize the island’s laggard public sector and improve access to government services, an official said. Technology is being enhanced, from local government to ministries, while reams of data in pensions and social welfare programs […]
WhatsApp activates encryption, support for old mobiles to end
Apr 06, 2016 (LBO) – Cross-platform messaging client WhatsApp who turned seven years old this week has enabled end-to-end encryption for users of its latest app. End-to-end encrypted messages can only be read by the intended recipients and from now on the encryption is automatically on by default. The idea is simple: when you send […]
Sri Lanka to formulate 25 year electricity sector master plan with JICA
Apr 04, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is planning to develop a comprehensive electricity sector master plan of 25 years for the generation, transmission and distribution development for the whole country with JICA support. The project will cover the consideration of new technical challenges which Ceylon Electricity Board as an implementing organization may face by […]
Virtusa rolls out ‘Future Architects’ Program
Apr 04, 2016 (LBO) – Virtusa Corporation, a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company, announced the ‘Future Architects’ program with the aim of enhancing the skills of their senior consultants and enabling them to make the transition. The role of a software architect today stretches beyond core technical activities to being a strategic, business oriented consultant, the […]
Chatbots and artificial intelligence is our future, says Microsoft CEO
March 31, 2016 (LBO) – The worlds future will be chatbots, machine learning and artificial intelligence, Microsoft Chief Executive, Satya Nadella said kicking off the company’s Build developers conference. “Bots are the new apps,” Nadella was quoted as saying on USA Today during keynote address at the Microsoft BUILD developers conference in San Francisco. People-to-people conversations, people-to-digital assistants, […]
Microimage takes HR into a Digital Era at HCM 2016
Mar 31, 2016 (LBO) – “Disrupt or be disrupted” was the key message delivered by Harsha Purasinghe at a Microimage HCM event, held on Wednesday. He urged his audience of industry CEOs and HR Managers to face challenges that are changing the way businesses must operate, at which point he unveiled the groundbreaking Microimage HCM […]
Foxconn buys controlling stake in Sharp Corporation
Mar 31, 2016 (LBO) – Foxconn Technology Group, a Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturing company, yesterday acquired a controlling stake in Japanese multinational Sharp Corporation. The 389 billion yen (3.4 billion dollar) deal will give Foxconn Group a 66 percent stake in Sharp and this will be the largest acquisition by a foreign company in Japan’s […]
Sri Lanka technology pioneers to speak at “LBR LBO Enterprise Summit 2016”
Mar 31, 2016 (LBO) – Despite being a developing country, Sri Lanka has created a number of technology leaders and innovators of international repute. When we consider that basic infrastructure is lacking in some parts of the island, this is a contradiction. And yet, Sri Lankans are familiar with this contradiction. Pioneers such as Kris […]
Virtusa, Hitachi enters into strategic partnership to offer disruptive business solutions
Mar 30, 2016 (LBO) – Virtusa Corporation, a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company and Hitachi Limited announced yesterday that they have agreed on a global strategic partnership. Hitachi and Virtusa will leverage their core competencies, industry IT solutions and leadership to provide joint services to their global clients and the broader market. They […]
Toyota Lanka unveils future technology at ‘Future World’ exhibition
Toyota Lanka announced a pioneering Future World Exhibition on Toyota Automotive Technology held on 29th and 30th March 2016 at the Sri Lanka Exhibition & Convention Centre (SLECC). The first-ever comprehensive motor technology exhibition of its kind to be held in the country, Future World is open to all existing, potential and future customers and […]
Huawei launch experience store in Sri Lanka
March 28, 2016 (LBO) – Huawei, launched a new Experience Store at Majestic City, Colombo allowing its customers a more personal experience when purchasing their smartphone and accessories. “We remain committed to Sri Lanka, and the opening of the Huawei Experience Store in Colombo exemplifies our focus to offer the best quality service and accessibility to […]