Entertainment and automobile industries:

Ridgecrest introduces 2 web solutions

Gamini WARUSHAMANA

Ridgecrest, a leading software company introduces two new web solutions to the entertainment and automobile industries in Sri Lanka.

“One stop ticket shop” an online ticket booking solution targets the entertainment industry in Sri Lanka. The new solution will be launched next week with the Ceylon Theatres enabling people to book their cinema tickets through internet via www.ticketslk.com.

The chief technology officer of Ridgecrest Sanath Fernando said that this new technology will address some issues the film industry has faced today. It removes the inconvenience the people face in booking tickets and provide information they need.

A viewer can find the films that are screened or coming in the future, details of the film such as the director, main actor and actress, the awards won, commentaries on the films and then decide which film to watch. Then he can select the theatre and see the seating arrangement of the theatre, the seats that have already been booked. Then he can select the seats he wants and pay the fee online by using credit cards. This solution will cover all the cinema and drama theatres, sports stadiums even in the rural areas in the future. The mobile application of the solution will also be available and people can book tickets through their mobile phones as well, Fernando said. www.autoslk.com web solution provides all the information relevant to your vehicle and update and keep the records.

The information that will be provided by the solution are the repairs done, parts replaced, date of repair or service, insurance and licence details. The system will inform you the date your insurance policy or licence end and details of spare parts vendors. Fernando said that both of these solutions will evolve adding more features. Fernando said that the objective of the introduction of these new technology goes beyond mere profit.

This will generate revenue for us but our broader objective is to include Sri Lanka on the web and showcase how Sri Lanka is technologically advanced.

The country is making a big effort to develop the IT sector and the government invests huge money on it. This year has been declared as the year of IT and English. Investments go to rural areas as well and there are 600 Nenasala rural IT centres and the governments ambition is to increase it to 1000. However, there are issues that cannot be solved only by these investments. These investments are under utilised and from 54 Nenasala centres we observed, only 10 used internet.

Fernando said that the content in the internet is an issue and though there is internet connection the users should be able to make their life easy with the technology. Our objective is to improve the content on the web that make the lives of our people easier and increase IT usage, he said.