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BCS Lanka section most successful -Membership Director

By Jayampathy JAYASINGHE

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The British Computer Society (BCS) Sri Lanka Section held its National Best Quality Software Awards 2008 for the 10th occasion at the Water's Edge at Battaramulla.

The Membership Director of the British Computer Society of the United Kingdom John Orton was the chief guest.

Chairman BCS Sri Lanka Section, Sujeewa Dissanayake said 40 products from 31 companies including those from five universities and tertiary education institutes competed for the awards this year.

The difficult task of selecting the winners was done by a panel of judges from the industry and the academia.

He said the British Computer Society Sri Lanka Section was active since 1996 and has 4,000 IT professionals, students, members and 150 IT practising chartered members.

Dr. Madurasinghe, the former chairman of the BCS Sri Lanka section initiated the event in 1998 to showcase and benchmark Sri Lankan software.

"As an IT professional I like to encourage all participants to develop more and more world-class products with high quality standards to penetrate the international markets."

The British Computer Society (BCS) of UK, which represents those who work in the information technology was set up in 1957. It was incorporated by a Royal Charter in 1984 which has a worldwide membership of over 65,000 members.

BCS, UK is a qualifying body for Chartered IT professionals.

The award ceremony was sponsored by Microsoft, Dialog, Bank of Ceylon, Intel, IFS and others.

Orton said Sri Lanka was important for the British Computer Society (BCS) as much as BCS was to Sri Lanka.

"I believe there will be more to each other's growth in the coming years. Sri Lanka was the most successful section of all sections.

This was my second visit to Sri Lanka and was delighted to be here, he said.

The following are the winners of the National Best Quality Software Awards - 2008 organised by the BCS Sri Lanka

Overall

Bronze - Epic Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. for " EPIC Dial a Bank Management System"

Silver - Dialog Telekom (PLC) for "RapidEz"

Gold - Microimage Mobile Media (Pvt) Limited for "Microimage vStation"

General Applications category

Silver - X-ONT Software for "Omox Geoware"

Financial Applications category

Gold - Epic Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. - "EPIC Dial a Bank Management System"

E-Government and Services Category

Silver - Sanje Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. for "Form - less Document Systems (Document Management Solution)"

Security Applications Category

Silver - Golden Key Software Solutions Ltd. for "TEF Workflow Solution (Using PKI Technology)"

Gold - Epic Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. - "SecureData"

Industrial Applications Category

Bronze - Excel Technology Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. for "QMark Design Commander"

Industrial Applications Category

Silver - Epic Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. for "Mobile Enterprise Automation (MEA) Solution"

Media and

Entertainment Category

Gold - Microimage Mobile Media (Pvt) Ltd. for "Microimage vStation"

Bronze - X-ONT Software (Pvt) Ltd. for "X-ONT CellMagix"

Communications

Applications Category

Gold - WaveNET International (Pvt) Ltd. for "Video Suite"

Start-up Category

Bronze - Lunar Technologies (Pvt) Ltd. for "MDS (Multi-Disease Surveillance)"

Silver - Cinergix Research (Pvt) Ltd. for "Creately"

In-house Application Category

Merit - Union Assurance PLC for "Click&Go - Motor Insurance Policy Issuance Via Web"

Merit - Sampath Bank PLC for "Sampath eRemittance System"

Bronze - Dialog Telekom (PLC) for "M-Points"

Silver - Nations Trust Bank (PLC) for "Collect Module"

Gold - Sampath Bank (PLC) for "Credit Approval System"

Education and Training Category

Bronze - University of Colombo School of Computing for "e-BIT"

Silver - AKLOInformation Technologies (Pvt) Ltd. for "VIDLO - University Management System"

Research and

Development

Category

Bronze - Hatton National Bank for "KPI Wizard System"

Silver - Science Land Software (Pvt) Ltd. for "Interoperable Transliteration Software"

Gold - Dialog Telekom (PLC) for "RapidEz"

Tourism and

Hospitality Category

Gold - S. P. Solutions (Pvt) Ltd. for "Holidasia - Destination Management Platform"

Tertiary Category

Merit - Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology for "Mobile Wallet Enabled Value added service - Car park Reservation system"

Merit - University of Moratuwa - "FEDi - Federated Identity Framework for Web Services"

Merit - University of Moratuwa for "Rampart2"

Bronze - University of Colombo School of Computing for "Web Media Agent"

Silver - University of Colombo School of Computing for "Community Mobile Network (COMONet)"

Gold - Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology for "Knowledge And Memory Centralizing Approach (KAMZA 2008)"

Life Time Achievers Award

Dr. Deleepa De Silva

Microsoft Award

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology for "Knowledge and Memory Centralising Approach (KAMZA 2008)"

Lanka joins Internet bidding

Singer Sri Lanka launched the Internet auction site to enable customers to join the world of bidding and competing as in other established auction sites.

Chairman, Singer Sri Lanka, Hemaka Amarasuriya said while online auction sites have been internationally well established, Sri Lanka has been late in joining the world of Internet bidding.

The site is already operational and has been designed with the latest safety and data protection systems to ensure online payments are safe and secure.

Bids will start at a reserve price set below the retail selling price. The auctions will be time bound giving the bidders two weeks to up their bids and claim the coveted products.Payments have to be made by credit cards.

Low Internet and credit card penetration have dissuaded local companies from launching online auction sites along the lines of Eday and Prosper.

"Singer is confident that the auction site will be a successful innovation introduced to the retail spectrum in the country", Amarasuriya said. LF

Latest Genius gaming range launched

The latest Genius gaming products have been introduced at the IT accessory showroom "Leader" at the Unity Plaza.

The new additions are Joystic Genius Game Pad G 12U Vibration USB, Joystic Genius Wheel 3 Vibration, Maxfire minipad V2 and Look 313 Media designed specifically to connect the gaming enthusiasts, creating a live experience.

CEO Leader M. M. M Thufail said, "we reiterate Leader's reputation of stocking the best of the breed brands to satisfy consumer needs in computing, education, entertainment and more with Genius, a global brand with stringent quality assuring procedures".

"Leader enables its consumers to experience digital innovations under one of the world's most prestigious brands and through this venture consumers will be exposed to a whole new experience. These products cater to people from all walks of life".