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The three commonly touted benefits to free and open source software (FOSS) in government are: (a) that it is inexpensive and so demonstrates that a government agency is being fiscally responsible and using taxpayer monies frugally, (b) that it avoids a government agency getting “locked in” to a commercial supplier, and (c) that it can [...]

I developed the TADA framework after a number of years witnessing technology-oriented projects and programs in the international development arena failing due to their strong bias towards only technological artefacts – i.e. desktops, notebooks, servers, software, web sites, etc. As ICT was viewed by commercial organisations throughout the 1990′s and perhaps up to the ‘dot [...]

Dr. Yumita, the Executive Engineering Director of NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai, in English, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation) was a panel member in the last session of the ITU World Telecom 2009 Conference. During the panel discussion he outlined his vision for the next generation of TV currently in development. He explained that Japan is working [...]

This morning’s session on Green ICT at the ITU World Telecom Conference (Geneva) was hosted by an exceptional panel of international business leaders including the CEO of Ericsson Mr Hans Vestberg. The discussion converged rapidly to two main points: (a) ICT itself, as an industry sector, can contribute to global reduction in greenhouse gas emissions [...]

I arrived in Geneva this morning greeted by blue skies, an azure Lake and a gentle, warm summer breeze – oh and Aziz a very friendly and helpful taxi driver! I spent most of the morning discussing international trends in ICT and how developing and emerging economies are (or are not) observing these trends with [...]