Datasoft, eGeneration win global awards

Local tech firm Datasoft Manufacturing and Assembly (DMA) Inc won the outstanding ICT company award from the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) for its Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City plant.

The plant is a pioneer in the Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in Bangladesh. DMA has introduced its own cloud-based solution to retain private data in Bangladesh for all of its IoT projects at the plant.

Tokyo-based ASOCIO is a grouping of ICT industry associations representing the Asian-Oceania region.

Established in July 2017, DMA Inc is a dedicated technology solutions company with focus on raising productivity and efficiency by using renewable energy-based digital devices and laptops.

“This is an incredible achievement for us as well as the country,” said Hasan Rahman Ratan, managing director of DMA Inc.

“ASOCIO was impressed by seeing our portfolio as within only two years we exported IoT devices to Saudi Arabia and are working with the American school security system.”

At present, 25 engineers are working at the plant, which DMA Inc plans to increase to 150 by next year, he added.

Mahboob Zaman, a pioneer ICT entrepreneur of the country, is the chairman of the board of DMA Inc.

Another Bangladeshi company eGeneration won the award in the ‘outstanding user organisation’ category for successfully implementing IT solutions in more than ten countries.

Its Executive Vice Chairman SM Ashraful Islam received the award in the event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Monday.

About the award Shameem Ahsan, chairman of eGeneration, said they are working to digitise the traditional system.