Tech Happening

Round table discussion held to enhance the IT scenario of Bangladesh

Recently the Daily Ittefaq and startup Dhaka hosted a round table discussion together to create a Silicon Valley environment in Bangladesh. Ms. Tarin Hossain, executive director in charge of www.clickittefaq.com moderated the discussion. Mr. Junaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister for ICT Division, Mr. Shamim Ahsan, President of BASIS, Mr. Fayaz Taher, Co-Founder of Startup Dhaka, Mr. Bickey Russell, Head of Agency Development, Google USA, Mr. SM Ashraful Islam, Executive Director of BCC, Mr. AHM Mahfuzul Arif, President of Bangladesh Computer Samity, and Mr. Hasan Benaul Islam, A2i's Communication expert and Mr Saidur Mamun Khan, Bangladesh Country Manager of Elance-Odesk and Mr Christian Prokopp: Principal Consultant, Big Data Partnership participated in the discussion.

IT based manufacturing process to lead the pharmaceutical industry

Technology & Business Solutions (TBS), a pharmaceutical automation company, recently unveiled a research white paper titling: 'Enhancing Quality and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) by Leveraging Technology and Software'. The paper detailed the benefits of automated system i.e. reducing cost of business, improve manufacturing quality, reduce time to product release, introduce new products, comply with more regulatory requirements, withstand audits and most importantly reduce patient risk.  It also discusses the Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) and how IT can help to adhere these best practices' more accurately.

Wikipedia awareness campaign in Dhaka University

Wikipedia, world's largest open encyclopedia, recently held an awareness campaign in Dhaka University. The campaign was held with a view to aware the students of DU about registering and enriching the local contents. This particular outreach program was held as part of Bangla Wikipedia's ten year celebration.