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Microsoft Technology Enables Online Unified Identity Verification Services for 3 Million Citizens and Residents of Kuwait

The Kuwait Authority for Civil Information PACI required a Web-based authentication gateway to verify the identity of citizens online. It is to be used by both public sector organizations including banks and telecommunications providers through a simple browser interface. e-Pin is a web service developed for PACI by MCS. This...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Corp., Kuwait, e-Pin, E-government, Channel Management, Microsoft Development Tools, Web Services, Security, Government, Marketing, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2007-06-08

International Logistics Company Supports Global Expansion With New Desktop Software

Agility in Kuwait wanted to support its migration to an international service-delivery platform with a new standardised infrastructure for more than 450 offices worldwide. With an imminent move to global - rather than country-based - data centres, the company decided to join the Rapid Deployment Programme for the 2007 Microsoft...

Tags: Software, Desktop, Desktop Software, Logistics, Microsoft Corp., Kuwait, Supply Chain, Business Structures, Business Operations, Finance

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Microsoft Technology Enables PACI's Online Single Sign on Unified Verification Gateway Service "ePin" for State of Kuwait

Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information PACI released a Web service developed on the Microsoft .NET Framework using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. The new service, called ePin.Net, enables government departments and private organizations to securely verify the identity of citizens and customers online without having to create their own identity...

Tags: Gateway Inc., Microsoft Corp., Kuwait, E-business, E-government, Web Technology, Microsoft Development Tools, E-business/E-Commerce, .Net, Government, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Internet

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Additional Resources

Any chance our student data could be consistent?

Any chance our student data could be consistent?Analyzing Data fromTestsChris,Download the openIntel data model from os4ed.com and out your data in there for analysis using any of the free reporting tools available. (BIRT, Pentaho, Jasper, etc.) The data model was designed by Maurice Frank, the creator of the...

Tags: Business intelligence, Databases, Storage, data model, student data, data warehouse

Discussion threads 2008-10-16

Where are my class lists?

Where are my class lists?Madness i tell ya. People dont get it.. old people especiallyALOT of people here still print out EMAILS! THEY PRINT OUT EMAILS! i about fell over the first time i saw it happen. I then questioned the user who said she could...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, class list, SiS

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Food Company Automates Processes and Predicts 30 Per Cent Increase in Productivity

A leading food service provider in Kuwait, Kout Food Group wanted to support its fast-expanding operations with effective information and business process management. It worked with a Microsoft partner to build an intranet portal based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. As a result, employees can share information within seconds,...

Tags: Business Process, Food, Microsoft Corp., Operational Planning, Food & Beverage, Portals, Business Process Automation, Business Operations, Manufacturing, Internet, It Operations

Case studies 2008-07-01

Interview: Alex Wiley, creator of the gold MacBook

In October 2007 an outfit called Computer Choppers gave us the 24-karat gold-plated MacBook Pro (15-inch) complete with diamond-studded Apple logo. Now comes the gold MacBook Air pictured with multi-colored sapphires in the Apple logo. Computer Choppers offers the following plating ...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Jewelry, Notebooks, Computer, Productivity, Computer Choppers, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, O, W

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Zimbra adds offline access, instant messaging

Yahoo suitor Microsoft probably isn't looking for an open source collaboration suite with native email, contacts, calendar, and task synchronization to Outlook 2007, but the object of its affection just happens to have one. Zimbra, which Yahoo acquired in September 2007 for about $350 million in cash,...

Tags: IM, Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, Zimbra Desktop, E-mail, Microsoft Outlook, Open Source, Online Communications, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-02-04

Could the 'War of the Worlds' scare happen today?

Could the 'War of the Worlds' scare happen today?Manipulating the massesThe 'war of the worlds is old ha't. The greatest scam of the modern age is "The War On Terror". Can I suggest "The Northwoods Project" as preliminary reading to watching "Zeitgeist", "Loose Change" and "9/11 Mysteries". Then ask yourself...

Tags: scare, 9/11 commission

Discussion threads 2007-10-31

Sensors promise to aid in utility demand management

Green tech company BPL Global brings a new twist to the term "remote control." The Pittsburgh-based startup is behind a pilot program in California called Easy Green that aims to cut energy consumption through the use of sensor technology installed in homes. In partnership...

Tags: Theory, Installation, Sensor, Keith Schaefer, Irrigation District, Broadband Over Power Line, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2007-10-08

Wi-Fi phones a no-go, Siemens says

Wi-Fi phones a no-go, Siemens saysVonage and T-Mobile Wi-Fi PhonesI owned a Vonage Wi-Fi phone made by UTStarcomm. It was a dismal failure. I travelled from my home in Colorado last year and it didn't work anywhere because there are virtually no free wi-fi spots available. I...

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, Siemens AG, phone, T-Mobile

Discussion threads 2007-06-28

No iPhone for me, thanks to AT&T!

Not content to simply spy on Americans without a warrant, AT&T has taken a bold move forward and decided to work with the MPAA and RIAA two of the most hated organizations on the planet, to eliminate copyrighted materials being transmitted between parties on their network.Tip o' the hat to...

Tags: Apple, Copyright, DRM, Internet Companies, VOIP, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-06-14

WiFi is the open source technology of the decade

WiFi is the open source technology of the decadeIts free market vs govtYou miss the point, it is government regulation that gives you fewer choices. You are correct that the FCC is political--they have little to do with technology.The spectrum auction process is cash cow for government. The...

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Vertical industries, Wi-Fi, industry, open source, FCC, government

Discussion threads 2007-06-13

Democrats seize control of House

Democrats seize control of HouseThe article is incorrect!It states that the Democrats must win 1 of the 2 races to gain control of the Senate when in fact they must win both! If they win only one then it is a tie and the Vice-president who is a Republican...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, U.S. Senate

Discussion threads 2006-11-08

Arabic Radio & TV Player (rar)

A Radio and TV player, including only Arabic radio stations and tv channels from Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, and other Arab countries. Choose any station or channel from the list and click Play Radio or Play Channel, the software will open the selected station or channel in the Windows Media...

Tags: Channel, Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Music, Digital Media, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-10-05

U.S. urges countries to turn down heat on Apple

U.S. urges countries to turn down heat on AppleHow is removing stupid DRM....How is removing DRM from iTunes bad? :P DRM in nature is bad for the consumer because they are STUCK with only playing their mp3s on their iPOD unless they use 3rd party software to actually let...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Vertical industries, Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., government, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2006-09-13

BEA Systems Case Study: Q8 Italy

Kuwait Petroleum International, under its 'Q8 sails' brand, refines and markets fuel, lubricants and other petroleum derivatives to a diverse customer base across Europe. Q8 needed to be able to respond quickly and efficiently to business change and lower operational and maintenance costs by setting up unified processes - both...

Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Application Servers, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Middleware, Financial Services, Software

Case studies 2005-11-22

Gulf States PC market unit shipments up 40% in 2004

The PC market of the six Gulf Cooperation Council GCC countries passed the 1 mln unit mark in 2004. According to IDC, unit shipments rose by nearly 40% to more than 1.13 mln units while revenue rose 34% to more than $1.27 bln. A surge in oil prices pumped money...

Tags: Gulf Cooperation Council, International Data Corp.

Blog posts 2005-09-01

CA's unified security management architecture

CA's unified security management architectureCross-Vendors XML extensionI claim to have a good understanding and experience with CA eTrust Security Management Architecture, and find it a big step in simplifying the complexity of the identity and access management requirements. As CA approach and Architecture shows a very good understanding and how...

Tags: security, Computer Associates International Inc., security management architecture, security management

Discussion threads 2005-02-28

Democrats allege e-voting problems in Ohio

Democrats allege e-voting problems in OhioGee....just in too late a time. Let me guess: they'll say that FOUR years from now things will be corrected again, after we had been reassured that this election would be free of the criminal shenanigans that the last one brought us. America has totally...

Tags: Jacob G. Hornberger, immigration control, Jews, CO., World War II, e-voting

Discussion threads 2005-01-06