AZG Armenian Daily #172, 21/09/2007
Information Technologies
"VIASPHERE" TECHNICAL PARK RECOGNIZED THE BEST IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
IT Months Becoming Tradition in Armenia
This year the "IT Month" will last longer than the previous one; it
was launched on September 13 and will last until the end of
October. According to Armen Grigorian, the head of the Prime
Minister’s Council for IT Development, the IT Month is aimed at
increasing the role of the government in the process of development of
the IT sphere in Armenia.
The IT Month is organized by the Council for IT Development, the IT
Foundation of Armenia, the Enterprise Incubator Foundation, the IT
Enterprizes Union, the UNIDO, the UNDP "Competitive Private Sector in
Armenia" program, and the "Microsoft" and "Sun Microsystems"
companies.
In the frameworks of the "IT Month" event the fifth symposium
dedicated to the Electrotechnics and Radioelectronics International
Institute and the presentation of the "Real advantages of Microsoft
Windows" program have been already held.
An agreement about realizing joint education programs has been signed
between the Enterprise Incubator Foundation and the "National
Instruments" company, USA. At present the "ECAbit 2007" international
innovation symposium (September 20-21) and the "Imagine Cup – Armenia"
competition of young programmers are being held.
The last event of the IT Month shall become the international
"DigiTech 2007" exhibition, October 26-28.
The director executive of the "Synopsis-Armenia" company Rich Goldman
said that the IT sphere is the future of Armenia. Armenia can get the
supremacy in this sphere; therefore there is much to do. Head of the
Enterprise Incubator Foundation Bagrat Engibarian stated that the IT
Month of 2007 remarkably differed from the previous ones both by its
quantity and quality indexes. He emphasized the activity of the
Enterprise Incubator Foundation and "Viasphere" in the region of South
Caucasus.
Head of "Viasphere" technical park Aram Vardanian informed that over
30 companies, structures and services are quartered at present at the
technical park. Due to "Synopsis" the number of the employees of
"Viasphere" reached 800. According to data provide by the World Bank,
"Viasphere" is the best in South Caucasus
By A. Haroutiunian, Translated by A.M.
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