Countries spanning the globe are dramatically accelerating digitalization across ecosystems and value chains making rapid gains from embracing digital technologies. Sri Lanka’s apex ICT institution, the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), has during the year leveraged digitization as a key enabler providing digital empowerment to all sections of society. According to the country’s ‘Road Map 2015-2020’, ...

TIQRI Corporation, a global technology company with a focus on innovation in technology, is celebrating its 10th anniversary of commencing operations in Sri Lanka. What does TIQRI do? TIQRI provides resources and complete solutions for Independent Software Vendors, Governments, Start-ups and Global Corporations across the globe. With its HQ in Singapore and offices in Norway, Sweden, Australia, and Sri ...

Samsung’s QLED TVs, which introduced the world’s first cadmium-free Quantum Dot technology, were unveiled at a First Look event in Colombo a couple of weeks ago. The 2018 QLED TVs feature improved picture quality, design, connectivity, and intelligence, creating what Sony calls “a truly limitless TV”. The new range of TV’s offer amazing picture quality through 100% Colour Volume and ...

Active Solutions, one of the largest data storage providers in Sri Lanka, was felicitated by Synology Inc. in recognition of their 15-year partnership as a Distributor for Synology products in the island, at a special event held in Colombo recently. Now before we go anymore, it’s important to who exactly these two giants are. Who is Synology? A Synology NAS ...

MillionSpaces, a novel platform that lets users discover and book hundreds of unique spaces online, recently listed a total of 1,000 spaces on its website. This is just a litter under a year after its launch in December 2017. A product of the Silicon Valley-based technology solutions firm Auxenta, MillionSpaces is Sri Lanka’s first-ever marketplace where users can discover, ...

zMessenger celebrated its 15th year of digital excellence by becoming the only Sri Lankan Gold Award Winner at the prestigious Festival of Media APAC Awards 2018. The Festival of Media APAC Awards celebrate the best in media thinking and communications the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. zMessenger’s “Ekata/Onra” campaign for WUSC Sri Lanka (World University Service of Canada) won the Gold ...

Since his recent appointment as the new Chairman of SLASSCOM, (Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies), Jeevan Gnanam has wasted no time commencing his tenure with the announcement of an ambitious vision to rapidly grow the country’s IT industry to Rs. 5 billion by 2022. Speaking to a gathering of Sri Lanka’s most successful IT professionals, Jeevan commended ...

Mobitel celebrated their 25th anniversary of its operations this month. While that is a momentous occasion, it also gives us a chance to look back at how a company that was just into telecommunications has now delved into transportation, education, health, security, leisure, and mobile money sectors. Over the last couple of years, Mobitel has grown by leaps and ...

Looking for a new job? Well, if you would rather not go through a multitude of newspapers, you can always refer to the Internet. A web platform that excels at connecting the ideal employee to their dream job is XpressJobs.lk. XpressJobs.lk’s role in the Sri Lankan job market As a tech-based recruitment company, one of XpressJobs’s primary roles is ...

Honoring and recognizing women worldwide, ISM APAC, a company known for its diversity and innovation celebrated Women’s day under the theme of “Women Who Lead”. Held at the ISM APAC headquarters, the event was graced by H.E. Joanne Doornewaard, the Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In addition to gracing the occasion, ...

From winning 5 awards at the 2016 HSMAI Adrian Awards to 6 wins at the Interactive Media Awards in 2017, to the SLT ZeroOne Awards and 12 awards at the Communicator Awards, eMarketingEye has certainly made a name for themselves. The company recently bagged another set of international awards for a number of websites designed and developed for Travel ...

Held at the Galadari Hotel on the 14th and 15th of September 2017, The National Information Technology Conference or NITC played host to nearly 1,000 participants. This year NITC was also held alongside the SEARCC (South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation) Conference, preceding the IFIP (International Federation of Information Processing)/SEARCC meetings in Colombo. IFIP, the global federation of national computer ...

Gamata Technology, an accelerator platform initiated by youth-tech entrepreneurs covering every corner of Sri Lanka is a nation-wide initiative is Co-Chaired by Dr. Ashan Perera – Founder of The Road to Rights Youth-Led Organization.  In addition, Dr. Ashan is also the UN SDG Action Award Winner 2018, a Youth Advocate and a Social Entrepreneur as well. What exactly is ...

Seedstars World, the largest startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes will return to Sri Lanka for the third time on the 25th of October 2018. This year’s event is supported by the national partner Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA), key partners Exetel, Hatch Works and Hemas, ecosystem partner SLASSCOM, local partner Startup Sri Lanka, and ...

 Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC, launched six new high power Home Audio Systems at an exclusive event held at the Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo recently. The event was attended by Mohan Pandithage– Chairman of Singer Group, Asoka Pieris – Group CEO of Singer Group, Mahesh Wijewardene – COO, Kumar Samarasinghe – Marketing Director and Tharaka Warnakulasuriya – Brand Manager Singer (Sri ...

Huawei has recorded a positive sales performance this year with the Huawei Y Series smartphones showing higher demand than anticipated in Sri Lanka. Comprising of the Huawei Y5 Prime, Y7 Pro and Y9 devices, these smartphones have grown in popularity amongst local smartphone enthusiasts according to company research. With devices that cover a range of features to suit the needs ...

Softlogic Information Technologies Pvt Ltd, a leading software and hardware solutions providers and a subsidiary of Softlogic Holdings PLC, won the Top AEM (Asia Emerging Markets) Award at the South Asia Partner Summit 2017 held recently in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This recognition has been awarded based on performance as Top AEM Commercial Metal Partner Tier-1 Category. The 4-day ...

At a media briefing held at the Hilton Colombo Residencies, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) discussed the evolution of the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS)and its potential implication for Sri Lanka. ICANN is currently overseeing a radical change in the history of the Internet with its New Generic Top-level Domain (gTLD) Program. This is driving the largest ...

Hutch launched its 555 Infotainment portal for its subscriber base. The 555 portal will feature unique high-quality information and entertainment content to the public delivered over voice. What does Hutch 555 Offer? Hutch 555 would offer services including Astrology and Fengshui from top readers around the country, Motivation services that would improve outlook in life, a variety of Mobile-based ...

Asus Republic of Gamers, better known as ROG recently announced the Asus ROG Delta and ROG Delta Core. These are a new series of gaming headsets that Asus claims are tuned especially for first-person shooter (FPS) gaming. The headsets feature Sony-certified Hi-Res Audio and are designed to be incredibly lightweight and comfortable. The Asus ROG Delta Called the world’s ...