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Information Technology in Sri Lanka refers to business process outsourcing, knowledge process outsourcing, software development, IT Services, and IT education in Sri Lanka. [1] Sri Lanka is always ranked among the top 50 outsourcing destinations by AT Kearney , and Colombo and ranked among "Top 20 Emerging Cities" by Global Services Magazine. [ 2 ]
The conference was initiated to mark the year of IT declared by the Government of Sri Lanka in 1998. Initially, it was organised by the Infotel Lanka Society and managed by the Council for Information Technology (CINTEC). Management was taken over by the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) in 2003.
It aligns Sri Lanka's data protection regime with international standards, potentially facilitating cross-border data flows and digital trade. The Act is expected to enhance trust in digital transactions and services while promoting responsible data handling practices across public and private sectors.
Live trading at the American Stock Exchange commenced in 2006, even as the company received a US patent on its Business Innovation Dynamically (BID) technology. At home in Sri Lanka, MillenniumIT commenced implementation of a countrywide intranet for the national fixed-line telecoms provider, SLT, while US operations expanded with a new office ...
e-Swabhimani, the “Digital Social Impact Awards” was launched in November 2009 with the objective of recognizing creativity and the skills of local developers and thereby providing them with a platform to showcase their solutions nationally and internationally. eSwabhimani looks at novel applications that make a positive social impact on the lives of people.
The apex body in Sri Lanka for government research funding is the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. [2] The Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD), a joint program between the Sri Lankan government and the World Bank, provides research grants to Sri Lanka's higher education institutes.
In the past four years, the share of people living below the poverty line in Sri Lanka has risen to 25.9 per cent. The World Bank forecasts the economy to grow by just 2.2 per cent in 2024.
The official website of Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was hacked on June 3, 2021. The Information Technology Society Sri Lanka - ITSSL said the PM’s website was hacked in a manner in which any visitor to the website would be redirected to another website which displays content related to the Bitcoin cryptocurrency.