Category: E-INFRASTRUCTURE, Winner 2011
CLOUD TAP
Original Title : Cloud TAP (Telco Application Platform)
Media Format : Mobile app based
Website : http://www.appzone.lk
Producer : hSenid Mobile
Language : English, Sinhalese & Tamil
Location : Colombo, SRI LANKA
Contact : muzackir@hsenid.com
DESCRIPTION

cloudtaphSenid Mobile’s Cloud TAP Mobile Application Eco-System, enables the successful running of Etisalat AppZone. It helps all of Etisalat’s subscribers, irrespective of phone type(smart, feature or entry level) – to enjoy mobile apps pertaining to various facets of life – News, Sports, Business, Games, Health and much more. These apps can be easily discovered by subscribers via an App Store, again using any mobile phone through Web/Wap, USSD, multi-lingual IVR etc hence enabling the masses to enjoy their own App Store experience. Mobile App Developers are provided with a dedicated Developer Zone on the AppZone.lk site where they could access all relevant resources & tools for content and application developers to effectively reach out to masses without worrying about the underlying Mobile Network protocols, connectivity etc.

EVALUATION
The Jury noted that that due to this application the Etisalat subscribers could enjoy dynamic content and information from hundreds of apps provided by AppZone. It was also noted that there is a monthly increase of 18% of new users on AppZone. The Jury further observed that this initiative also created a vibrant developer community aspiring to become entrepreneurs with App Zone. The Jury opined that this infrastructure initiative opened up the opportunity for the content and application developers to develop Mobile Apps, based on the Mobile Operators network capabilities, so as to effectively reach out to masses.

NATIONAL DATA CENTER
Original Title : National Data Center for Hosted Services
Media Format : Internet
Website : http://www.bcc.net.bd
Producer : Bangladesh Computer Council
Language : English & Bangla
Location : Dhaka, BANGLADESH
Contact : tarique.barkatullah@yahoo.com
DESCRIPTION

On-behalf-of-National-Data-centreThe National Data Centre project, executed by the Bangladesh Computer Council, is planned to host the government services to be provided to the citizens so that all those services can be provided at the door-step of the citizens of Bangladesh. The design of the Data Centre allows ease of operation, flexibility, security and robustness of the network. The system is flexible to cater any plug-in as and when required in terms of adding additional network architecture. Network Operations Center (NOC) being build along the data center will provide facility for network and application monitoring to prevent intrusion and hacking. The site will serve information to the people mitigating any / all threats that may arise as a result of Internet based hacking attacks such as Denial of Service (DoS) and Spamming. The National Data Centre meets international Data Center design standards TIA 942 and Uptime Institute Tier 3. The Data Centre is certified as Tier 3 from accredited certifying organization EPI India.

EVALUATION
The Jury observed that this very important infrastructure is the first and only TIER 3 certified Data Centre for hosted services in Bangladesh. It was also noted that by providing citizen services hosted in this Data Centre the digital divide can effectively be reduced in Bangladesh. It was also noted that the Data centre is built as per international standard. All necessary mission architecture have fully redundant package providing maximum robustness to the architecture. The system is flexible to cater any plug-in as and when required in terms of adding additional network architecture.

APPRAIN CONTENT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Original Title : appRain Content Management Framework
Media Format : Open Source / Web based
Website : http://www.apprain.com
Producer : Mohammad Reazaul Karim
Language : Any Lanuage can produce
Location : Dhaka, BANGLADESH
Contact : reazulk@gmail.com
DESCRIPTION

apprain-content-managementEngineering concept where “CMS (Content Management System)” and “Framework” perform together to produce endless varieties of output in a very limited time. This framework has a special tool called “Component”, which once implemented takes little time to deliver at low cost. In this way appRain serves both small-budget customers and large softwarecompany with good quality output and benefits. The solution AppRain can be installed from http://www.apprain.com/manual/ c/46/installation-and-configuration. appRain is the first popular Free and Open Source Web Based software development tool from Bangladesh.

EVALUATION
The Jury note that the application AppRain has been designed with 3 different categories of users in mind; firstly the non-technical users with little or no knowledge of web programming, secondly the midlevel programmers like small outsourcing companies or individuals and finally the advanced software developers or for large scale project implementation. In that way the Jury opined that the application AppRain would have potential to tap a wide market with its diversified reach.
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