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 Bandar Seri Begawan
– Universal
System Technologies (UST), a subsidiary company of Universal Electronic Enterprises
(UEE) in collaboration with Cisco Systems, American Power Corporations
(APC) and Computer Sciences Corporations (CSC) Malaysia, hosted the
"Next Generation of e-Government" seminar on Monday at the Empire
Hotel and Country Club.
More than 130 guests attended the seminar
including Tuan Hj Rozan
bin Dato Paduka Hj Mohd Yunus, Deputy
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. Also present were
directors, CIO, CTO and head of Information Technology from various
departments under the Brunei government as
well as banks and other IT companies throughout the country.
In honouring the
implementation of e-Government that has become the main driving force of
innovation in the Sultanate, the seminar offered the perfect opportunity
for the government to explore its IT infrastructure options.
 Mr Lee Boon Hoo, Director of Sales of CSC Malaysia, in his
welcoming speech said the advent of new technologies has virtually made t he world smaller, and the distance between one and
another becomes virtually borderless. These new waves of technologies not
only affect businesses in the private sector but also the government in the
public sector.
He added that e-government should
encompass convenience, cost-effectiveness, accountability, improving
delivery and transforming governance, responsiveness and delivering
citizen-centric services.
The seminar comprised three sessions
namely Predictable Data Centre for an Unpredictable Environment, Unified
Communication Delivers Effective Communication and Streamline Government
Processes and Increase Productivity, and Responsiveness through Mobility
Access and Cisco Self-Defending Network: Securing the Intelligent
Information Network.
The "Next Generation of
e-Government" seminar also shared some insights into the experts with
presentations and demonstrations focused on how an advanced technology can
distinctly benefit the Brunei government to
increase staff productivity. The key message of the seminar was to generate
and build awareness on the latest trends in technology that can serve as
the basis for formulation of the IT technology backbone of e-Government.
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