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Information & Communication Technology Millennium Information Technologies named Best Cisco Partner Millennium Information Technologies, one of Sri Lanka's Information-Technology companies, has received special recognition from Cisco Systems. Cisco is a world's leading supplier of network equipment and solutions, for the second year running. Millennium IT uses Cisco products and technologies to implement converged networks that carry both voice (telephone) and data (computer and Internet) services over the same lines. These networks are used by commercial enterprises and the general public. Cisco Systems recognized Millennium IT with a 'Best Cisco Partner' award, citing the company's 'untiring efforts' in developing advanced customer solutions based on Cisco technologies and products. It is the second consecutive year in which Millennium IT, Cisco's pioneer business partner in Sri Lanka, has won the Best Cisco Partner award. Contenders for the award are judged on 'revenues, engineering excellence and customer satisfaction', according to a Cisco source. Ranganath Salgame, President, Cisco Systems India and SAARC, said that it recognized 'Millennium Information Technologies' untiring efforts in offering advanced technology solutions around voice, data, wireless, IP Telephony and security, and delivering these solutions on time and on budget to their customers.' Peter D'Almeida, Head of Millennium IT's Enterprise and Service Provider Division said that the synergy enables Millennium IT to deliver cost-effective, innovative customer solutions leveraging the latest communications technology. "Together with Cisco Systems, Millennium IT is extending the productivity and cost savings of this new technology to Sri Lankan enterprises for the first time. We are seeing more and more enlightened companies coming aboard for these integrated voice-and-data services", he said. (SP) ************ Firefox blazes new path on Internet The latest buzzword in the internet community is the newest entrant into the freeware browser arena Firefox. Created by Internet whiz kid Blake Ross Firefox and originally titled Phoenix, it is based on the open source code release of Mozilla. Ross' efforts towards creation of a lighter and faster browser witnessed the creation of Firebird which subsequently became Firefox. Firefox feature eBay, Google, Dictionary.com, Amazon and Yahoo as default search engines and also contains Lonely Planet, Wikipedia and Amnesty International amongst other Firefox default bookmarks termed Firefox Crew Picks. Given that Firefox utilized Mozilla code optimized for the fast retrieval of websites, users will find their internet experience quite expedient as opposed to the longer waits normally associated with other browser and especially more so when compared to the bulky Internet Explorer (IE). Built to W3C standards and featuring optimized Mozilla code many users of the familiar Netscape browser will find Firefox quite pleasing indeed. Even IE users will find using Firefox quite easy too with only a few differences in terminology such as Internet Options being referred to as Options in Firefox. Temporary Internet Files as Cache, Favourites as Bookmarks, the Address Bar as the Location Bar, the Refresh button is labelled as Reload, the Links Bar as the Bookmarks Toolbar and the Copy Shortcut is referred to as Copy Link Location. Firefox features tabbed browsing, a very good download manager and also a popup and popunder blocker a feature that many frequent surfers will find quite pleasing. Advanced users and web site designers will find Firefox's JavaScript console quite useful indeed. Security and privacy is enabled with support for SSL (Secured Sockets Layer) 2.0 and SSL 3.0 along with (Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.0. Users can use the Cookie Manager in Firefox to view and manage cookies stored in their PC. Users can also customize the level of control granted to JavaScript using the JavaScript Options dialog available under Advanced options from the Tools>Options>Web features menu. Having tested Firefox on a variety of operating systems 1 find Firefox quite stable and relatively free from a lot of the annoying bugs and quick that plague many other established browsers, with the only drawback presently being the lack of W3C support on some of the key sites visited by me, however, this is not a flaw with Firefox as Microsoft is solely to blame for the incorporation of features that do not strictly adhere to W3C standards. Sashiv Dissanayake, Consultant - Palladium and Co Ltd ************* ICM worldwide receives ISO certification from SGS-UK ICM World Wide (Pvt) Ltd received ISO certification from SGS-UK recently. The laudable effort of the ICM is an another milestone of the company and thus venture into a competitive field was a index to its effort and its credible reputation which has been gradually built over the past years. Since ICM has its assemble process in place with ISO certification from SGS-UK there will be an opportunity not only for the local market but also for international market for its products range said Sampath Happawana Chairman of the ICM Worldwide Pvt Ltd. ICM World Wide (Pvt) Ltd, a member of ICM micro computer systems and marketer of ICM range of personal computers and servers is the first local IT company to fully assemble notebook computers in Sri Lanka. ICM commenced operation in 1995 as an assembler of desktop computers and servers under the ICM brand catering to a niche market of bulk orders such as government, World Bank, ADB, JICA, AUSAID project and other private bids. The entire assembly process is certified by the ISO 9001: 2000 certification issued by the SGS-UK thereby building a strong confidence on our all products range. ICM plans to expand its local operation initially by establishing branch offices in Kandy and Galle due to the request from the existing customer base in those areas and Singapore, UK, USA, as a international market in near future. |
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