<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692</id><updated>2011-07-30T18:33:50.271+01:00</updated><category term='HP combat la contrefaçon'/><category term='APC BY SCHNEIDER nouveaux onduleurs au Maroc'/><category term='l&apos;impression en couleur démontrée par HP'/><title type='text'>ICT for development</title><subtitle type='html'>Information Communication Technologies in Morocco is becomming a success story. this success is portrayed through "The Information and Communication Technologies International Symposium (ICTIS’2005)", which was hosted in Tetuan [Northern Morocco] and organized jointly by IEEE</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>21</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-9041023134861523138</id><published>2010-09-29T09:37:00.000Z</published><updated>2010-09-29T09:40:40.734Z</updated><title type='text'>HP Identified as Leader in Leading Analyst Firm’s  Magic Quadrant Report for MFPs and Printers</title><content type='html'>HP today announced it has been positioned as a “leader” in the latest Gartner “Magic Quadrant Report for MFPs and Printers.”(1)&lt;br /&gt;A leading provider of IT research and advice, Gartner issues independent multivendor reports that position vendors based on their “ability to execute” and their “completeness of vision.”&lt;br /&gt;According to Gartner’s report, “software, vertical solutions and service integration are playing a bigger role in the purchasing decisions of office printers and multifunction products (MFPs). The traditional speeds and feeds for typical office printing … have given way to the hardware’s ability to integrate and deploy software applications that connect them to the company’s document management systems. Remote monitoring capabilities, diagnostics, security and other factors are becoming the true differentiators.” &lt;br /&gt;HP recently introduced solutions that not only leverage web, mobile and security technologies, but also offer customers new ways to print and manage their information. From the first web-enabled printer that allows users to print from anywhere without a PC, to the HP ePrint Enterprise Solution, which enables users to print from a Blackberry device, HP demonstrates a vision for market change. &lt;br /&gt;According to Gartner’s report, “the traditional office MFP is an indispensible tool to most office environments … [and] many of today’s MFPs can be called smart MFPs, because they can be used to capture and render paper-based information directly into enterprise content management, records management, ERP systems and document management systems.” &lt;br /&gt;With the HP Open Extensibility Platform, documents can easily be transitioned between paper and digital forms depending on each customer’s needs. &lt;br /&gt;“We continue to make significant investments in our MFPs to deliver the best in the industry for our customers,” said Ron Coughlin, senior vice president, LaserJet Enterprise Solutions, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. “The fact that leading analysts firms recognize HP year after year reflects our endless focus and dedication in addressing our customers’ evolving and unique needs.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About Gartner Magic Quadrant &lt;br /&gt;The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner’s analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the “Leaders” quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. &lt;br /&gt;About HP&lt;br /&gt;HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.&lt;br /&gt;(1) Gartner, Inc., “Magic Quadrant for MFPs and Printers,” Federico De Silva, Sharon McNee, Vishal Tripathi, July 26, 2010.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-9041023134861523138?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/9041023134861523138/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=9041023134861523138' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/9041023134861523138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/9041023134861523138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2010/09/hp-identified-as-leader-in-leading.html' title='HP Identified as Leader in Leading Analyst Firm’s  Magic Quadrant Report for MFPs and Printers'/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-7513798398137485143</id><published>2010-08-11T11:24:00.004Z</published><updated>2010-08-11T11:52:10.565Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP combat la contrefaçon'/><title type='text'>HP a saisit 412 837 cartouches contrefaites en Afrique en 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PZevSxS_lwI/TGKIqE5Nr9I/AAAAAAAAAHE/-PAwHL8hUbk/s1600/hp_mailing_plantilla+Africa+(french).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 276px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PZevSxS_lwI/TGKIqE5Nr9I/AAAAAAAAAHE/-PAwHL8hUbk/s320/hp_mailing_plantilla+Africa+(french).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504111951049764818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-7513798398137485143?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/7513798398137485143/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=7513798398137485143' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/7513798398137485143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/7513798398137485143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2010/08/hp-saisit-412-837-cartouches.html' title='HP a saisit 412 837 cartouches contrefaites en Afrique en 2009'/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PZevSxS_lwI/TGKIqE5Nr9I/AAAAAAAAAHE/-PAwHL8hUbk/s72-c/hp_mailing_plantilla+Africa+(french).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-7860653428761411573</id><published>2010-06-09T15:30:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T15:38:09.294+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Purchasers - the secret weapon to counter the counterfeiters?Bad news for genuine manufacturers, counterfeits  could be even worse news for users In t</title><content type='html'>HP, an active BASCAP member, knows all too well the nefarious consequences of imitation goods. As the world’s largest provider of printing and digital imaging equipment and supplies, HP is particularly susceptible to the estimated eight percent counterfeit rate in the nearly €30 billion market for printing consumables in Europe, the Middle East &amp; Africa (EMEA).   Although these numbers add up to leave a significant dent in legitimate vendors’ revenue and bottom line, the damage to a company’s brand and reputation from dissatisfied customers (of inadvertently purchased counterfeit products) can be equally profound.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While the concern businesses and consumers have for the fate of such multinational companies may be in limited supply (particularly during economic downtimes where purchase price is likely to be the principal – even sole – concern), the negative effects of counterfeit printing supplies are real and unequivocal:  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quality and economic – &lt;br /&gt;Counterfeit supplies represent a false economy. They are not designed with the same degree of precision or quality as originals and the resulting print will be of lower standard.  Add to this the increased likelihood of failure or leakage, together with potential damage inflicted on the printer and invalidation of any warranty which may result, and the ‘economies’ associated with cheap counterfeit supplies expose themselves as fundamentally false. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Environmental –&lt;br /&gt;Counterfeit supplies are not subject to the rigorous environmental standards and controls to which legitimate manufacturers must adhere.  Their relative poor performance and increased failure or leakage rates will also lead to higher waste of paper. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition, such products will not be eligible for the various collection and recycling programmes operated by legitimate vendors such as HP.  In 2009, the cumulative volume of cartridges returned and recycled reached 177,000 tonnes. More than 61 million ink and LaserJet cartridges were returned and recycling worldwide in 2009, bringing the total to date to 320 million.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Legal –&lt;br /&gt;Businesses that use counterfeit supplies are actually leaving themselves exposed to criminal action and, knowingly or not, abetting illicit activities financed from the proceeds.  Legitimate vendors such as HP do prosecute manufacturers and resellers of counterfeit supplies; and the penalties can be severe depending on the market. For instance, in January 2009, backed by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Commerce, HP carried out a stunning blow against organised counterfeiting in Jeddah leading to the impounding of – amongst other illegally manufactured products – 28,000 inkjet cartridges and 39,000 LaserJet cartridges. The owner of the raided company was also involved in other areas of counterfeit production and is expected to receive a long-term prison sentence.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While interdiction of fake merchandise is both necessary and successful - HP instigated the seizure of roughly two million pieces of fake printing supplies across EMEA in 2009 which represents more than double the value of confiscated items the previous year   – it isn’t, on its own, sufficient. The IT company and its partners in BASCAP and the Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) know that it’s equally crucial to curtail demand through education campaigns that underscore the collective societal bane that counterfeits epitomise. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As buyers become increasingly aware of how to distinguish genuine from fake merchandise, as well as understand the far ranging negative repercussions of acquiring imitation goods, research suggests they will opt for what’s original and authentic.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-7860653428761411573?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/7860653428761411573/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=7860653428761411573' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/7860653428761411573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/7860653428761411573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2010/06/purchasers-secret-weapon-to-counter_09.html' title='Purchasers - the secret weapon to counter the counterfeiters?Bad news for genuine manufacturers, counterfeits  could be even worse news for users In t'/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-6232540290081504024</id><published>2010-06-09T15:30:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T15:37:16.140+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Purchasers - the secret weapon to counter the counterfeiters?Bad news for genuine manufacturers, counterfeits  could be even worse news for users In t</title><content type='html'>HP, an active BASCAP member, knows all too well the nefarious consequences of imitation goods. As the world’s largest provider of printing and digital imaging equipment and supplies, HP is particularly susceptible to the estimated eight percent counterfeit rate in the nearly €30 billion market for printing consumables in Europe, the Middle East &amp; Africa (EMEA).   Although these numbers add up to leave a significant dent in legitimate vendors’ revenue and bottom line, the damage to a company’s brand and reputation from dissatisfied customers (of inadvertently purchased counterfeit products) can be equally profound.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While the concern businesses and consumers have for the fate of such multinational companies may be in limited supply (particularly during economic downtimes where purchase price is likely to be the principal – even sole – concern), the negative effects of counterfeit printing supplies are real and unequivocal:  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quality and economic – &lt;br /&gt;Counterfeit supplies represent a false economy. They are not designed with the same degree of precision or quality as originals and the resulting print will be of lower standard.  Add to this the increased likelihood of failure or leakage, together with potential damage inflicted on the printer and invalidation of any warranty which may result, and the ‘economies’ associated with cheap counterfeit supplies expose themselves as fundamentally false. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Environmental –&lt;br /&gt;Counterfeit supplies are not subject to the rigorous environmental standards and controls to which legitimate manufacturers must adhere.  Their relative poor performance and increased failure or leakage rates will also lead to higher waste of paper. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition, such products will not be eligible for the various collection and recycling programmes operated by legitimate vendors such as HP.  In 2009, the cumulative volume of cartridges returned and recycled reached 177,000 tonnes. More than 61 million ink and LaserJet cartridges were returned and recycling worldwide in 2009, bringing the total to date to 320 million.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Legal –&lt;br /&gt;Businesses that use counterfeit supplies are actually leaving themselves exposed to criminal action and, knowingly or not, abetting illicit activities financed from the proceeds.  Legitimate vendors such as HP do prosecute manufacturers and resellers of counterfeit supplies; and the penalties can be severe depending on the market. For instance, in January 2009, backed by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Commerce, HP carried out a stunning blow against organised counterfeiting in Jeddah leading to the impounding of – amongst other illegally manufactured products – 28,000 inkjet cartridges and 39,000 LaserJet cartridges. The owner of the raided company was also involved in other areas of counterfeit production and is expected to receive a long-term prison sentence.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While interdiction of fake merchandise is both necessary and successful - HP instigated the seizure of roughly two million pieces of fake printing supplies across EMEA in 2009 which represents more than double the value of confiscated items the previous year   – it isn’t, on its own, sufficient. The IT company and its partners in BASCAP and the Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East and Africa (ICCE) know that it’s equally crucial to curtail demand through education campaigns that underscore the collective societal bane that counterfeits epitomise. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As buyers become increasingly aware of how to distinguish genuine from fake merchandise, as well as understand the far ranging negative repercussions of acquiring imitation goods, research suggests they will opt for what’s original and authentic.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-6232540290081504024?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/6232540290081504024/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=6232540290081504024' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/6232540290081504024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/6232540290081504024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2010/06/purchasers-secret-weapon-to-counter.html' title='Purchasers - the secret weapon to counter the counterfeiters?Bad news for genuine manufacturers, counterfeits  could be even worse news for users In t'/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-8323506477748270803</id><published>2010-06-09T15:12:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T15:20:25.983+01:00</updated><title type='text'>HP Lance les Premières Imprimantes à Laser “Branchez et Imprimez” en Ligne</title><content type='html'>– HP vient de lancer sa ligne d’imprimantes HP LaserJet Pro dotée de la nouvelle technologie ”branchez et imprimez”. Cette nouveauté permet aux clients d’imprimer rapidement via une simple connexion par câble USB d’un mini-laptop, laptop ou ordinateur de bureau.&lt;br /&gt;Les nouvelles imprimantes monochromes présentant la fonction HP Smart Install incluent la série d’imprimantes HP LaserJet Pro P1100, l’une des imprimantes les plus économiques du monde, la série d’imprimantes HP LaserJet Pro M1130/M1210 Multifunction  (MFP)  et la série d’imprimantes HP LaserJet Pro P1566/P1606dn. &lt;br /&gt;— La série d’imprimantes HP LaserJet Pro P1100 (1180 MAD HT -1380 MAD HT) (5), qui présente une fonctionnalité sans fil est l’imprimante laser la plus petite et la plus accessible de la compagnie. Grâce à sa rapidité d’impression, à sa qualité professionelle de tirage, à son panneau de commande intuitif et à sa technologie Auto-On/Auto-Off HP,  les imprimantes LaserJet P1102 et P1102w HP aident les clients à augmenter leur rendement à un prix défiant toute concurrence.&lt;br /&gt;— Avec un prix variant de 1600 MAD HT à 2150 MAD HT, la série HP LaserJet Pro M1130/M1210 MFP fait partie des imprimantes laser aux multifonctions MFP les plus accessibles du marché. La série compacte MFP inclut quatre modèles et une connectivité Ethernet incorporée et présente des caractéristiques de réduction de consommation d’énergie telles que la technologie Auto-On/Auto-Off HP  et Copie Instant-on HP. En outre, la série permet aux PME de copier une ID duplex sur une page avec Copie ID. &lt;br /&gt;— L’imprimante HP LaserJet Pro P1566 (1700 MAD HT)  et l’imprimante HP LaserJet Pro P1606dn (2460 MAD HT) offrent aux PME une qualité d’impression exceptionnelle. Avec des vitesses d’impression très rapides, l’opération de duplex automatique et leur connectivité Ethernet incorporée, ces nouvelles imprimantes de bureau donnent aux clients l’occasion d’augmenter leur productivité dans chacune de leurs tâches quotidiennes.&lt;br /&gt;— &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Ce que nos clients désirent c’est une impression facile et satisfaisante. Plus besoin de CD’Roms encombrants ni de télécharger des logiciels additionnels” précise Amr Hassan, Directeur Général du groupe d’impression et imagerie chez HP. “HP Smart Install vous offre aujourd’hui l’impression de demain”, ajoute M. Amr Hassan. &lt;br /&gt;HP dévoile également le Scanner Mobile HP Scanjet Professional 1000.  Le Scanner Professional 1000 est le premier scanner portable de la compagnie permettant une opération rapide et instantanée, sans avoir à brancher des piles ou de passer par une prise électrique. Grâce à ses avantages, Le CP5225 est aujourd’hui le scanner LaserJet couleurs HP le plus accessible et le plus pratique -avec le CP4020- facilitant ainsi l’expérience d’impression en couleurs&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-8323506477748270803?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/8323506477748270803/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=8323506477748270803' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/8323506477748270803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/8323506477748270803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2010/06/hp-lance-les-premieres-imprimantes.html' title='HP Lance les Premières Imprimantes à Laser “Branchez et Imprimez” en Ligne'/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-6411844634335950295</id><published>2010-03-16T20:52:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-03-16T21:24:31.414Z</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PZevSxS_lwI/S5_29cq6eVI/AAAAAAAAAGs/2Q5_dyKlPBk/s1600-h/office+Jet+4500.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449345609670228306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PZevSxS_lwI/S5_29cq6eVI/AAAAAAAAAGs/2Q5_dyKlPBk/s320/office+Jet+4500.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;HP étend sa gamme d’HP Officejet avec sa plus abordable imprimante d’affaire à jet d’encre tout-en-un&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HP étend aujourd'hui sa gamme primée HP Officejet avec sa plus abordable et la plus conviviale imprimante avec télécopieur tout-en-un.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Introduite lors de la Macworld 2010 Conference &amp;amp; Exposition à San Francisco, la nouvelle série d’imprimantes HP Officejet 4500 tout-en-un apporte à votre bureau à domicile l'impression couleur de qualité professionnelle, la connectivité avec ou sans fil ainsi que quatre fonctionnalités. La série d'imprimantes HP Officejet 4500 tout-en-un produit des impressions de couleur au plus bas coût sur le marché par page comparativement aux autres produits à jet d'encre de même catégorie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;« HP croit en l'esprit d'entreprise et s'efforce à développer des produits qui aident les clients à transformer leurs idées en réalité », a déclaré Amr Hassan, directeur général de HP IPG Afrique. « En développant une imprimante d'affaire abordable, à faible coût d’opération et avec un accès mondial à des modèles de libre commercialisation, nous aidons les petites entreprises du monde entier à maximiser leur productivité à un prix abordable et à promouvoir leurs produits avec succès ».&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La série abordable Officejet tout-en-un est un stimulant pour la productivité&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'imprimante HP Officejet 4500 tout-en-un dispose d'une finition noire jais et permet aux clients d'exécuter de manière efficace des tâches pour leur petite entreprise ou leur bureau à domicile. Ces tout-en-un sont compatibles avec Microsoft Windows® et Mac OS X Snow Leopard et se distinguent par la capacité d’impression sans marge pour les brochures, dépliants et autres documents, l’Ethernet et les options de mise en réseau sans fil (4) intégrés en plus de la vitesse rapide d'impression, de copie, de numérisation et de télécopie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En outre, elle produit des documents à séchage rapide qui résistent à la décoloration quand on utilise du papier présentant le logo ColorLok. Les petites entreprises peuvent maintenant imprimer jusqu'à trois fois plus de pages en réalisant de plus grandes économies en utilisant la cartouche à jet d’encre d'origine HP Officejet 901XL Black qui a le plus haut rendement comparativement aux autres jets d'encre disponibles sur le marché.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dans le cadre du programme HP Eco Solutions, la série d’imprimantes tout-en-un HP Officejet 4500 est homologuée par la norme ENERGY STAR ® pour préserver les ressources grâce à l’HP Smart Web Printing. L'imprimante HP Officejet 4500 tout-en-un et l’HP Officejet 4500 tout-en-un sans fil devraient être disponibles sur le marché pour les consommateurs à travers le monde à partir du mois prochain.&lt;br /&gt;Prix et disponibilité&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le prix au détail suggéré par HP et les dates de disponibilité des produits au Maroc sont comme suit :&lt;br /&gt;Officejet 4500 tout-en-un et Officejet 4500 tout-en-un sans fil : à partir de juin 2010.&lt;br /&gt;La série d’imprimante HP Officejet 4500 tout-en-un est compatible avec les cartouches d'encre noire HP 901 Officejet, les cartouches d'encre trois couleurs HP 901 Officejet et les cartouches d’encre noire HP 901XP Officejet (8).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;À propos de HP&lt;br /&gt;HP, première société mondiale de haute technologie, fournit des produits et des services d'impression et informatiques, des logiciels et des solutions qui simplifient l'utilisation de la technologie pour le grand public et les entreprises. Pour en savoir plus sur HP (NYSE : HPQ), rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="http://www.hp.com/"&gt;http://www.hp.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-6411844634335950295?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/6411844634335950295/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=6411844634335950295' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/6411844634335950295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/6411844634335950295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2010/03/hp-etend-sa-gamme-dhp-officejet-avec-sa.html' title=''/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PZevSxS_lwI/S5_29cq6eVI/AAAAAAAAAGs/2Q5_dyKlPBk/s72-c/office+Jet+4500.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-5443089238916817716</id><published>2009-12-02T09:14:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-12-02T09:22:28.396Z</updated><title type='text'>HP nouvelles imprimantes: HP Coulour LaserJet CP5225, HP LaserJet P3015, HP Colour LaserJetEnterprise, de la série CP4520</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PZevSxS_lwI/SxYwgVj9-lI/AAAAAAAAAGg/eom-F0-7cC4/s1600-h/HP+LaserJet+CP5225.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410565334434183762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PZevSxS_lwI/SxYwgVj9-lI/AAAAAAAAAGg/eom-F0-7cC4/s320/HP+LaserJet+CP5225.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; HP offre de nouveaux produits et des solutions pour aider les petites et moyennes entreprises lors de la période de redressement économique&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- HP vient d'étendre son portfolio de prise en charge complète des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) pour aider à bâtir une base technologique robuste qui hausse la productivité, réduit l'impact environnemental et fournit une plus grande souplesse en préparation du redressement économique. Les nouveaux produits d’HP incluent des imprimantes HP LaserJet, et un outil environnemental pour gérer l'énergie et les paramètres du papier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;« Les PME constituent la pierre angulaire de l'économie, et HP, en partenariat avec ces entreprises, fournit une impulsion technologique durant la récession de l'économie », a déclaré Amr Hassan, Directeur Général HP IPG (Impression et Imagerie Numérique) Afrique. « Toutes les entreprises doivent trouver une base solide sur laquelle bâtir leur avenir. Pour les PME, les nouvelles offres de HP aideront à maintenir leur bien-être financier et les prépareront pour la croissance à venir. » a-t-il renchéri.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HP a amorcé une série d'offres visant à gérer la croissance, notamment :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;·         Imprimantes LaserJet&lt;br /&gt;o   HP Colour LaserJetEnterprise, de la série CP4520, émet une vitesse exceptionnelle de 40 pages  par minute et est conçue pour les clients qui ont besoin de hautes performances et  de partager une imprimante couleur robuste entre d’importants groupes de travail.&lt;br /&gt;o   HP Coulour LaserJet CP5225 Printer Professional : une imprimante abordable pour les formats de papier A3 ou B. Elle est conçue pour le marché des PME y compris la mise en réseau intégrée pour le partage facile et l’impression recto-verso automatique de haute qualité dans une variété de tailles allant de cartes postales aux affiches. L'imprimante CP5225 est idéale pour les petites équipes de travail dans un environnement d'impression non contrôlé.&lt;br /&gt;o   L'imprimante HP LaserJet P3015 Enterprise est fiable, offre une haute performance et est un périphérique idéal pour les entreprises avec de petites équipes travaillant dans un environnement géré par des TI et qui ont besoin d'imprimer en grandes quantités. L'imprimante comprend un port de connexion USB 2.0 pour une grande capacité d'impression ainsi qu’un clavier numérique à 10 touches permettant une authentification PIN facile et d'une fente pour l'intégration des solutions d’HP ou du partenaire certifié.&lt;br /&gt;·         Solutions Éco HP : HP conçoit ses imprimantes avec un respect de l’environnement. Les imprimantes annoncées aujourd'hui sont toutes qualifiées ENERGY STAR ® et sont livrées avec « HP Instant-On Technologies » qui permettent aux utilisateurs de réduire les coûts et l'impact environnemental. Les imprimantes HP LaserJet homologuées ENERGY STAR sont plus de 10 pour cent plus éco énergétiques que les modèles standards non-qualifiés. « HP Instant-on Technology » fournit jusqu'à 50 pour cent d’économie d'énergie au cours de fusion traditionnelle en imprimant la page initiale en quelques secondes, soit jusqu'à 50 pour cent plus rapide que les produits concurrents.&lt;br /&gt;·         Solutions réseautiques pour PME: HP prévoit de former et certifier un groupe restreint de partenaires qualifiés en Solutions d’Impression pour Bureautique en solutions d’HP de gestion et de sécurité de l’Imagerie et de l’Impression (I&amp;amp;I)  ainsi qu’en solutions de gestion de l’I &amp;amp; I  des documents. Cette certification permettra aux partenaires de vendre des solutions et fournir l'installation et les services après-vente. En outre, HP prévoit de former et certifier un groupe restreint d'intégrateurs de solutions pour les services de mise en œuvre et de soutien après-vente d'un nombre plus élargi de partenaires d’HP. HP prévoit de commencer la certification au début de 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-5443089238916817716?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/5443089238916817716/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=5443089238916817716' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/5443089238916817716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/5443089238916817716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2009/12/hp-nouvelles-imprimantes-hp-coulour.html' title='HP nouvelles imprimantes: HP Coulour LaserJet CP5225, HP LaserJet P3015, HP Colour LaserJetEnterprise, de la série CP4520'/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PZevSxS_lwI/SxYwgVj9-lI/AAAAAAAAAGg/eom-F0-7cC4/s72-c/HP+LaserJet+CP5225.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-7310191756869160735</id><published>2009-11-10T22:30:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-11-10T22:31:55.615Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='l&apos;impression en couleur démontrée par HP'/><title type='text'>l'impression en couleur démontrée par HP</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Les avantages de l’impression en couleur pour l’entreprise Marocaine démontrés par HP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HP reconfirme son engagement envers les entreprises Marocaines en lançant continuellement des produits jet d’encre et laser qui s’adaptent à tous les besoins et les tailles.&lt;br /&gt;«  HP reconnaît que dans les caractéristiques significatives d'une économie florissante on trouve le développement du secteur de la petite et moyenne entreprise. Les PME jouent un rôle important dans le développement d'un pays et contribuent au développement économique de diverses manières en créant de l'emploi pour la main-d’œuvre rurale et urbaine, et en offrant une durabilité souhaitable grâce à l’innovation» confirme Amr Hassan, Directeur Général de HP IPG  en Afrique.&lt;br /&gt;HP a démontré un engagement fort pour aider les entreprises Marocaine en leur apportant les dernières innovations technologiques et services à forte valeur ajoutée, particulièrement dans le contexte économique actuel.&lt;br /&gt;Cette fois, HP soutient l’utilisation de la couleur et notamment sa pertinence accrue, dans un environnement  économique ultra-concurrentiel. Ses gammes de solutions d’impression  et leurs consommables permettent  aux entreprises  de réaliser et d’imprimer des documents  en couleurs sur mesure,  selon leurs besoins,  et en réalisant jusqu’a 34% d’économies par rapport à des cartouches compatibles et jusqu’a 69% pour des cartouches réutilisables.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nouvelle étude  HP : Comment  l’utilisation de  la couleur influence-t-elle la prise de  décision en entreprise ?&lt;br /&gt;Bleu, rouge,  noir, vert … comment  réagit-on et quelle décision  prend-on à la vue d’une de ces couleurs ? C’est ce que révèle une nouvelle étude réalisée par HP.&lt;br /&gt;Si le bleu et le noir sont les couleurs « de l’indifférence », le rouge et le vert impliquent des adhésions  aux affirmations beaucoup plus contrastées.&lt;br /&gt;La division IPG de  HP a  réalisé une étude sur l’utilisation de la couleur auprès de 2 000 professionnels de 9 pays de la  zone  EMEA.  Objectif :  déterminer   le  degré  d’impact  de  la  couleur  dans  le processus  de  prise  de  décision.    Les  résultats  sont destinés  à aider  les  entreprises  a mieux  comprendre  comment   différents   groupes  d’individus   réagissent   selon   les couleurs  utilisées.  Cette   étude   leur  permet   également de   prendre  en  compte   et d’intensifier  leur  utilisation  de  la  couleur,  autant  pour  les  communications  internes qu’externes.  L’étude,  menée  parmi une population  active  dans 9  pays, a été  basée sur  une  série  de  “déclarations  neutres”    publiées  en  différentes  couleurs  afin  de différencier les  critères  des  répondants qui  indiquaient leur degré d’accord ou  de désaccord avec ces déclarations.&lt;br /&gt;Le bleu et le noir … de l’indifférence&lt;br /&gt;L’indifférence (réponse  ni négative ni positive), est davantage liée aux questionnaires bleu  (47%) ou noir (43%), comparé a 28% pour  le  vert et 19% pour  le  rouge.&lt;br /&gt;Le rouge de l’extrême&lt;br /&gt;L’étude  a également  révélé  une  relation  entre  les  opinions  extrêmes  et  la  couleur rouge avec presque trois fois plus (29%) de questionnaires rouges générant des réponses extrêmes (positives  et  négatives)  que  de  questionnaires  noirs (10%).&lt;br /&gt;Le vert de l’espoir et … de la persuasion&lt;br /&gt;Plus de  la moitié des  répondants (53%) interrogés  sur les questionnaires rédigés  en vert était d’accord ou complètement d’accord avec les phrases présentées, comparé a 36% des  personnes interrogées  sur les  questionnaires  publiés  en  noir. &lt;br /&gt;Luis Casado, Directeur Marketing Entreprise pour HP IPG EMEA, explique que  même si  cette  étude  n’est  pas  considérée comme  « scientifique »,  les  résultats  indiquent clairement l’impact de la couleur et son pouvoir d’influence sur la prise de décision.&lt;br /&gt;« La  perception  et la  réponse des  individus vis a vis de  la  couleur  est diversifiée  et très  complexe  a analyser  ou même  a prévoir.  Ces  résultats  soulignent  le  niveau de polarité généré par l’utilisation de la couleur rouge,  par exemple », explique-t-il.&lt;br /&gt;« En revanche, ces résultats démontrent  que  la couleur peut jouer  un rôle dans notre niveau   d’engagement,   dans  notre   capacité   a  être   influencés   et  lors   de   notre processus   de   prise   de   décision,   avec  des   applications   très  concrètes   dans  la communication interne et externe  de l’entreprise» précise  -t-il.&lt;br /&gt;Une utilisation de la couleur au meilleur prix soutenue par HP&lt;br /&gt;HP soutient l’utilisation de la couleur et notamment sa pertinence accrue, dans un environnement  économique ultra-concurrentiel. Ses gammes de solutions d’impression  et leurs consommables permettent  aux entreprises  de réaliser et d’imprimer des documents  en couleurs sur mesure,  selon leurs besoins,  et en réalisant jusqu’a 34% d’économies par rapport a des cartouches compatibles et jusqu’a 69% pour des cartouches réutilisables.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À propos de HP&lt;br /&gt;HP, première société mondiale de haute technologie, fournit des produits et des services d'impression et informatiques, des logiciels et des solutions qui simplifient l'utilisation de la technologie pour le grand public et les entreprises. HP a finalisé le rachat d'EDS le 26 août 2008. Pour en savoir plus sur HP (NYSE : HPQ), rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="http://www.hp.com/"&gt;http://www.hp.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Remarque à l'attention des journalistes : pour en savoir plus sur HP et accéder aux liens RSS, rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/"&gt;http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-7310191756869160735?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/7310191756869160735/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=7310191756869160735' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/7310191756869160735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/7310191756869160735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2009/11/limpression-en-couleur-demontree-par-hp.html' title='l&apos;impression en couleur démontrée par HP'/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-8628183622712723038</id><published>2009-09-25T11:31:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-09-25T11:34:35.493Z</updated><title type='text'>Oracle annonce un nouveau groupe de l'Association des Utilisateurs Francophone en Algerie</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Le Maghreb rejoint le groupe d’utilisateurs francophones d’Oracle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’Association des Utilisateurs Francophones d’Oracle (AUFO) a annoncé la formation d’un nouveau groupe d’utilisateurs francophones d’Oracle en Algérie. Sa mission : renforcer, dans le cadre de l’AUFO, l’échange et la collaboration entre les entreprises maghrébines utilisatrices de solutions Oracle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’AUFO regroupe aujourd’hui plus de 800 membres, pour lesquels elle organise une vingtaine de réunions annuelles portant sur différents thèmes actuels. Son objectif est de multiplier les échanges entre les utilisateurs francophones des solutions Oracle, mais également de faire entendre sa voix pour influencer favorablement l’évolution des produits Oracle, tant en matière de conception que de fonctionnalités et de technologies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour Jean-Jacques Camps, président de l’AUFO, l’élargissement de l’activité de l’AUFO aux utilisateurs francophones du Maghreb s’inscrit dans la volonté de l’association de favoriser les échanges d’informations et d’expériences sur l’utilisation des produits Oracle, notamment en termes de bonnes pratiques.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;« Depuis de nombreuses années, l’AUFO est en contact avec des clients Oracle situés hors de France, et plus particulièrement au Maghreb », explique M. Camps. « Or plusieurs de ces entreprises en Algérie, au Maroc et en Tunisie ont signifié leur intérêt de rejoindre notre association. De même, nous avons reçu de nombreuses demandes d’informations par Internet concernant aussi bien nos activités que nos réunions. »&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les nouveaux membres maghrébins de l’AUFO peuvent désormais prendre part aux réunions organisées à Paris, tout comme aux Web séminaires « Les Jeudis de l’AUFO ». Ils bénéficient en outre de nouvelles opportunités de rencontres avec les utilisateurs en France. Selon Kaddour Guettaoui, porte-parole de l’AUFO, l’association prévoit même d’organiser une à deux réunions annuelles au Maghreb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;« Le fait d’être totalement indépendants ne nous empêche pas de travailler de concert avec Oracle. Avec un double objectif : transmettre à Oracle un retour d’information constructif d’une part, et proposer aux membres AUFO un support unique en cas de problème d’autre part » explique M. Guettaoui. « Notre groupe constitue par ailleurs une véritable pépinière d’idées nouvelles auprès des esprits les plus talentueux ayant déployé des solutions Oracle ».&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour Karim Mokhnachi, porte-parole d’Oracle pour le Maghreb, l’adhésion des entreprises maghrébines au sein de l’AUFO ne présente que des avantages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;« Oracle bénéficiera d’un retour d’information qui lui permettra d’orienter son développement de produits sur les besoins de ses clients, mais aussi de renforcer sa présence mondiale dans le respect des spécificités linguistiques régionales. Au final, la formation de ce nouveau groupe pour le Maghreb est porteuse d’un grand espoir de développement pour les solutions Oracle », estime M. Mokhnachi&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-8628183622712723038?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/8628183622712723038/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=8628183622712723038' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/8628183622712723038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/8628183622712723038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2009/09/oracle-annonce-un-nouveau-groupe-de.html' title='Oracle annonce un nouveau groupe de l&apos;Association des Utilisateurs Francophone en Algerie'/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-8929248745452255481</id><published>2009-09-23T04:11:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-09-23T04:11:42.113Z</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;A présent avec la nouvelle série d’imprimante HP Photosmart,  une seule touche à bout du doigt vous permet de partager, vous amuser et vous Exprimer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Casablanca, Maroc, le 22 Septembre, 2009 – aujourd’hui HP vient d’introduire une nouvelle gamme d’imprimantes de série HP Photosmart qui utilisent  la technologie à membrane tactile (HP TouchSmart touch-sensitive) ainsi offrant à toute la famille la possibilité d’imprimer à bout du doigt leurs documents de la manière la plus rapide et facile possible. Dans le tout dernier cri de la série HP Photosmart on y trouve le HP Photosmart C4683; le HP Photosmart C4783; le HP Photosmart Plus; et le HP Photosmart Premium.&lt;br /&gt;La nouvelle série HP Photosmart a transformé l’imprimante d’un instrument fonctionnel en un équipement de plaisir dont toute la famille peut bénéficier. Avec l’unique technologie TouchSmart de HP, même le plus jeune de la famille est en mesure d’imprimer des images ou des jeux sans pour autant avoir à utiliser un ordinateur de bureau ou un ordinateur portatif. A l’aide de touches d’accès rapides ou raccourci clavier tels que le QuickForm button ou le TouchSmart screen, les familles peuvent aussi imprimer des jeux créatifs et des projets. &lt;br /&gt;Une seule touche&lt;br /&gt;Avec les toutes dernières imprimantes HP Photosmart, devoirs, photos et documents de travail sont imprimés avec une seule touche. Toutes les séries d’imprimantes HP Photosmart offrent aujourd’hui des photos de grande qualité, avec couleurs intenses, permettant ainsi à toute la famille de partager des moments magnifiques jamais vécus. La carte mémoire intégrée  et l’écran tactile HP TouchSmart permettent une navigation facile vous permettant de passer en revue toutes vos photos. Aussi, avec la technique d’ajustement automatique de l’œil rouge, de la lumière et de la couleur vous avez rapidement droit à des images de meilleure qualité .&lt;br /&gt;Facilité d’utilisation:&lt;br /&gt;Les toutes dernières imprimantes  HP Photosmart disposent d’immenses fonctionnalités  tout en étant faciles à configurer et à utiliser.  Les caractéristiques principales comprennent:&lt;br /&gt;·    LE HP Photo Print Gadget permet aux utilisateurs de glisser-déposer des photos sur l’icone d’un ordinateur de bureau de pratiquement partout – dossiers, applications, e-mail ou sites Web. Le logiciel permettra aussi d’une manière intelligente d’éditer  ou mettre en forme et rogner les images ou les photos de sorte à ce qu’elles soient de la même taille que le papier. Ainsi, la tache de montage et d’impression d’images ou de photos devient une tache aussi bien facile qu’intéressante pour l’utilisateur.&lt;br /&gt;·    Avec le HP Smart Web Printing application vous êtes en mesure d’économiser aussi bien l’encre que le papier en associant plusieurs pages web sur une seule page d’imprimée de sorte à ce que vous n’imprimiez que les parties dont vous avez besoin.&lt;br /&gt;·    Plusieurs des nouvelles imprimantes de série HP Photosmart comprennent une connectivité sans fil intégrée donnant ainsi une flexibilité à toute la famille pour imprimer leurs documents là ou ils sont dans la maison. Dans cette série d’imprimantes on y trouve le  HP Photosmart sans fil, le HP Photosmart Plus et le HP Photosmart Premium.  Avec une connectivité sans fil à bouton unique, votre imprimante est reliée au réseau familial d’une manière plus facile et plus pratique.(1)&lt;br /&gt;·    Aujourd’hui en utilisant   l’application HP iPrint Photo, les utilisateurs d’Apple iPhone™ ou de l’iPod touch™peuvent bénéficier de photos imprimées par réseau sans fil, première application de son genre disponible à titre gracieux via Apple Store. (2)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À propos de HP&lt;br /&gt;HP, première société mondiale de haute technologie, simplifie l'utilisation de la technologie pour le grand public et les entreprises avec sa gamme de produits et de services d'impression et informatiques, de logiciels et d'infrastructures informatiques. Pour en savoir plus sur HP (NYSE : HPQ), rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="http://www.hp.com/"&gt;http://www.hp.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Remarque à l'attention des journalistes : pour en savoir plus sur HP et accéder aux liens RSS, rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/"&gt;http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-8929248745452255481?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/8929248745452255481/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=8929248745452255481' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/8929248745452255481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/8929248745452255481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2009/09/present-avec-la-nouvelle-serie.html' title=''/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-2645109362791019304</id><published>2009-09-22T23:05:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-09-22T23:50:16.497Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='APC BY SCHNEIDER nouveaux onduleurs au Maroc'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PZevSxS_lwI/SrlZfeNwEHI/AAAAAAAAAGU/hG6kslMfQVE/s1600-h/2.bmp"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384433214350008498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 187px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PZevSxS_lwI/SrlZewIloLI/AAAAAAAAAGM/2XQsuUBwX2k/s320/Sans+titre.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PZevSxS_lwI/SrlZewIloLI/AAAAAAAAAGM/2XQsuUBwX2k/s1600-h/Sans+titre.bmp"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;APC présente ses nouveaux modèles Back-UPS® ES : Designs, écologiques et économiques &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Plus besoin d’éteindre son matériel électronique ou informatique, APC le fait pour vous et vous permet de rembourser votre onduleur en moins de 3 ans grâce aux économies réalisées sur votre facture d’électricité.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Septembre 2009 &lt;a href="http://www.apc.com/"&gt;APC by Schneider Electric&lt;/a&gt;, leader mondial des services critiques et intégrés d’alimentation et de refroidissement, annonce la mise sur le marché de sa nouvelle génération d’onduleurs Back-UPS® ES 550 et 700 VA. Ces nouveaux modèles bénéficient d’une conception innovante à haut rendement, intégrant notamment une fonction « économie d’énergie »&lt;br /&gt;« Nous cherchons sans cesse de nouvelles méthodes pour améliorer l’efficacité énergétique et pour tous les segments du marché », déclare Agnès Beverini, Chef Produit Marketing - Home &amp;amp; Business Networks chez APC by Schneider Electric EMEA. « C’est dans cet esprit que nous avons soigneusement refondu nos modèles d’onduleurs Back-UPS ES 550 et 700 VA. Leurs prises sont conçues pour contribuer à réduire les ‘consommations d’énergie cachées’. »&lt;br /&gt;De plus, le conditionnement de ces nouveaux onduleurs utilise des matériaux recyclés.&lt;br /&gt;Les Back-UPS ES 550 et 700 VA utilisent la technologie SmartShedding™ (délestage de l’appel de puissance) qui permet à la prise principale de détecter lorsque l’ordinateur est éteint ou en mode veille. Elle peut ainsi couper automatiquement l’alimentation des périphériques non sollicités (exemples : imprimantes, disque dur externe, haut parleur…) qui sont branchés sur les prises contrôlées, ce qui économise l’énergie et réduit les coûts. Le fait de couper l’alimentation de ces « consommateurs d’énergie cachés » permet de réduire votre facture d’électricité et de rembourser votre onduleur en moins de 3 ans&lt;a title="" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=300134986250623692#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1"&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Les économies réalisées dépendront du type d’équipement branché, de la durée d’inutilisation et du tarif de l’électricité.&lt;br /&gt;Les nouveaux onduleurs Back-UPS ES 550 et 700 disposent de huit prises. Toutes sont protégées contre les surtensions et quatre sont alimentées par batterie. Ils protègent également les lignes de données (téléphone et Ethernet) contre les surtensions et les pics de tension. En cas de coupure de courant prolongée, le port de données permet de communiquer avec le logiciel PowerChute® Personal Edition d’APC, qui arrête automatiquement et proprement le système.&lt;br /&gt;Pour plus d’informations sur APC et ses solutions innovantes de protection de l’alimentation, veuillez consulter le site &lt;a href="http://www.apc.com/"&gt;http://www.apc.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A propos d’APC by Schneider Electric&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;APC by Schneider Electric, acteur majeur des services critiques d’alimentation électrique et de refroidissement, propose des solutions matérielles et logicielles destinées à sécuriser les applications et systèmes informatiques, industriels et domestiques critiques. Dans un souci permanent d’innovation, APC apporte à ses clients des solutions éco-énergétiques permettant une gestion complète et intelligente du cycle de vie de leurs infrastructures. Schneider Electric a acquis APC en 2007 pour l’associer à MGE UPS Systems et former « IT Business», une Business Unit du groupe. Celle-ci supporte ses clients par un vaste réseau de techniciens et d’experts. En 2008, la division, qui emploie 12 000 personnes dans le monde a enregistré un chiffre d'affaires de 2,6 milliards d’euros. L’offre d’APC comprend les onduleurs, la climatisation de précision, les baies informatiques, la sécurité physique, les logiciels de conception et de gestion de l’évolutivité de Datacenters et la solution &lt;a title="http://www.apcc.com/products/category.cfm?id=" href="http://www.apcc.com/products/category.cfm?id=8&amp;amp;subid=45" subid="45"&gt;InfraStruXure&lt;/a&gt;®, une architecture modulaire intégrant la gestion électrique et la climatisation. Avec 114 000 employés et une présence dans 100 pays, Schneider Electric a réalisé un chiffre d'affaires de 18,3 milliards d'euros en 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour plus d'informations sur APC : &lt;a href="http://www.apc.com/fr"&gt;www.apc.com/fr&lt;/a&gt;. Toutes les marques déposées sont la propriété de leurs propriétaires.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contacts presse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imane Adnane&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:imane.adnane@prmediacom.com"&gt;imane.adnane@prmediacom.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;0661497133&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salma Mesbahi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Salma.mesbahi@prmediacom.com"&gt;Salma.mesbahi@prmediacom.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;0661837708&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-2645109362791019304?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/2645109362791019304/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=2645109362791019304' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/2645109362791019304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/2645109362791019304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2009/09/apc-presente-ses-nouveaux-modeles-back.html' title=''/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PZevSxS_lwI/SrlZewIloLI/AAAAAAAAAGM/2XQsuUBwX2k/s72-c/Sans+titre.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-2624628846507996753</id><published>2009-09-16T13:51:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-09-16T13:56:26.560Z</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Canon et HP vont proposer des solutions uniques de gestion des flux d’informations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Les clients vont bénéficier des technologies de pointe des systèmes d’impression multifonctions professionnels Canon et des capacités de services de la marque, ainsi que du leadership d’HP auprès des entreprises dans les domaines de l’impression en réseau, de la gestion des imprimantes et des solutions de gestion des flux d’information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Casablanca, 16 septembre, 2009 — Canon Inc. (NYSE : CAJ) et HP (NYSE : HPQ) ont annoncé aujourd’hui une alliance élargie afin de commercialiser et de distribuer une nouvelle gamme de systèmes bureautiques multifonctions regroupant le meilleur des deux entreprises : les périphériques multifonctions de pointe proposés par Canon et l‘expertise d’HP en matière de gestion et d’impression du document auprès des entreprises.&lt;br /&gt;Cette alliance renforce les liens qui existaient déjà entre Canon et HP. Elle permet aux deux entreprises d’offrir aux utilisateurs des solutions globales qui associent la performance des systèmes d’impression et des solutions de gestion du document de Canon, à l’expertise d’ HP dans l’intégration informatique, la gestion des périphériques et des flux d’information de l’entreprise. Avec une large gamme de logiciels et de services supportés par EDS, an HP company, associée à l’offre Managed Print Services de HP et aux services professionnels et de support de Canon, les entreprises ont maintenant accès à l’offre globale la plus complète du marché, source d’économies et d’une efficacité améliorée.&lt;br /&gt;Cette alliance comprend les portefeuilles de produits actuels et futurs des deux entreprises, apportant ainsi aux utilisateurs une compatibilité accrue de leur parc pour toutes leurs infrastructures d’impression bureautique. Canon et HP bénéficieront également de leurs portefeuilles respectifs de logiciels d’administration ainsi que de ceux issus de développement tiers, dont Canon imageWARE Enterprise Management Console et Canon MEAP, ainsi que HP Web Jetadmin et HP Open Extensibility Platform. Ce portefeuille étendu de produits et de services devrait être disponible pour les clients d’Amérique du Nord et d’Europe, ainsi que pour les clients internationaux issus de ces régions.&lt;br /&gt;« Grâce à cette nouvelle alliance avec HP, nous sommes impatients de proposer à un encore plus grand nombre d’utilisateurs les avantages des produits multifonctions hautement performants et polyvalents de Canon », a déclaré Masaki Nakaoka, Managing Director &amp;amp; Chief Executive Office Imaging Products Operations de Canon Inc. « Nous sommes convaincus que les clients bénéficieront pleinement de ce nouveau partenariat qui développera aussi la croissance de Canon et HP. »&lt;br /&gt;« HP occupe depuis longtemps le devant de la scène avec un portefeuille de produits, de logiciels, de services et de solutions qui permettent aux clients des entreprises dans le monde d’améliorer leur efficacité en matière d’impression et de gestion du document », a déclaré David Murphy, Senior Vive President, Imaging and Printing Group de HP. « En renforçant notre partenariat avec Canon pour offrir aux entreprises des solutions à valeur ajoutée globales, nous sommes convaincus qu’elles amélioreront leur productivité dans la gestion de leurs impressions, de leurs documents, et de leurs flux d’informations. »&lt;br /&gt;À propos de Canon Inc. Canon Inc. (NYSE : CAJ), dont le siège se trouve à Tokyo, au Japon, occupe une position de leader dans les solutions de gestion de l'image et du document et les systèmes d’informations, destinés aux professionnels et aux particuliers. La large gamme de produits proposée par Canon comprend des systèmes d’impression, des imprimantes laser et à jet d’encre, des appareils photo, des équipements vidéo, de matériel médical et des équipements de fabrication de semi-conducteurs. Avec environ 160 000 collaborateurs dans le monde, Canon dispose de filiales spécialisées dans la fabrication et la commercialisation au Japon, en Amérique du Nord et du Sud, en Europe, en Asie et en Océanie. Son réseau de recherche et développement est composé d’entreprises situées aux États-Unis, en Europe, en Asie et en Australie. Le chiffre d’affaires net consolidé de Canon pour l’exercice fiscal 2008 (clos le 31 décembre 2008) s’élève à 44,99 milliards de dollars (au taux de change de 91 yens pour 1 dollar américain).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À propos de HP&lt;br /&gt;HP, première société mondiale de haute technologie, simplifie l'utilisation de la technologie pour le grand public et les entreprises avec sa gamme de produits et de services d'impression et informatiques, de logiciels et d'infrastructures informatiques. Pour en savoir plus sur HP (NYSE : HPQ), rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="http://www.hp.com/"&gt;http://www.hp.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Remarque à l'attention des journalistes : pour en savoir plus sur HP et accéder aux liens RSS, rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/"&gt;http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-2624628846507996753?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/2624628846507996753/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=2624628846507996753' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/2624628846507996753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/2624628846507996753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2009/09/canon-et-hp-vont-proposer-des-solutions.html' title=''/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-2653701234339746170</id><published>2008-03-31T15:56:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-03-31T16:01:55.045Z</updated><title type='text'>Assignment 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Concerning the penetration and the use of the Internet, data remians incomplete, in some countries we have only “guesstimates”. Can this statement apply to Morocco? Think of the exercise we did in class.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is hard to measure the penetration and the use of the internet in a country if the appropriate techniques are not used effectively and if the indicators are not measured in the proper manner. In this case, we can speak about the issue of “guesstimates”, which provide incomplete data. On the other hand, there are many worldwide organizations that work hard to find accurate data about this issue such as the World Bank. In Morocco, the ANRT presents in its website all the studies conducted to collect the necessary data, about the ICTs sector in terms of use and penetration, that allows to have concrete and reliable statistics. Indeed, all the findings of the Observatory Reports are illustrated by graphics, which makes the study more concrete&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What does the digital divide mean for you? (100 word, checklist style)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcccc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ø  The digital divide is the unequal distribution of ICTs and access to information among the developing countries and less developed countries.&lt;br /&gt;Ø  The digital divide is a concept used by developed countries to describe the physical access to the internet and its related hardware and software by different countries in the world&lt;br /&gt;Ø  The digital divide portrays the gap that exist between the developed and the developing countries, and also within each category,  in their access to information through ICTs&lt;br /&gt;Ø  The digital divide is the “disparity between the `technology-rich' and `technology-poor'”&lt;br /&gt;Ø  The digital divide describes the social and material inequalities, related to areas such as education, health care, access to resources and opportunities, that exist in some countries and which result on inequalities in internet access and use.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcccc;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can we measure the digital divide in Morocco? (100 word, checklist style)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In order to measure the digital divide in Morocco we need:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc99;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.      To divide the population into:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;a.       illiterate/intellectual&lt;br /&gt;b.       poor/middle-class/rich&lt;br /&gt;c.       Young/teenager/adult&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;2.      To distinguish between the use of ICTs in:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;a.        Households&lt;br /&gt;b.      Businesses&lt;br /&gt;c.       Schools &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;3.      Within each category, we need to measure the following indicators:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;a.       Presence of mobile phones&lt;br /&gt;b.      Number of PCs and internet users&lt;br /&gt;c.       Number of telecommunication providers&lt;br /&gt;d.      Method of access&lt;br /&gt;e.       Purpose of PC and internet use&lt;br /&gt;f.       Barriers to use ICTs&lt;br /&gt;g.      Comparisons between the different categories in terms of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                             &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffcc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; i.      ICTs use&lt;br /&gt;                                                            ii.      frequency of use&lt;br /&gt;                                                          iii.      purpose&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;of use&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffcc;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can we bridge the digital divide in Morocco? (250 word, checklist style)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#99ff99;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ø  First, Morocco should conduct field studies in order to know the infrastructures needed before the introduction of any ICT in a specific region or institution.&lt;br /&gt;Ø  Second, extensive training are essential to make better profit from the use of ICTs and to not damage these technologies.&lt;br /&gt;Ø  Morocco should also adapt the ICTs to the culture of each region in Morocco, and to educate each citizen to know the great value of these ICTs for his/her life.&lt;br /&gt;Ø  In order to bridge the digital divide, Morocco should provide access to ICTs at an affordable price. For this reason, cybercafés should be present in popular neighborhoods and in rural areas.&lt;br /&gt;Ø  The Government should make a financial study to purchase as many software and hardware needed. For this aim, the government ought to look for help from the international organizations.&lt;br /&gt;Ø  ICTs should be available in schools and for all education purposes for free so that to move to a paperless and digital society. For this purpose, multimedia labs should be available and specialized teachers should be trained.&lt;br /&gt;Ø  The spread of electronic applications is also important in order to bridge the digital divide in Morocco&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-2653701234339746170?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/2653701234339746170/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=2653701234339746170' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/2653701234339746170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/2653701234339746170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2008/03/assignment-2.html' title='Assignment 2'/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-7584047437333012961</id><published>2008-03-04T20:42:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-03-04T20:45:43.990Z</updated><title type='text'>Dr. Najat Rochdi Talk: The role of ICTDAR and develeopment</title><content type='html'>·           ICTDAR is a regional program of UNDP covering all Arab Countries&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;·           Dr. Najat Rochdi is ICTDAR Regional Director and a Former Moroccan Deputy Minister, in charge of Small and Medium Enterprise’s Development in Morocco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;·           ICTDAR was  established to use ICT to&lt;br /&gt; empower people&lt;br /&gt; build people capacities and facilitate access to all sorts of knowledge&lt;br /&gt; prepare the Arab Region as a land rich in human and natural resources; a land of dialogue, tolerance and entrepreneurial freedom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;·           Dr. Najat main ideas:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poverty is about human development:&lt;br /&gt;Access to education&lt;br /&gt;Access to health services&lt;br /&gt;Equity, gender balance, …&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2002, the publication of a series of Arab human development reports started&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Without knowledge there is no development&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Development is about advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The role of knowledge for development is:&lt;br /&gt;Economic growth&lt;br /&gt;Social development&lt;br /&gt;Cultural enrichment&lt;br /&gt;Political empowerment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been big discussions about the digital divide, but the real issue is knowledge divide&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICT means “The most appropriate technology for the society we are serving, and not necessary the latest and sophisticated technology”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Knowledge is about&lt;br /&gt;Knowledge creation  &lt;br /&gt;Knowledge preservation&lt;br /&gt;Knowledge dissemination&lt;br /&gt;Knowledge utilization&lt;br /&gt;          Human needs&lt;br /&gt;          Human rights&lt;br /&gt;          Pluralism&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The eight Millennium Development Goals represent commitments by all countries to work on:&lt;br /&gt; poverty and hunger&lt;br /&gt;ill-health&lt;br /&gt; gender inequality&lt;br /&gt;education&lt;br /&gt; access to clean water&lt;br /&gt;environmental degradation&lt;br /&gt;climate change&lt;br /&gt;HIV&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICTDAR pillars are:&lt;br /&gt;Youth&lt;br /&gt;Disabled&lt;br /&gt;Partnership private sector&lt;br /&gt;Regional cooperation&lt;br /&gt;E-strategies, e-governance&lt;br /&gt;SME’s&lt;br /&gt;Women&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-7584047437333012961?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/7584047437333012961/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=7584047437333012961' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/7584047437333012961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/7584047437333012961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2008/03/dr-najat-rochdi-talk-role-of-ictdar-and.html' title='Dr. Najat Rochdi Talk: The role of ICTDAR and develeopment'/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-1076487716344844576</id><published>2008-02-27T02:02:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T02:03:34.419Z</updated><title type='text'>Summary of the interview with Jamal Benhamou: The Road to Morocco</title><content type='html'>Benhamou states that Africa has become a good region for investments. He affirms that it is “a vast untapped market with legions of firms eager to grab a slice of the region’s IT industry pie”. However, he also raise the negative aspect of Africa for investors as being “ a continent overshadowed by unrest, separated by a number of languages, and with precious few means of entering the market without falling prey to systemic corruption”. However, many African nations have worked to overcome this negative impression:&lt;br /&gt;Morocco’s government and IT sector have been methodically and silently building up a joint business plan to attract foreign investment, particularly from the UAE.&lt;br /&gt;Morocco’s geographical position and trilingual workforce make a prime destination for companies looking to outsource their operations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jamal Benhamou, APEBI’s CEO explains why Morocco is only now emerging as an IT destination:&lt;br /&gt;·        Many Chinese, European and US companies have come to Morocco because they know that they can benefit from the main free trade agreements we have signed with the United States, South America, Europe and North Africa.&lt;br /&gt;·        Morocco built up a strategy-based operation action plan which is a public-private voluntary policy to support development&lt;br /&gt;·        Morocco has finally understood that any growth or development in the IT environment will have a substantially direct impact on the local economy&lt;br /&gt;·        there opportunities for UAE and the wider Middle East companies to enter Morocco, French-speaking Africa, France and perhaps the EU&lt;br /&gt;·        Morocco has already built a number of technology parks, similar in design to Dubai’s Internet and Media Cities, with two located in Casablanca, another in Rabat, and a further pair scheduled to open in Tangier and Marrakesh&lt;br /&gt;·        Morocco’s telecoms sector currently ranks third in Africa, behind Egypt and Tunisia.&lt;br /&gt;·        Morocco understands that it’s going to be really difficult for them to compete with India and China, so I think they’re trying to add more on top through value-added services&lt;br /&gt;·        Moroccan government is also placing a lot of emphasis on innovation.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-1076487716344844576?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/1076487716344844576/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=1076487716344844576' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/1076487716344844576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/1076487716344844576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2008/02/summary-of-interview-with-jamal.html' title='Summary of the interview with Jamal Benhamou: The Road to Morocco'/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-4854522052047448890</id><published>2008-02-25T13:07:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-25T13:09:18.565Z</updated><title type='text'>Information and Communications for Development 2006: Global Trends and Policies</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Preface:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The report discusses the following issues:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;·         experiences, trends, and outlook on the ICT sector with a focus on actual results and justified expectations&lt;br /&gt;·         global ICT development trends&lt;br /&gt;·         empirical evidence of the benefits that ICT is providing in terms of economic growth and poverty reduction&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The purpose of the report:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;·         Creation of a basis for more systematic monitoring and evaluation of the progress and impact of ICT&lt;br /&gt;·          Provide useful insights on ICT for development in general.&lt;br /&gt;The work and achievements of the GICT:&lt;br /&gt;·         The Global Information and Communication Technologies Department (GICT) is the World Bank Group department that focuses on the ICT sector.&lt;br /&gt;·         GICT is undertaking several initiatives to advance methods of monitoring results in ICT for development projects.&lt;br /&gt;·         GICT’s results measurement agenda aims to strengthen the availability of ICT sector indicators at country, micro, and project levels&lt;br /&gt;·         GICT has defined a core set of information-and communication-related indicators to create tables that present a snapshot of country-specific ICT issues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The purpose of Information and Communications for Development 2006: Global Trends and Policies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;·         To consolidate all the M&amp;amp;E efforts and share the findings with the development community&lt;br /&gt;·         To apply  the data to a range of topics: investment trends, principles and practical solutions to extending ICT services, the role of ICT in doing business, trends in national e-strategies, and approaches to tracking ICT globally.&lt;br /&gt;·         To work with countries and the international community to determine how best to use ICT for poverty reduction and economic growth in the developing world&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-4854522052047448890?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-7309379494743718544</id><published>2008-02-13T13:30:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-13T13:32:20.994Z</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;Mobiles narrow digital divisions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Mobile phones and net access are helping narrow the gulf between rich and poor nations&lt;br /&gt;The efficiencies these technologies bring has boosted development in poorer countries&lt;br /&gt;Greater use of technology in businesses, schools and at home could raise standards of living and help people prosper.&lt;br /&gt;In rural communities in Uganda, and the small vendors in South Africa, Senegal and Kenya mobile phones were helping traders get better prices, ensure less went to waste and sell goods faster.&lt;br /&gt;A study of Thai manufacturing firms showed that a 10% increase in computer literate staff produced a 3.5% productivity gain.&lt;br /&gt;To make the most of the transformative potential of the net, mobiles and other technologies the UN report recommended that countries update cyber laws, intellectual property regulations, upgrade infrastructure and invest in training&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Technology in emerging economies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China is by no means the only emerging economy in which new technology is being eagerly embraced&lt;br /&gt; The India of internet cafés and internet tycoons produces more engineering graduates than America, makes software for racing cars and jet engines and is one of the top four pharmaceutical producers in the world&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet this picture of emerging-market technarcadia is belied by parallel accounts of misery and incompetence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three-quarters of low-income countries have fewer than 15 PCs per 1,000 people—and many of those computers are gathering dust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How well are emerging economies using new technology?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Technology so defined is fundamental to economic advance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The main channels through which technology is diffused in emerging economies are foreign trade (buying equipment and new ideas directly); foreign investment (having foreign firms bring them to you); and emigrants in the West&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Technology is spreading to emerging markets faster than it has ever done anywhere&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most technologies are available in some degree&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emerging economies spend less on R&amp;amp;D than rich ones: rich countries spend 2.3% of GDP on R&amp;amp;D, East Asians 1.4%, and Latin America 0.6%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In rich countries, high-tech-firms get money from banks, stockmarkets and venture capitalists in ways that emerging-market entrepreneurs can only dream of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The limits of leapfrogging&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In places with bad roads, few trains and parlous land lines, mobile phones substitute for travel, allow price data to be distributed more quickly and easily, enable traders to reach wider markets and generally make it easier to do business&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mobile phone is also a wonderful example of a “leapfrog” technology: it has enabled developing countries to skip the fixed-line technology of the 20th century and move straight to the mobile technology of the 21st&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The nature of the mobile phone makes it an especially good leapfrogger&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The World Bank concludes that a country's capacity to absorb and benefit from new technology depends on the availability of more basic forms of infrastructure&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of the time, to go high-tech, you need to have gone medium-tech first.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-7309379494743718544?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/7309379494743718544/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=7309379494743718544' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/7309379494743718544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/7309379494743718544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2008/02/mobiles-narrow-digital-divisions-mobile.html' title=''/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-255109227883564321</id><published>2008-02-07T11:25:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-07T11:27:41.085Z</updated><title type='text'>Information Technology, Globalization and Social Development</title><content type='html'>Summary&lt;br /&gt;· Manuel Castells examines the profile of this new world, centred around multinational corporations, global financial markets and a highly concentrated system of technological research and development&lt;br /&gt;· The reintegration of social development and economic growth in the information age will require massive technological upgrading of countries, firms and households around the world&lt;br /&gt;· It will require the establishment of a worldwide network of science and technology, in which the most advanced universities will be willing to share knowledge and expertise for the common good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Introduction&lt;br /&gt;· For those around the world who are not ecstatic about surfing on the Internet, information technology is a tool for renewed exploitation, destruction of jobs, environmental degradation and the invasion of privacy&lt;br /&gt;· Social development today is determined by the ability to establish a synergistic interaction between technological innovation and human values,&lt;br /&gt;THE NEW SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEM: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, NETWORKING, GLOBALIZATION&lt;br /&gt;· It is new because it is tooled by new information and communication technologies that are at the roots of new productivity sources, of new organizational forms, and of the formation of a global economy&lt;br /&gt;INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AS A STRATEGIC TOOL&lt;br /&gt;· The entire realm of human activity depends on the power of information, in a sequence of technological innovation that accelerates its pace by month.&lt;br /&gt;· Software development is making possible user-friendly computing, so that millions of children, when provided with adequate education, can progress in their knowledge, and in their ability to create wealth and enjoy it wisely&lt;br /&gt;· The availability and use of information and communication technologies are a pre-requisite for economic and social development in our world&lt;br /&gt;· Ict allows countries to leapfrog stages of economic growth by being able to modernize their production systems and increase their competitiveness faster than in the past&lt;br /&gt;· For those economies that are unable to adapt to the new technological system, their retardation becomes cumulative.&lt;br /&gt;· The ability to move into the Information Age depends on the capacity of the whole society to be educated, and to be able to assimilate and process complex information&lt;br /&gt;GLOBALIZATION&lt;br /&gt;· Global economy is an economy whose core activities work as a unit in real time on a planetary scale&lt;br /&gt;· Savings and investment in all countries depend for their performance on the evolution and behavior of global financial markets&lt;br /&gt;· Globalization requires capitalist restructuring, innovation and competition, and enacted through the powerful medium of new information and communication technologies.&lt;br /&gt;NETWORKING&lt;br /&gt;· With new information and communication technology, the network is, at the same time, centralized and decentralized.&lt;br /&gt;· Networks are the appropriate organization for the relentless adaptation and the extreme flexibility that is required by an interconnected, global economy&lt;br /&gt;THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INFORMATION AGE: INEQUALITY, POVERTY, MISERY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION&lt;br /&gt;· Relationships of consumption refer to the appropriation by people of the product of their work&lt;br /&gt;· The number of people living in poverty has significantly increased everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;· The first process, characterizing the information age as a result of its networking form of organization, is the growing individualization of labour&lt;br /&gt;· A second characteristic of current relationships of production is over-exploitation&lt;br /&gt;· A third characteristic is social exclusion, that is the process by which certain individuals or groups are barred from access to social positions&lt;br /&gt;· There is a fourth significant type of relationship of production that is relevant to current trends of social underdevelopment&lt;br /&gt;THE FOURTH WORLD&lt;br /&gt;· information and knowledge have always been essential factors in power and production&lt;br /&gt;· It is the entire social organization that becomes productive or, on the contrary, an obstacle for innovation, and thus for productivity growth&lt;br /&gt;· The reintegration of social development and economic growth through technological innovation, informational management, and shared world development will not be accomplished by simply relying on unfettered market forces.&lt;br /&gt;· It will require massive technological upgrading of countries, firms, and households around the world.&lt;br /&gt;· Solidarity in a globalized world means global solidarity. And it also means inter-generational solidarity&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-255109227883564321?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/255109227883564321/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=255109227883564321' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/255109227883564321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/300134986250623692/posts/default/255109227883564321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/2008/02/ation-technology-globalization-and.html' title='Information Technology, Globalization and Social Development'/><author><name>Technologyinfo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660497580487885176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-5146791936864499322</id><published>2008-02-06T15:09:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-06T15:10:26.355Z</updated><title type='text'>The invisible computer revolution</title><content type='html'>Mobile phone network along with the internet is the most astonishing technology story of our time, and one that has the power to revolutionize access to information across the developing world.&lt;br /&gt;Revolutionise education&lt;br /&gt;·      The revolution of personally-financed wirelessly-connected computers largely goes unnoticed by the international development community, and because their paradigm revolves around desktops and laptops they spend millions developing specialised laptops for schoolchildren in developing countries.&lt;br /&gt;·      The question we should be asking ourselves is "what mobile software can we write that would really add value for a schoolteacher (or student, or health worker, or businessperson)&lt;br /&gt;Banking initiatives&lt;br /&gt;·      In South Africa and Nigeria, a variety of mobile banking initiatives have taken off and been embraced by a population that isn't going to be getting "online" anytime soon but who want all the advantages of cashless transactions.&lt;br /&gt;·      In Kenya, Sierra Leone, and Zambia, with funding from The Vodafone Group Foundation and the UN Foundation, we've successfully completed a pilot of our EpiSurveyor mobile data collection software for public health&lt;br /&gt;·      For the foreseeable future, the cell phone is the computer, and it will be the portal to the internet, and the communications tool, and the schoolbook, and the vaccination record, and the family album, and many other things, just as soon as someone, somewhere, sits down and writes the software that allows these functions to be performed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-5146791936864499322?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/5146791936864499322/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=300134986250623692&amp;postID=5146791936864499322' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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ranked the worst educational reformers&lt;br /&gt;Youthful region :&lt;br /&gt;·         Educational reform had to take top priority if the region's youth were to be better equipped in a fast-changing world and high unemployment combated.&lt;br /&gt;·         Unemployment in the Arab world averaged 14%&lt;br /&gt;·         Educational reform went hand in hand with economic development&lt;br /&gt;·         Jordan and Kuwait were the top educational reformers in the region, while Djibouti, Yemen, Iraq and Morocco ranked lowest in terms of access, efficiency and quality of education.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/300134986250623692-5852930194760279980?l=infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://infocomtechnologies.blogspot.com/feeds/5852930194760279980/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300134986250623692.post-5780883218026184070</id><published>2008-02-05T12:01:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-05T12:03:10.587Z</updated><title type='text'>Questioning ICTs and development in Africa</title><content type='html'>·         For the past two decades, most developed countries have witnessed&lt;br /&gt;significant changes that can be traced to ICTs in economics, education, communications, leisure, and travel.&lt;br /&gt;·      “The knowledge society”:  ICTs have made it possible to find fast access to, and distribution of, information as well as new ways of doing business in real time and at a cheaper cost&lt;br /&gt;·      Many initiatives have been taken at the international level to support Africa’s efforts to develop communication infrastructure and services that are connected to the world information highways&lt;br /&gt;In developed countries, the evolution of ICTs has been linked closely to their power and economic boom&lt;br /&gt;·      The digital revolution is relevant for Africa only if it takes into consideration the daily realities and aspirations of individuals&lt;br /&gt;Africa is known for being a continent with one of the world lowest growth rates in all types of infrastructure.&lt;br /&gt;·      Challenges of Africa include adapting ICTs to local conditions and uses in developing countries, and allowing each country to understand these innovations and adjust them to their own development needs.&lt;br /&gt;·      The five development indicators that focus on the improvement of the quality of life are:&lt;br /&gt;o    education&lt;br /&gt;o    health,&lt;br /&gt;o   Income&lt;br /&gt;o    Governance&lt;br /&gt;o    technology&lt;br /&gt;·         ICTs can be socially beneficial only if they contribute to:&lt;br /&gt;o    poverty eradication (higher income),&lt;br /&gt;o   improved health and education&lt;br /&gt;o    better use and more equitable sharing of resources&lt;br /&gt;o    raising participation in the decision-making processes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;General Framework&lt;br /&gt;The purpose of this book is to share Acacia’s experiences in the processes, resources, products and behaviours that were drawn from the research it supported with grassroots communities in sub-Saharan Africa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Methodology&lt;br /&gt;The approach used is participatory and iterative&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Background to the study&lt;br /&gt;·           In August 2000, a methodological workshop was held in Nairobi that brought together different Acacia partners who were drawn from various backgrounds, but who all shared an interest in ICTs&lt;br /&gt;·           The purpose of the workshop was to agree on the evaluation methodology to be followed, given that this study would involve four countries (Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda) and many researchers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Evaluation problems and issues&lt;br /&gt;·         The main evaluation issues that were identified were:&lt;br /&gt;o  Economic, technical, political and social environments in which ICTs have been introduced.&lt;br /&gt;o  Community access to ICTs.&lt;br /&gt;o   Community involvement in the process of introducing ICTs.&lt;br /&gt;o  Community responses to ICTs.&lt;br /&gt;o   Technologies introduced.&lt;br /&gt;o   Applications and content developed along with the introduction of ICT&lt;br /&gt;o  Impacts of ICT introduction and use by the communities.&lt;br /&gt;o   Capacity building among different groups.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Methods and instruments of data collection&lt;br /&gt;The following conversation guides, targeting specific categories of respondents, were drawn up and used:&lt;br /&gt;1. Information and communication infrastructure map designed for community&lt;br /&gt;representatives.&lt;br /&gt;2. Social map designed for the same target.&lt;br /&gt;3. Conversation guide designed for specific groups&lt;br /&gt;4. Conversation guide designed for community organizations&lt;br /&gt;5. Conversation guide designed for technicians, specialists, and consultants.&lt;br /&gt;6. Documentary analysis guide indicating all the documents that might interest the research team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sampling&lt;br /&gt;Based on this sampling, four projects were selected in Senegal, one in (Kenya), and two in Uganda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Data collection and processing&lt;br /&gt;·         Qualitative data collection required interviews with groups and individuals.&lt;br /&gt;·         Quantitative data were collected using questionnaires&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Methodological limitations&lt;br /&gt;·           One of the major difficulties encountered in this study was the differing maturity of the selected projects&lt;br /&gt;·         The research was exploratory and descriptive, and little concern was given to ensuring that the sample chosen was statistically meaningful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summary of projects&lt;br /&gt;            Senegal:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Youth cyber spaces in intermediate and secondary education in Senegal&lt;br /&gt;·         ICTs were introduced through the creation of youth cyber spaces&lt;br /&gt;(point of access to ICTs) in secondary education in Senegal&lt;br /&gt;·           this experiment attempted to improve the learning, facilitation, and&lt;br /&gt;sensitization model used by the FLE clubs to promote population, environment, and sustainable development issues&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use and appropriation of ICTs by community organizations in Senegal&lt;br /&gt;Training, was implemented to enable the organizations concerned to use ICTs in ways that would encourage the development of sustainable patterns of ICT use through a network of community resource centres that were managed by the communities themselves&lt;br /&gt;Introduction of ICTs to the Management and Rehabilitation of Village Communities&lt;br /&gt;The project aimed at taking actions that would favour the use of ICTs by different actors&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ICTs and Decentralization of Trade Point Senegal&lt;br /&gt;To demonstrate that ICTs could provide economic units with the same access to sources of information, and thus enabled them to improve the decisions they make regarding activities and businesses&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kenya:&lt;br /&gt;The main objective of this project was to develop the existing infrastructure at community documentation centres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uganda:&lt;br /&gt;This project mainly intended to demonstrate how ICTs could enable female workers and women’s organizations involved in the promotion of entrepreneurship to find ways in which women could be better involved in the economic life of the community&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;South Africa:&lt;br /&gt;The project was designed to facilitate access to ICTs by organizations and communities to improve their decision-making capacity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conceptual framework&lt;br /&gt;Community development: Community development can be defined as a global, dynamic, iterative, and interactive process of change that constitutes the source of significant and measurable improvements in various aspects of life and provides some degree of satisfaction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Community: The term ‘community’ here designates both the individuals and their communities, and organizations or associations that have access to ICTs or are potential users of ICTs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Participation: it refers to an organized effort accomplished by the members themselves with a view to achieving the development objectives that they had assigned to themselves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs): ICTs are grouped under two categories: ‘traditional’ and ‘new’&lt;br /&gt;·         Traditional ICTs are radio, television, fixed line telephones, and facsimile machines&lt;br /&gt;·         The ‘new’ ICTs consist of computers and specific data processing applications accessible through those computers&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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