Government of Indonesia called investors to decrease digital divide

By Erny Setyawati

Government of Indonesia through Communication and Information Technology Ministry called Investors to decrease Digital Divide. Indonesia that have millions islands, unique cultures
and varieties languages has Digital Divide problem. Remote islands have difficulties
to communicate and lack information, so that the improvement of human resources
is far from not remote islands. To break the problems, Communication and Information
Technology Ministry launched Ring program. The purposes of the program, called
investor to improve Telecommunication in remote islands. The responsive investors
start to build many BTS (Base transceiver station) in remote village so that
communication can run well. Few advantages can be taken By people from remote
island,

1. People can communicate well with others improved islands.

2. Create new entrepreneurs, especiall in phone cellular business, Internet café business.

3. Improved trade, Small Medium Enterprise can sell their products through well
communication.

4. Easy getting information.

5. The good infrastructure of BTS gives opportunity to access Internet so that
people can get information globally.

 

Welcome Windows 7, seventh heaven for Microsoft

By Erny Setyawati

Microsoft tries to make new innovation after launching Windows Vista, although
the innovation will launch in 2010, but few issues is heard through Internet.
The innovation of Windows 7 was created when Bill Gates retired from Microsoft
big company last June 30, 2008. Bill Gates will take responsibility in management,
not responsibility in operational. The retiring of Bill Gates as founder and
visionary leader is not right time when Microsoft is struggling to face a lot
of competitors.

Based on Microsoft commitment, Windows Vista must implement until 2010, although
the users complain about the product, because of needing much power to operate
it.

Windows 7 will finish in 2010 after trying and error, and expect more responsive
than Windows Vista. Through Internet information, we find many issues that we
can make conclusion like below,

1.Windows 7 will give facilities as, report mechanism so that developer can
send their experiences, order and bug to Microsoft.

2.PC in Windows 7 will connect to workgroups and network when installation is
processing.

3.You will see interesting “Windows meeting Space” when you are
starting Menu, after installation process.

4.We can share document and folder with peer to peer on the net.

5.Users can share photo, music and file with others users after setting.

6.To use all services above, users must register without Windows Live ID.

7.Users can manage desktop, windows size, font and background desktop.

8.Users can use new facility “ Windows Health Center” Summary of
PC condition”

(update condition, access user account, and risks that will happen) Alarm will
active when Windows find the risks.

9.Easy recovery center, making easy restoration back up.

10. “Touchable Paint” Users can draw without mouse. With multi touch
function, users can play game and move file without mouse.

11. Software and driver have been running in Windows Vista, guarantee and must
be running in Windows 7.

The new system above will be finished by 2000 developers and planning to finish
in October. 2000 tester will try bug in Professional Developers Conference at
Los Angeles.

 

Golden shield, china virtual to prevent from global information

By Erny Setyawati

Government of China had brilliant idea to prevent global information when Beijing
Olympiad happened on 2008. The china regime tried to prevent all Internet activities.
They used system, called great wall to look at all information in and out. The
concept is so simple. They thought that all activities in real live and business on line
would happen in internet activities.

The great wall that had been built since 500 centuries ago, to prevent from Mongolia
attacked. Now they build virtual wall, to prevent from global information.

These are genius system that could prevent information all time. People around
the world would be desperate when they typed keywords of Taiwan or Tibet in search
engine, directly answers” your connection is interrupted “. There
were 30.000 internet polices to block internet activities all time.

How the China Government did it. Foreign companies, as Cisco system took part
to support all networking. Example router would clarify all IP address. Cisco
Company said that all of their infrastructure would block and limit Internet access.
The infrastructure could be used to limit for domain address and site pages.

The computer of China would sensor to all search queries and changed to domain
that appropriate with China Government regulation.

The Internet users still could access information, but ten minutes later would
be blocked by China Government.

To success the programs, Government of China joined venture with Yahoo, Google
and Microsoft.

Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft followed the regulations, because they were sure
that local regulation prohibited the information.

The China Government idea should be followed by others Developing Countries
that struggling to overcome pornography information.

Few advantages of phone cellular in Developing countries

Digitaldivide becomes serious problem at Developing country. Limited telecommunication
lines, high cost slow connections and lack of skills on ICT use, lack of regulatory
framework and limited IT budget, make e government and e business have internal
and external barriers. Improvement of phone cellular investors in developing
countries make government, business people find alternative. The problems of
e government and e business implementation, find solutions now.

The users of phone cellular in developing countries (almost 75 %), make Banks
and government use mobile banking and mobile government for alternative. Few
countries success to implement mobile service, as Philippine success to use
SMS for population certification service, Germany success to use service mobile
office, Singapore success to use SMS public service, example passport, tax payment service, Indonesia success to use e Banking for entrepreneurs service.

The quickest phone cellular technology and cheapest than internet technology in developing countries, make Government, banking, businesses activities change to phone cellular. Few advantages that phone cellular give for public service and business,

1. Pooling / Voting,

You can use pooling / voting in phone cellular, for survey customers. You will know what your customers want from your products and services.
You can use voting for general election and public aspiration (Government)

2. Announcer,

You can use announcer function in phone cellular, for new products campaign
(for business and banking)
We can campaign public services, commodity distribution information and campaign of government activity.

3. Auto responds info,

The entrepreneurs can give a chance to their customers to use auto respond info, ask new products in details, and before decide to buy.

People can ask to government how to get birth certificate, identity card, tax payment info and others government services.

4. Auto respond cascading,

People can register to get credit card, open account in the Bank. Register to get birth certificate, passport, identity card and others public services (Government)


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Surabaya dream to be Cyber City in East java Indonesia

Surabaya as capital city of East Java Indonesia has full of varieties problems to face,
beginning, rubbish, environment, traffic jam to footstall problems.

Surabaya that so popular as Hero city, through 715 years anniversary, trying
to make a new innovation through Information Technology to manage government.

Beginning from e procurement, known as best practices in Indonesia (based on
World Bank Survey), Surabaya also tries to improve public services based on IT.

The Government has commitment and consistent to use IT, because of best experiences
in e procurement implementation. Using Information Technology more efficient,
transparent and decreasing budget, because not using papers.

Joint venture with Telecommunication limited company, as social responsibility program, Surabaya had built 36 Hot spot (wireless fidelity). Through Hot spot facilities, publics can access internet easily, so that Surabaya can empower publics through IT.

The benefits to public, beside getting information easily, public can,

1. Improve their human resources,

2. Improve communication between government to public,

3. Empower public to be entrepreneurs,


4. Get access easily to Government information,

5. More transparent,

6. Improve public service,

7. Decrease digital divide.

Surabaya
as trading, services, tourism, business
and students city, expect to be more popular and well know around the world.

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North Sumatra government efforts to decrease digital divide

All efforts have been done North Sumatra Government with stake holders to decrease
digital divide. Planning to build 100 villages digital (Kampoeng digital), 20 tourism village digital ( Kampoeng wisata digital), 150 school on line, 100 mosque digital, 100 government community digital, 10 library digital and 100 small medium enterprise center have been implemented one by one.

One of region, called Terang Bulan village ( KampoengTerang Bulan) have been implementing successfully North Sumatra Government idea. Terang Bulan Village take is not far from Medan, the capital city of North Sumatra, about 17 km.

Terang Bulan is only remote village with 500 populations with varieties ethnic, domination Javanese, karonese, bataknese, and padang.
The populations have varieties profession, as farmer, employer, publish service, teacher, small medium enterprise.

To find education is difficult there, take 1,5 km for Elementary school, and junior high school and one must go out village to attend senior high school.

Brilliants idea, remote villages that have not telephone network, to build wireless tower point to point, in order to access internet. The young generations worked together, to achieve their dreaming.The simple infrastructure, create many entrepreneurs
from the village,

1.They begin to learn how to use internet, browsing email and searching strategies.

2. Create e commerce and selling village products.

3.Training web design for empower skill.

Using internet, they begin to know how to market on net and create net entrepreneurs. Finally, they must know the internet marketing strategies.


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Travel entrepreneurs take part in Majapahit Travel Fair

Tourism becomes important role to empower traveling entrepreneurs. To promote Indonesia tourism in Indonesia, government with stake holders held Majapahit Travel
Fair in Surabaya city east java. There are few program that plan to promo,

1. Travel Exchange ( Travex)

2. Promotion of tourism, culture and art

3. Farm Trip

4. Workshop.

Majapahit Travel Fair plan to be hold every year in order to motivate traveling
entrepreneurs, tourism industry so that people will appreciate tourism. Finally,
improve regional and national economy.

The Majapahit Travel Fair also has interesting exhibition as,

Floor Plan Exhibition

Buyers and Sellers Program

Traditional Dances Festival

Government expect to be able to invite 14000 tourist from others countries to visit Indonesia.

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