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Bahrain clicks on to cyber classes...
By MOHAMMED AL A'ALI
MANAMA

BAHRAIN is leaping into the future with the creation of cyber classes through a contract signed with Integrated Technology Group ,Amman Jordan for secondary school pupils.

ITG’s EduWave, the Jordanian e-learning platform, has been ported to run on the open source Linux operating system using IBM’s WebSphere and DB2 in a joint effort between ITG and IBM.

 IBM and Integrated Technology Group (ITG), a leading Jordanian software house, have announced today the completion of a major project where they have ported an open standards version of ITG’s EduWave e-learning platform to run on the Linux operating system. As a result of this joint effort, IBM will support EduWave as part of its open source e-learning solution platform for Middle East markets. EduWave, the comprehensive K-12 e-learning platform in Jordanian schools, has been deployed in over 3,000 schools in Jordan and has also been deployed in a number of school districts in the US state of New Jersey.

ITG’s EduWave, the Jordanian e-learning platform, has been ported to run on the open source Linux operating system using IBM’s WebSphere and DB2 in a joint effort between ITG and IBM.

Leading Jordanian software house Integrated Technology Group (ITG) has announced the availability of its EduWave e-learning suite on Linux. EduWave, the comprehensive K-12 e-learning platform in Jordanian schools, has been deployed in over 3,000 schools in Jordan and has also been deployed in a number of school districts in the US state of New Jersey.

EduWave™ in Bahrain: EduWave™, the Middle East e-Learning Platform, to Empower .25 Million Users in Bahrain’s Public Schools and Education System

Education in schools in the Kingdom of Bahrain will no longer be the same again. The Ministry of Education (MOE), Government of Bahrain, is all set to embrace information technology in a big way in the public schools of Bahrain. This landmark development will be achieved with the help of Integrated Technology Group (ITG), Jordan, and Bahrain based premier IT services and solutions company, Apple Centre, a division of business conglomerate, Almoayyed International Group (AIG).

Yarmouk University has completed yesterday part of its project (Technical Incubators) that have been created recently in cooperation with Integrated Technology Group (ITG) and Eskadenia – Industrial companies that are working in the telecommunications and information technology sectors - by signing 2 agreements with Yarmouk University.

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World Summit Award Grand Jury select Jordanian product- EduWave from over 800 nominations as one of the 5 world’s best products in the category   e-Learning

An indication of the great strides that have been made in Information and Communications Technology in the Jordan, the World Summit Award (WSA) Grand Jury in Dubai recently announced that the e-Learning Platform – EduWave, fully developed by Jordanian company ‘Integrated Technology Group (ITG)’, has been selected from over 800 nominations as one of the world’s best products in the category e-learning.

AMMAN (JT) - The Middle East's e-learning platform, EduWave™, is to be made available on the open source Linux platform following a deal between IBM and local IT company Integrated Technology Group, according to a statement released on Sunday

" We believe that it is critical that EduWave be made available on Linux. Government education authorities in the Middle East and elsewhere are evaluating and in many cases will be adopting open source platforms as they build national e-government and e-education initiatives. IBM will bring training and development resources to ITG's team, as well as providing strong co-marketing capabilities. We're delighted to be able to forge this important partnership," said Walid Tahabsem, chief executive officer of ITG.