We want to make Makkah a model city, says Al-Bar January 17, 2009
Posted by bahadirkhan in English, Haber (News).Tags: Communications and Information Technology, intelligent city, Umm Al-Qura University
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How to transform Makkah into an intelligent city with the aim of improving facilities and services being rendered to the millions of pilgrims who come for Haj and Umrah, will top the agenda of an international conference that opens at Umm Al-Qura University tomorrow.
Executives of leading international IT companies, including Wim Elfrink of Cisco, Marwan Al-Ahmadi of Zain Saudi Arabia, Charles Savage of KEE International, Siavash Alamouti of Intel, and Charlie Kindel of Microsoft, are expected to attend the conference.
Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal will open the conference organized by the Makkah municipality in association with the Communications and Information Technology Commission and the Haj Research Center.
“The two-day forum aims at expediting the application of modern intelligent city technologies in Makkah to facilitate the housing and transportation of pilgrims and other guests who come to the city,” said Makkah Mayor Osama Al-Bar. “We also want to make Makkah a model for other Islamic cities.”
Major speakers include Mohammed Al-Suwaiyel, president of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology; Kim Choon-Ho, vice president of Konkuk University in South Korea; John G. Jung, chairman of Intelligent Community Forum; Ahmad Yamani of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority; Mohamed Banten, president of Saudi Post; Abdul Rahman Faqeeh, chairman of Jabal Omar Development Co.; and Mohammad Binladin, vice president of Saudi Binladin Group. (more…)
Inauguration Mashup Gives Attendees a Voice January 17, 2009
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A new iPhone and BlackBerry application developed by PointAbout and FortiusOne in partnership with Qorvis and Patton Boggs, gives a voice to 2009 Obama Inauguration attendees by polling users on a range of questions and displaying the results with user-friendly visual analytics at www.NavigatingWashington.com.
FortiusOne was called upon to analyze and visualize the results of the geographic polling component, which gauges real-time user sentiment about inaugural events. This feature, called, “Make Your Voice Heard,” enables anyone across the country to express their opinion via their smart phones and instantly see how they and thousands of others are voting.
“NavigatingWashington.com showcases an innovative fusion of content from mobile devices and enterprise information,” said Sean Gorman, CEO and founder of FortiusOne. “With our soon to be released GeoCommons API , we are seamlessly aggregating official source data with real-time mobile user generated content (UGC.) Users can visualize the DC government’s street closures, secure zones and traffic patterns while participating in the nationwide online poll that measures their reactions to inaugural events; enabling each individual to truly make their voice heard.”
The mobile application-powered mashup was conceived of and delivered in under three weeks, a timeframe made possible by PointAbout’s unique approach to mobile application development. “We make innovation possible on the mobile device in ways that were inconceivable before,” says Chief Strategy Officer Sean Shadmand. (more…)
