IT as a peace making tool

 

 

If only there is peace in the middle east the following example is the shape of betterthings to come. Let usbear in mind that the two communities are separated by a wall and after many ears of unheavals, an IT project is trying to change the pace of things:

-A company called G.H.O.ST operating in Israel uses video conferencing to get in touch with another company in Ramalah because its executive cannot come to israel for security and administrative reasons.

-Although far from one another, the two partners have been working on a collaborative work  using applications such as google docs and Thinkfree to create a computer environment that is not tied to any application from any web interface.

-The internet-based virtual computer is in beta stage and through this project what politicians cannot achieve, IT people are making  it possible and I am sure that this is the beginning of a new era in middle east politics.

 

Source : IHT, May 28, 2009

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