The PublishArabia Service is based on Microsoft's .Net platform, known for its reliability and scalability, in addition to its strong core support for Arabic.
Through the PublishArabia service, Qatar Foundation's various institutions, including Qatar Academy, Virginia Commonwealth University - Qatar (VCU-Qatar), Family Development Center, and the Learning Center, will be able to author, manage, and publish their content quickly and easily using the advanced media repository, workflow application and publishing system. Since the system is operated through a web-based interface, no technical experience or web programming background is needed to use the system. This also enables easy publishing of interactive elements like live votes and discussion groups.
Mr. Abdulredha Abdulrahman, the Managing Director of Qatar Foundation, indicated that as the Qatar Foundation has great ambitions for the future, it needs to have a strong focus on technology today. "PublishArabia will enable us to have an advanced and rich Internet presence from day one and this will empower us to deliver our message to society in an interesting and effective manner," he said.
"We are very excited at being given the opportunity to enable an esteemed organization like the Qatar Foundation, which provides valuable educational and social services to the community, to take advantage of modern Internet technologies to promote its vision and communicate its goals and objectives," said Horizons' CEO, Mohammad Takriti.
Mr. Ali Dalloul, Country Manager for Microsoft Gulf and Eastern Mediterranean said: "Technology is taking quantum leaps each day and we are excited to see how our partners in Qatar are building solutions on our latest technologies, which are in turn being deployed by distinguished organizations to educate and serve the community in the region." He added: "Microsoft's .Net platform aims to give users a rich and enhanced Internet experience and its built-in support for Arabic makes it extremely important for regional applications."
Qatar Foundation will be creating two sites, one in English and one in Arabic. They will contain details about activities, services and achievements of all organizations and institutes that belong to the foundation. The site will be available towards the end of this year.
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- Qatar: Tuesday, September 11 - 2001 at 14:16
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Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, a leading educational organization in the region, has moved closer towards creating a rich and functional presence on the Internet by signing up with PublishArabia.com, the leading innovative Internet publishing service in the Middle East.
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About Qatar FoundationQatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development was established in 1995, pursuant to a decree issued by His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar; as an educational, development, charitable non-profit organization so as to contribute, together with other similar institutions, in the achievement of cultural and scientific development of the country, and to give an example in the field of co-operation between society and its leadership.
Her Highness Sheika Moza Bin Nasser Al Misnad, Consort of H.H. the Emir, serves as Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation, and personally guides the organization's objectives and programs.
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Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software -- any time, any place and on any device.
Microsoft Gulf and Eastern Mediterranean (GEM) opened its Dubai-based Middle East headquarters office in 1991, since when subsidiaries have opened in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Microsoft GEM is responsible for the company's business in Pakistan, Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan, Cyprus and Malta. In 1999, Microsoft opened offices in Lebanon, Kuwait and Pakistan and an office in Jordan earlier this year.
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About PublishArabia.com
PublishArabia is a web service that enables organizations to create and publish rich, structured websites. Its advanced content management solution utilizes modern Internet technologies to provide powerful web publishing tools to non-technical users. The service presents a complete solution that includes hosting, administration and support. PublishArabia is a service of Horizons and is based on Horizons Knowledge Server content management platform. It is powered by the Microsoft .Net platform including XML, Windows 2000 Advanced Server and SQL Server 2000.
About Horizons
Horizons is a leading Internet software and eBusiness solution provider. Founded in 1994, Horizons has offices in Dubai, Doha, Amman and California and, has a team of specialized and talented Internet professionals. Its flagship product, Horizons Knowledge Server, is deployed in large setups like AlJazeera.net. It also powers PublishArabia.com, the premier web-based content management service.
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Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, News EditorTuesday, September 11 - 2001 at 14:16 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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This article was updated on Wed May 09 2007.
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