Armenia to host IBM regional center of excellenceSeptember 2, 2016 - 15:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An IBM regional center of excellence for social services will be established in Armenia, a corresponding decision made at the Friday, September 2 government session. Minister of Labor Artem Asatryan announced the country will start employing a unified e-platform of public social services, which means they will appear in a tech environment which will ensure their compatibility for a single database. For that reason, with the support of the U.S. government, Armenia has signed a memorandum with the IBM Corporation which envisages the creation of a regional center of excellence based on IBM Curam software. Not only will the center enable creating systems for future automation of services, but it will also help ship them abroad, the Minister added. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |