The search and competition for individuals of extreme skills, original creativity, and considerable talent is on-going worldwide and is showing no tendency of diminishing. If anything, the search for talents—or key players—for the global knowledge economy is becoming increasingly fiercer. Sri Lanka is of particular interest in this development, as it is at a stage […]
Passionate in grooming Sri Lanka’s next generation with capabilities to take the island into a new era of knowledge-based innovation and growth, Sri Lanka Association for Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM) has always dedicated itself to the cause of technology education for children. As an initiative of the association’s Capacity Forum, TechKids has been one […]
With the aim of supporting the governments vision of building a digitally inclusive Sri Lanka, that includes the next generation being provided with opportunities to engage in digitally driven innovation to develop new solutions, SLASSCOM recently signed MoUs with four key start-up hubs, namely Sabaragamuwa, Wayamba, Eastern and Central Startup Hubs, covering four of the […]
The Women Technopreneurs Forum (WTech) of Sri Lanka Association for Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM), having mentoring as a key pillar in its approach to support, promote and grow women technopreneurs, has outlined a two-pronged approach to mentoring, that will include providing services to first-level technopreneurs with a feasible idea or those have been in […]
Cloud computing is no longer just a buzzword – it’s an industry with a global market value of $371 billion (and growing). Through 2025, the global cloud computing market is set to exceed $832 billion in value.The countless reasons why cloud computing is important for business stems from its ability to allow organizations to scale, […]
Representative bodies of the local IT-BPM industry yesterday collectively called upon the government to respond to the voice of citizens in a responsible manner and restore stability with pragmatic solutions through consultation. In a joint statement to the media, the industry urged the government to respect the voice of the people. The statement was issued […]
SLASSCOM, Sri Lanka’s national chamber for the IT-BPM industry, FITIS, Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka, and the Computer Society of Sri Lanka(CSSL) the national association of ICT Professionals, the key trade chambers representing the IT-BPM industry express their concern on the evolving situation in the country. They urge the government to respond to […]
The pandemic has unquestionably challenged the world of education, leading to the acceleration of new tools, attitudes and long-needed education reforms, taking place at a faster pace than ever before. Keeping with this trend, the University of Moratuwa (UoM), slated as one of the country’s most respected local universities for IT Education, and DP Education, […]
The SLASSCOM People Summit, the country’s premier gathering of senior HR decision-makers dedicated to finding the best approach to achieving their talent management goals for their company’s and beyond, has over the last decade provided valued insights on a range of solutions from leadership development, diversity and inclusion, culture change, flexible working and employee engagement […]
The pandemic has seen the rise and fall in the importance of various services, out of which technology and digital transformation and HR-related services that include talent management, have in particular experienced a robust boost in their pertinence . As such, organizations are transforming and emerging from the pandemic to more fully become social enterprises, […]
