US software giant team signals interest in Guyana

Obviously politicians are useless for the progress of Guyana. We have seen the PPP and their cronies. But, my goodness where did the APNU/AFC=PNC quickly resurrected theirs from. It took the PPP 23 years to put together their band of misfits. The PNC, just came out of the woodwork from the President's abode-The Ministry of the Presidency . . .

Much bitters for Guyanese tongues. Dey goan be getting white mouth-no food.

These jokers in the afc/apnu really believe that Guyana is a hotbed of software development? Desperation is makes these people clutch at straws while the economy tanks. When they were in opposition they said they had the answers to Guyana's woes. Now they are in power we see zero being done to enhance the nation.

These jokers in the afc/apnu really believe that Guyana is a hotbed of software development?

The Government of Guyana trying to bring these canecutters into the 21st century and they're bitching and moaning because they want to stay in the canefields. 

the Guyanese people will be fine . . . especially those in Linden u busy wukkin Nigerian obeah pan

As if I doan have any other things to do. Too bad observations with comments are read by fools as well. 

The Government of Guyana trying to bring these canecutters into the 21st century and they're bitching and moaning because they want to stay in the canefields. 

Still screaming for Nigerian juju curses on black Guyanese, while you PRETEND to be a man of God?

The pastor is a man of God. And it is not a good ting to speak ill of such a person. I am not a pastor suh I can curse from time to time. Behave u fooking self and stop wid this juju thing. U keep mentioning dem spirits dem might like u and cling onto to u. That is some misery u goan dey pan. 

The pastor is a man of God.

These jokers in the afc/apnu really believe that Guyana is a hotbed of software development? Desperation is makes these people clutch at straws while the economy tanks. When they were in opposition they said they had the answers to Guyana's woes. Now they are in power we see zero being done to enhance the nation.

Druggie rest your jealous self.  Why would a chairman of a large company waste his time to fly to Guyana and meet with Harmon if he wasn't seriously considering?  This is clearly outsourcing, with the lower end tasks being switched to a lower cost location.  In fact I am told that others are also looking at Guyana.

So why don't you welcome the possibility that eventually Guyana might become more than just a low end call center location?  Clearly this will be a gradual step, if they do move ahead with this. 

Barbados and Jamaica already have some less basic BPO work, so why can't Guyana aspire to this too?  Better than an economy based on selling speculative products, and high cost commodities into low price markets, and an unsustainable real estate bubble that was based on money laundering, drug running, gold smuggling and corruption.

You should not comment on subjects you are not familiar with.  Software development require a skill base, the last time I checked, your boy Granger has officially made UG a discredited university.  Where will these software engineers come from?  Even right here in the US when companies moves from one state to another, they have huge problems finding skilled workers, much less little Guyana.

"US software giant team signals interest in Guyana"

You are thinking PPP still in Govt. If they were, the above never would have come about. The PPP chased away the brains, the white people, the Alliance now in Govt, things gonna look up. Wait lil bit.

You should not comment on subjects you are not familiar with.  Software development require a skill base, the last time I checked, your boy Granger has officially made UG a discredited university.  Where will these software engineers come from?  Even right here in the US when companies moves from one state to another, they have huge problems finding skilled workers, much less little Guyana.

As it turns out, my assumptions were correct. 

EON is not looking for software engineers. In fact they are looking for sales to set up a digital interactive center for teaching, not much different than when the PPP brought the Learning channel to Guyana. 

Meanwhile, Mr. Lejerskar said his company is interested in setting up an interactive digital centre, which would have capacity building in knowledge transfer based on virtual reality. 

Interactive Digital Centers

EON Reality’s Interactive Digital Centers provide education and training in Virtual Reality and interactive 3D technologies in the areas of Education, Industry, and Edutainment.  As a leader in the field of interactive 3D visualization, our Centers provide access to state-of-the-art Virtual Reality equipment, development lab, and virtual 3D learning platform that meet the growing demands of the Interactive Digital Media sector and capture emerging opportunities, both locally and globally.

By collaborating with local business, technology, and government partners, IDCs aim to generate an overall awareness, understanding, and belief in Virtual Reality solutions that stimulate the local economy and create greater educational value.  A key feature of the IDC is the EON Entrepreneur School, a comprehensive program aimed at developing the area’s workforce with skills in interactive and 3D technology including coding, design and development. EON Reality expects to produce young talent every year through its education and training system and develop an entrepreneurial base supported by a growing creative and digital industry.

With the 3D market estimated to reach 227 billion USD in 2017 and higher adoption rates of personal Virtual and Augmented Reality devices, innovative ideas and unique applications will be crucial to satisfy the growing worldwide demand for Virtual and Augmented Reality applications. To capture the huge VR/AR market potential in untapped market segments the IDC also consists of the EON Innovation Program, a twelve month entrepreneurship program that seeks to nurture innovative Virtual and Augmented Reality ideas and bring them to market via EON Reality’s worldwide sales, marketing, development, and support network.

Knowledge Transfer Benefits 

Each IDC brings the following knowledge transfer benefits to its respective region:

• Multiplier Effect – The IDC Hub can within 60 months enable an entire nation to learn up to 12 times faster, 100 entrepreneur students create VR/AR curriculum for thousands of end users within less than 36 months
• Competitive Advantage – Local industries can access the latest technologies to gain a competitive advantage and transfer knowledge up to 12 times faster and improve quality assurance with up to 40%
• Job Creation – Local partners can create a targeted localized offering for the regional market
• Innovation – “Create an educational software that is as compelling as the best video game and as effective as a personal tutor.” – from “Grand Challenges for the 21^st Century”, President Obama 2009 September
• Engage and Motivate – Enable staff and students to use the latest interactive 3D technologies; create interesting and engaging learning experiences
• Improve Retention – Engage and excite with an “I see, I do” approach. Perform training in a replica of a real-world environment –  Experiential Learning

Dr  This is clearly outsourcing, with the lower end tasks being switched to a lower cost location.  In fact I am told that others are also looking at Guyana.

Tell yoy what druggie, why don't you ask the CHAIRMAN, of this company why he TRAVELED to Guyana.

Any beaches. Any international level golf courses.  NO.  So he didn't go there on vacation, so why did he do so?  Because he likes being bitten by mosquitos, or jumping over mud?

Just a refresher for druggie that no one claimed that any one was looking for software engineers in Guyana.  In fact even the more advanced BPO locations in the Caribbean (Jamaica, DR, and Barbados) haven't reached that point yet.

But when your friends build high rise buildings, with 50% of the square footage unused, you think that this is progress, because really that was the only "development" which happened under the PPP.

Apparently you don't get it, EON is not looking to bring jobs to Guyana, they are looking to sell to the Guyanese public and Govt. The country needs jobs not more pariah businesses looking to squeeze money from the public. Already we see the Chinese contemplating closing down their stores as people ain't shopping as before under the afc/apnu. 

Apparently you don't get it, EON is not looking to bring jobs to Guyana, they are looking to sell to the Guyanese public and Govt. The country needs jobs not more pariah businesses looking to squeeze money from the public. Already we see the Chinese contemplating closing down their stores as people ain't shopping as before under the afc/apnu. 

he most certainly is a man of the devil if he sanctions the wickedness of a racist cockroach like u

As it turns out, my assumptions were correct. 

EON is not looking for software engineers. In fact they are looking for sales to set up a digital interactive center for teaching, not much different than when the PPP brought the Learning channel to Guyana. 

Meanwhile, Mr. Lejerskar said his company is interested in setting up an interactive digital centre, which would have capacity building in knowledge transfer based on virtual reality. 

Interactive Digital Centers

EON Reality’s Interactive Digital Centers provide education and training in Virtual Reality and interactive 3D technologies in the areas of Education, Industry, and Edutainment.  As a leader in the field of interactive 3D visualization, our Centers provide access to state-of-the-art Virtual Reality equipment, development lab, and virtual 3D learning platform that meet the growing demands of the Interactive Digital Media sector and capture emerging opportunities, both locally and globally.

By collaborating with local business, technology, and government partners, IDCs aim to generate an overall awareness, understanding, and belief in Virtual Reality solutions that stimulate the local economy and create greater educational value.  A key feature of the IDC is the EON Entrepreneur School, a comprehensive program aimed at developing the area’s workforce with skills in interactive and 3D technology including coding, design and development. EON Reality expects to produce young talent every year through its education and training system and develop an entrepreneurial base supported by a growing creative and digital industry.

With the 3D market estimated to reach 227 billion USD in 2017 and higher adoption rates of personal Virtual and Augmented Reality devices, innovative ideas and unique applications will be crucial to satisfy the growing worldwide demand for Virtual and Augmented Reality applications. To capture the huge VR/AR market potential in untapped market segments the IDC also consists of the EON Innovation Program, a twelve month entrepreneurship program that seeks to nurture innovative Virtual and Augmented Reality ideas and bring them to market via EON Reality’s worldwide sales, marketing, development, and support network.

Knowledge Transfer Benefits 

Each IDC brings the following knowledge transfer benefits to its respective region:

• Multiplier Effect – The IDC Hub can within 60 months enable an entire nation to learn up to 12 times faster, 100 entrepreneur students create VR/AR curriculum for thousands of end users within less than 36 months
• Competitive Advantage – Local industries can access the latest technologies to gain a competitive advantage and transfer knowledge up to 12 times faster and improve quality assurance with up to 40%
• Job Creation – Local partners can create a targeted localized offering for the regional market
• Innovation – “Create an educational software that is as compelling as the best video game and as effective as a personal tutor.” – from “Grand Challenges for the 21^st Century”, President Obama 2009 September
• Engage and Motivate – Enable staff and students to use the latest interactive 3D technologies; create interesting and engaging learning experiences
• Improve Retention – Engage and excite with an “I see, I do” approach. Perform training in a replica of a real-world environment –  Experiential Learning

And druggie is having a heart attack at the notion of capacity building.  Yes this very entity will expose Guyanese to new skills.

BTW did any one OTHER THAN YOU claim that core software development would be done in Guyana?

Now go in the corner and cry that the chairman of a large US company might actually do something to benefit Guyanese.

That is what I though and was going to research the company. EON is a private company so their financials are not public records.

We are not talking about the pastor, as he didnt wish hell and damnation on Linden. We are talking about YOU!  Own up to your racism!

And yes the juju spirits did cling on to you for wishing such evilness.

And I supposes u r not a racist. We are all racist. Not so long ago D2 stated his views on East Indians. He may not think he is a racist, but some Indoes do. Myself, he stated his experience. As for Cain, typical putagee, dem never like Indoes-we confuse them. 

No one (except BGurd_See) said that EON was looking for software engineers. He is basically arguing against himself.

That is true. But we all live in North America and are quite familiar with what drives business ventures here. There is no reason to suggest that the same does not exist with their interest in Guyana. Take note of the words used by Dan Lejerskar "fertile grounds to explore" from a sales perspective.

They are setting up a center in Guyana which will provide jobs for Guyanese. They will use this center as a hub to launch products throughout the region. No one in their right mind would target Guyana as a market to improve their sales since we do not have the purchasing power necessary to support such a venture. 

It is not my view. It is the reality. Indians have taboos against race mixing. They hold their women as the sentinels of t heir culture and place on them the burden of defending it by not marrying into other races. 

Indians In guyana do not acknowledge the primacy of the state as the cradle of their culture. They think they got it whole cloth from Indian when you and I know we were outcasts there for 6000 years and in guyana we constituted a viable culture that recognized us as full Humans.

Go lie to yourself that this is not truth but It would be you deceiving yourself.