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50x15 Connections
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Vol. 2, Issue I
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April 2006
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Welcome!
While Digital Inclusion is an elegantly simple concept, the right perspective and knowledge of regional landscapes are critically important to its success. This notion of "geo-sensitivity" is one of the core principals of AMD's 50x15 Initiative. In our August 2005 issue, I wrote about the perspective of a group of students at the University of Texas who saw the digital divide as "an enmeshed network of small fissures that separate(s) people locally." I think they were on to something important.
In this first full issue of the year, you'll read about how AMD is working to close these regional fissures. In China, we have worked diligently for more than a year with our partner Lenovo to connect literally millions of students to the Internet. In doing so, we have been able to validate one of the key postulates of 50x15. Generating revenue by serving people in high-growth regions is no longer just a goal we're striving to reach. It's now reality.
You'll also read about the work we're doing in Latin America - a region that is particularly appropriate to consider as we approach the World Congress on Information Technology 2006 meeting, scheduled for May 1-5 in Austin. The lessons we've learned in Latin America are helping to accelerate 50x15 everywhere around the world. More importantly, our work in this region has given us an opportunity to innovate along the way. Confronting challenges in real-time on the ground has allowed us to develop new and unique ideas and solutions that would not have been possible within a more traditional office environment. In this issue, AMD's Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Vice President for 50x15 and Innovative Systems, Billy Edwards, talks about this notion of "innovation along the way" and focuses on new ideas we have introduced in Latin America that will allow us to accelerate 50x15 in new, and perhaps even surprising ways.
Also thanks to our growing roster of subscribers for your continued support. Since launching this newsletter in May 2005, our subscriber base has more than tripled. Please continue to send us your thoughts and feedback.
Sincerely,
Dan Shine
AMD 50x15 Program Director
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AMD CEO and Chairman briefs congress on 50x15 and the need for innovation and competition
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AMD CONNECTS MILLIONS OF STUDENTS IN CHINA TO THE INTERNET
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Beijing—What began early last year as an ambitious partnership between AMD, Lenovo and Dawning to connect 200,000 students in China's Hebei Province to the Internet has grown into a massive nationwide effort in which the three industry partners have already deployed more than 210,000 computers in schools across 18 provinces, enabling literally millions of students in China with computing capability and Internet access.
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FOR AMD, DIGITAL INCLUSION IS THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION OF "CUSTOMER-CENTRIC INNOVATION"
By William T. Edwards, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer
AMD takes pride in providing our customers with a broad choice of quality computing solutions. Focusing on customers' needs enables our company to grow not only from a business perspective, but as a leader in a global community. While Internet connectivity is a luxury that some enjoy, there are many who live without access to even the most basic technologies. Today, for example, only 16 percent of the world's population has Internet access. There are literally billions of people living in technological darkness.
Through our 50x15 initiative, which includes our leadership role in the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) development efforts, AMD is not only raising visibility about the issues around the world, we're delivering results. In Latin America, 50x15 is helping people find jobs. In India, it's helping to foster innovative business ventures. In China, it's helping to enhance education - something you can read more about in this issue of 50x15 Connections. Business, governmental and social leaders recognize the absolute need to develop a global online community, and to provide increased opportunities for individuals regardless of nationality or location.
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DAVOS 2006: IT LEADERS SAY FINANCIAL SERVICES ARE KEY TO DIGITAL INCLUSION
Davos, Switzerland&mbdash;Information and Communications Technology industry leaders who attended this year's World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland in January said that finding ways to provide financial services for people in high-growth markets ranks at the top of a dwindling list of challenges they face in accelerating the pace of technology adoption around the world.
The industry leaders, who comprise the WEF IT Governors group, summarized the results of a series of meetings they held in a report delivered to delegates who attended the Annual Meeting this year. While the report detailed several key challenges to fulfilling the promise of global digital inclusion, financial services were seen as particularly important. This includes not only microfinance, but also developing new ways to detect and prevent identity theft, fraud and money laundering.
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On January 28, 2006, IT leaders from around the world met in Davos, Switzerland to discuss the positive results that came out of the IT Access for Everyone (ITAFE) pilot project in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In the fourth quarter of 2005, the ITAFE pilot successfully offered a job training and search service program for the Sao Paulo community, called Caça Emprego, in partnership with Fundação Bradesco, resulting in 230 graduates and 20 additional residents trained to help others in their searches. ITAFE reported these details at the IT Governor's meeting during the 2006 WEF Annual Meeting in Davos.
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