The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Bangladesh software development industry reached an important I milestone a few days ago. Application software, Groupcare. Net, developed by a Bangladeshi company, PyxisNet Ltd, passed the series of tests to qualify for the Microsoft "Platform Text for Hosted Solution" programme.

More than two years in making this software was designed, developed, and tested entirely by software engineers at PyxisNet This is the first time ever that any software developed in Bangladesh has been certified by Microsoft Groupcare.Net is a web-based collaborative software, developed on Microsoft's Net platform, that allows users to form a community of interest groups across the globe. These groups can then exchange mail, store files, share calendar, invite participants, conduct polls.

"It is a rare honour not only for our company, but for Bangladeshi IT industry," says Ali Ishtiaq, Managing Director of PyxisNet

"It is an acknowledgement by the world's largest software company that our software development industry is mature and capable of producing software that meets the standards and demands of the international IT community. This software is being deployed to replace a legacy system which currently has half a million users. We are justly proud of such an achievement"