MUMBAI: Maharashtra State Federation Co-operative
Credit Societies Limited
with Intel Technology India Pvt. Ltd. As per the understanding, both will
jointly campaign to increase awareness of IT adoption/solutions to benefit the
spread of 80,000 co-operative credit societies catering to approximately 30
million people in the country. Further Intel
will also help MAFCOCS set up a datacenter in Pune which will scale in order to
cater to the future needs of co-operative credit societies.
As per the MoU, Intel will advise MAFCOCS on various aspects of technology,
including the selection process, and deployment framework, and will offer to
share its experience both in the consumer premise equipment and connectivity
infrastructure. Intel will also support MAFCOCS in its mission to deploy the
common ICT infrastructure for co-operative credit societies, while educating the
state federation team on relevant and upcoming software and hardware
technologies.
MAFCOCS will in turn support enabling of co-operative credit societies software
content on Intel architecture. Under the agreement, the state federation will
deploy 10,000 Intel powered Community PCs for the rural needs of credit
societies during the next one year as part of the first phase.
"We recognise the challenges of community development and believe that
technology and information will empower the people of India. By working in
tandem with associations like MAFCOCS we believe that we are taking another step
ahead in our 'World Ahead' programme," said Amar Babu, Managing Director,
Sales and Marketing, Intel (South Asia).
MAFCOCS seeks to provide the co-operative credit societies in Maharashtra
information technology that will enable the economical social development of the
community. Our association with Intel will ensure these societies get greater
access to affordable and advanced technology said LalitGandhi, Chairman
Maharashtra State Federation Co-Operative Credit Societies Ltd.
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