EWIS signs up as a Gold Sponsor of Sri Lanka Internet Day 2021 organised by FITIS

EWIS CMO Shanaka Fernando handing the sponsorship cheque to FITIS Digital Services Chapter President Jiffery Zulfer as FITIS CEO Aruna Alwis and FITIS Chairman Abbas Kamrudeen look on 

Sri Lanka’s first Internet Day was held from 6-7 April and hosted by the Federation of Information Technology Sri Lanka (FITIS). FITIS announced that E-W Information Systems Ltd. (EWIS) signed up as a Gold Sponsor of Sri Lanka Internet Day 2021. 

Topics such as the digital vision for Sri Lanka, the country’s digital strategy, bridging divides, the foundation of Sri Lanka’s digital economy, etc., were covered at the event which was set to have 40 sessions conducted by leaders and experts of the public and private sectors. 

The two-day event had over 15 key influencers who spoke on their experience in the digital ecosystem and over 10,000 session participants attended the two-day session. Sri Lanka’s digital strategy that included digitisation initiatives in the public and private sectors too were deliberated. Along with that, national priorities that aim to enhance the country’s digital infrastructure to facilitate a digitally empowered ecosystem was 

showcased. 

Being a customer centric organisation with 35 years of experience, EWIS operates primarily in the field of IT with diversified interests in numerous businesses, including device manufacturing, ICT infrastructure, software development and training. 

The company is a pioneer in the industry, providing its services and know-how to many nationally significant projects. EWIS also takes pride in having Sri Lanka’s first and only state-of-the-art computer manufacturing facility. The company is ambitious to mark the footprint of Sri Lanka in the global IT arena. 

“We were privileged to be a Gold Partner of Sri Lanka’s first Internet Day organised by the Federation of Information Technology Sri Lanka (FITIS). Today ‘digitalisation’ has become the talk of the town as a result of COVID-19. It has created major shifts in consumer lifestyle from online education to remote working and e-commerce. So as a technology company, we are glad to join hands with FITIS to facilitate a digitally empowered ecosystem,” said EWIS Chief Marketing Officer Shanaka Fernando.

Jiffery Zulfer, Co-Chair of the event and President of the FITIS Digital Chapter commended E-W Information Systems for their support: “In the new normal where we are going through the first stages of a post pandemic world, it has become clear to us that the internet will play a big role in our lives.  It is encouraging to have Sri Lanka’s diversified IT company backing us. We hope that we would be able to create a valued relationship, which would be of mutual benefit as we launch this first-ever Sri Lanka Internet Day, that we intend to make an annual event.”