Presentation at SQU on Dynamic Web Technologies
MUSCAT — The information systems group (ISG) of the Sultan Qaboos University
in collaboration with the world’s software giant Microsoft has invited Tariq
Hilal Al-Barwani, Oman’s popular IT expert, to present a session on ‘Dynamic
Web Technologies using ASP.net” at the lecture hall of the University on
Monday. This comes after the tremendous response received for the seminar he
held two weeks ago on “IT success and career path” at the Computer Science
Department in the University.
Tariq has developed and worked on various web projects from banking,
entertainment, telecom, tourism, insurance, IT and leisure that have achieved
remarkable excellence in the Sultanate. At the age of 18, he along with a team
of professionals at the United Media Services, one of the leading Media and
Advertising Agency, have developed the first horizontal portal in Oman,
www.omanaccess.com . By the age of 20, he had gone solo to develop the first
IT portal, www.tariq.net, which was selected as the best dot com in 2000, and
was later purchased in an undisclosed whooping amount by one of the leading
group of companies, OHI Telecommunications Co. In 2005, Tariq managed to lead
Nawras in becoming the Best Information and Communication Technology Website
in the Pan Arab Region and subsequently the Best Website of the Year, in Oman
Web Awards Competition held last year.
Tariq said, “It brings me great pleasure to illustrate the tips, techniques,
and technologies that create effective and dynamic web solutions that every
organization depends-on to become competitive and successful today.”
A number of students from the college of science, engineering, commerce and
arts are expected to attend the session to learn and explore about how the web
technologies can be used to benefit the government and private sectors in
Oman.