Minister of Communications congratulates
On launching a new version of Drupal system,
Minister of Communications congratulates Rector.
Source : King Khalid University, Media Center.
King Khalid University (KKU) has received a congratulatory letter from the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Dr. Mohammed Bin Ibrahim Al-Suwail. In his letter, the Minister congratulated the university on the occasion of launching a new version of its electronic gate, using an open source technology (Drupal).
His excellency the Minister noted, "The achievement is one of the leading and important achievements in the field of electronic and governmental transactions in the Kingdom, and it is due to the keenness of King Khalid University to reduce costs and to take advantage of open source technologies, in addition to activating e-government services and making progress in the service of the private and governmental agencies." The Minister reiterated the continued support of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, represented by the e-government program (Yaser). "All that would support the university in its march to shift to e-transaction is provided", he said.
On this matter, His Excellency, King Khalid University Rector, Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al dawood, praised His Excellency the Minister of Communication's gesture. The Rector assured that the numerous efforts being made by the government, in order to achieve a Saudi information society by taking advantage of technology to enable the University staff to provide affordable services to the community would be a continuous one. He pointed out, "The King Khalid University, represented by the General Department of Information Technology of the University allocated the bulk of its attention for the optimal use of the latest technology"
It is worth mentioning that the King Khalid University adopts Drupal, which is considered a world system and one of the best systems for managing content in the world. Most prestigious universities such as the University of Stanford and also some of the world's centers and governmental agencies such as National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), US Congress as well as the US State Department, use the system. The King Khalid University is pioneering in using the Drupal system, which dramatically facilitates client's service process. Moreover, the system makes it easy to create professionally full pages and sites better than ever, and it is considered one of the most popular systems in the field of content management on the Internet. In particular, the Drupal system is an open source system. Its first release was in 2001 and it gained fame because of its ability to manage the content of huge sites under high-pressure visits. Furthermore, the Drupal system could support various educational systems, in addition to its support for multi-lingualism.