<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Hi,</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">I have just finished going through an web presentation with a company in India, in the presentation this graph was displayed and my heart sunk.</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">If infrastructure (data centres) is the growth area then our emphasis on BPO and the rest might be off the mark especially since in terms on infrastructure we remain one of the the most expensive worldwide.</div><div
style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div><font size="3">In all the presentations made about the Konza project I have seen no mention of how to reduce the cost of power or an emphasis on energy efficient environments. Are we embracing LEED and do we even have an idea what it is all about.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">We marvelled at the energy efficient data centre that was put up at the UNEP complex and then went back to our old habits.</font><font size="3"> Google is floating data centres on barges others are setting them up in the north pole, how do we fit into this new dispensation?</font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">I saw the post by Mr. Kukubo about the software certification which he indicated was conceived 2 years ago, sorry sir but 2 years in the IT sector is like a decade in other
areas. Konza was hatched over 5 years ago it needs a total rethink if we are to avoid putting up another white elephant.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">Regards</font></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><div dir="ltr"> </div> <br><div id="yiv1010671780">
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