We are very interested to hear from you. Your views will make our journey suc- cessful and will stop us from deviating from our paths. Please send your com- ments, views, and questions to: bibcletter@bibc.biz Please include a valid telephone num- ber and indicate whether you would like to see your comments published. We will withhold all comments/correspon- dence without the explicit permission of the sender. Recognition of Bangladesh as an emerging Silicon Delta is the vision of all of Bangla-IT. The primary objective for this Bangladesh Information Technology (IT) group mail list is to exchange ideas, share articles, present the current trends, and introduce futuristic vision directly related to the real development of the IT sector in Bangladesh. The idea is to create awareness among budding Bangladeshi entrepreneurs and IT architects. Bangla-IT was founded on June 4th, 2002. Cur- rently it has 2009 registered members. Find Bangla IT at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bangla_ict/ Online forums have become one of the most important ways of exchanging infor- mation and have a timely and in-depth debate about various issues. In this issue of the newsletter, we are introducing a forum that debates topics related to BIBC interests. More will be introduced in the next newsletter. Bangla IT 6 How Can you Help? Are you wondering how you can help? Come and talk to us. Together we will find a way! Online Forums Online Resources There is a huge amount of resources available on the web. We will point to some of these resources in this section. http://www.computer.org/computer/ Computer magazine from IEEE Computer Society. This discusses innovative tech- nology for computing professionals. Topics  include I.T., Design and Test, Internet, Software Engineering, and Computer Graphics and Visualizations. http://www.iweek.com/ Information Week Online. This targets business innovation powered by technol- ogy and includes stories, news, tools, advice, trends, events, and opinions. http://www.sdmagazine.com/ Software Development Online. It covers the people, products, and practices of corporate development. It targets corporate developers and technical managers working at mainly mid- to large-size companies. Selected articles, features, and reviews are available for free. http://www.wired.com/ Wired News. It is the online edition of Wired Magazine. It offers articles on busi- ness, culture, technology, and politics. Feedback Forum ISP Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) We are Working With ...