YEREVAN, OCTOBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian High-Tech Virtual Community Portal of the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) will be put into operation in mid November, the executive director of UITE Karen Vardaian told NT correspondent. In his words, the portal will provide about 200 companies and 5 thousand specialists of the Armenian IT sector, as well as 7 thousand students with the opportunity to communicate in a single environment. The portal will have four sections: "Education and Certification", "Industry", "UITE" and "Advisory and Voluntary Services". "What is important is that any member of IT community may receive and provide services via this portal," the UITE executive director noted. According to him, the work on creation of the portal is being done in cooperation with the USIAD-financed Compeitive Armenian Pricate Sector (CAPS) program.

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