YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The Information Technologies Month held in Armenia from September 15 to October 15 2006 was a success, with such leaders of the IT sector as Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Alcatel participating in it. The Chairman of the IT Foundation Garegin Chugaszian stated at the November 24 press conference that one of the event's purposes was to raise the general information level. According to him, it is important that now the matter concerns the whole system and not only the sector. Attaching special importance to the intellectual potential of Armenia, G. Chugaszian noted that according to a study of brains, Armenia is in 20th place in the world, while taking the country's population into account, Armenia is among the top ten. The Deputy Chairman of the IT Development Support Council Armen Grigorian said that it was for the first time that the state and not an international organization financed such an event. In his words, this shows that the IT sector is in the center of the state's attention. At the same time, he noted that the issue of creating a free market zone for the sector was repeatedly raised but rejected.

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