Lahore College for Women University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Bushra Mirza, inaugurated IT Data Centre in the university. The inauguration ceremony was held at IT Department. Speaking on the occasion, the VC said, ”I am truly delighted to be here to inaugurate IT Data Centre, This is yet another landmark in the landscape of the university, I am truly impressed by the growth of modern amenities and infrastructure, I hope that the potential of IT Data Centre will be fully utilised by the students in general and IT students in particular.”
Dr Muhammad Abuzar Faheem, Chairperson, Computer Science Department & Director IT, said that keeping in mind the imperative needs of technological advancement, LCWU has established a state-of-the-art Data Centre. LCWU was connected securely with Data Centre for data communication.
The centre is established on an area of 2275 square feet with a funding of Rs 5.688 million provided by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. The centre would act as a hub for close interaction of IT staff for the seamless provision of IT services throughout the university.
Through the establishment of this centre, the university would be able to implement domain, exchange, storage, FTP, NMS, web, proxy, etc. services. This centre would also play a pivotal role in the computerisation of the university and implementing its own university management system. The centre would open new horizons of IT services for the faculty, staff and students of the university and would further the quality research and teaching of the university.
