Online data service

Online data service

JAKARTA (JP): The newly merged Ministry of Industry and Trade has connected its electronic data and information system to the Internet in a bid to boost services to businesses.

The data and information system can now be accessed through Internet, Protocol X.25 and direct modem.

"Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo himself is using the Internet's e-mail system to communicate with his staff members as well as directors of state-owned industrial and trading companies," the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry's data center currently provides a database for industrial statistics, exports and imports, an industrial directory, international trade, investment in industrial sectors and government regulations.

The statement said that the establishment of online electronic data services will enable straight and comprehensive linkages between data centers and data sources either in the home country or abroad.

Because e-mail communication is faster, more direct and more effective than telephone or facsimile, the ministry expects the system to enhance the ministry's productivity and efficiency while promoting more effective communication with businesses.

According to a data center official, those who want access must have an Intel 486/66 personal computer with 8 megabytes (MB) of memory, 320 MB hard drive, a 3.5" disk drive, a standard keyboard and mouse, an SVGA monitor and controller, at least a 14.4 bps/V42 modem, a printer and MS-Windows software -- Windows 95 is recommended.

The direct modem can be connected via the Jakarta phone numbers 522.3040, 526.1087, 526.1090, 526.5025-28, while Internet access must go through pusdata.dprin.go.id or 202.46.245.35 with Protocol telnet, ftp or http (WWW).

WGCLIENT software is recommended for e-mail connection. (kod)