On September 22nd, 2009, Zika Abzuk, Cisco manager of corporate social responsibility and corporate affairs, together with Tareq Maya, CEO of Exalt and dr. Sabri Saidam, senior advisor to President Abbas, presented a case study highlighting the creation of a unique outsourcing program that encourages further development of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector in Palestine. The program helps to establish an ecosystem that encourages technology entrepreneurship by providing outsourcing research and development and engineering projects to Palestinian software development firms.
Watch a video about the outsourcing program.