Bandwidth Management!

They say a country resonates the will of its people; their lifestyle and habits. When you compare the physical infrastructure of the network of roads, bridges, overpasses and routes around the country, with the virtual network of switches, MANs, WANs, nodes and hubs, there are striking similarities. Read more

The Panels Looks Local!

The panel of speakers at the August 5th CIO Pakistan launch, looks towards the audience as Dr Awab Alvi (aka TeethMaestro) asks a question regarding the localization of language and the online trend.  According to Margaret Adam, the challenge of localization is prevalent in many countries, including the Middle East, however Salman Ansari is of the opinion that with the advent of Web2.0 and the tools it provides, the ability to spread a message in the spoken language will play a more powerful and important role. He also talked about the work that Dr. Sarmad Hussain at FAST and CRULP have done in the development of the local script.

Have Camera Will Hire (and make money!)

New Media It’s the age of content and everyone’s got an opinion. But if someone has a video camera and a high speed connection, even a quick tutorial of Windows Movie Maker will have you think of falling in the steps of Spielberg. If you’re wondering where the Pakistani video content is going, run a search for ‘videos’ about anything on Google, and you’ll see – they’re everywhere! Read more

Creating Windows For More Effective Outreach in Pakistan: The BrightSpyre and Microsoft Partnership

“The gradual migration from Linux to Windows means a more efficient development cycle, reduce the rollout time for new features and will allow us to be more aggressive in our expansion plans.”
Faisal Chohan, Ceo Cogilent Solutions

Being a web-based recruitment portal in Pakistan since 2002, BrightSpyre adds tremendous value to the Microsoft programs such as Microsoft Student-to-Business Program and MSDNAA and IT Academy by offerings its platform to reach out to the institutions. While Microsoft already enjoys a successful partnership with the educational institutions, a partnership with BrightSpyre will only help to up the level of interaction between Microsoft and individual students across the country. Read more

Web 2.0 for the CIO: Too Hard To Handle?

It’s a state of mind more than anything else. A CIO’s job today can’t be an easy one, and the Web2.0 we all love to love, isn’t making the Chief a very happy camper. One of the main reasons that an interactive internet is so good is because of the bi-directional ease with which information is allowed to flow. You can already see the nightmare this causes for the average IT department in any vertical. Read more

SAP in 6: Leading Change in the Sector

Read about how one of Pakistan’s oldest food companies managed the fastest implementation of SAP

Anyone who thinks that the processes involved in the purchasing, production and distribution of products within just one company in the Food sector are not complex enough, needs to look again.

As the local palette migrated overseas in search of faster, better and more, the opportunity for the export of products also grew exponentially. The logistical challenges involved in managing the production and distribution for both the local as well as the export market, make this a story ripe for the kind of challenge technology platforms have the potential and ability to address. Read more

Job Fair: Trend or Torture?

Trends What do you get when you put a bunch of companies together in a hall and invite a couple of universities to fill in forms and allow them space to ask each other questions? Some event organizers might actually call that a ‘job fair’.  It’s no secret that over the last several years, there have been a lot of fairs where you get the blaring music and people having to shout at one another in their attempt to communicate. Well, that, coupled with the horridly bored faces of companies that have just don’t want to be there, and everyone leaves the fair wondering why they invested their time into something that yielded nothing in return. Read more

Pakistan Telecom Market: The Success Story NOT Highlighted by the Mainstream Media

Perspectives 80 million users, growing at the rate of almost a million a month, according to many telecom professionals, the local industry hasn’t been highlighted as it should be in the mainstream media. Nadeem Safdar, Country Manager Motorola Pakistan, comments, “The kind of growth the sector has experienced in the past 5 years must be shared with the world. I look at the media as a way to get our story out and spread our success story around the globe. The more the local media picks up these kinds of stories, the more it will help to build the image of Pakistan.” Read more

The Case for Urdu IDNs

Localization CRULP or the Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing, has been working on the challenge to reduce the barrier for the average Pakistani computer user to be able to access the internet in a language he actually understands. “There is no doubt that the internet has become a tremendous reservoir of knowledge-sharing which more people need to have access to” says Dr. Sarmad Hussain, Professor and Head of CRULP. Read more

about CIO and IDG: Monis Rehman, Chairman & CEO Naseeb Networks

The IDG brand is synonymous with world class market intelligence which has helped entrepreneurs and business leaders innovate by understanding their ecosystems.  Reliable data and market information of the caliber that CIO Magazine has provided in other geographies have the potential of transforming the innovation cycle in Pakistan. - Monis Rehman, Chairman & CEO Naseeb Networks

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