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Archive for: December, 2009

Tech News: December 26, 2009

Tech News: December 26, 2009

Viper Technology nominated as Pakistan’s first IASP
Viper Technology, Pakistan’s leading IT solutions providers, has been nominated as Pakistan’s first Intel’s Authorized Service Provider (IASP). It will enable the firm to provide customers with efficient warranty services and support on Intel-based machines. This achievement will not only promote the local IT companies but will also provide [...]

IT News Update – December 23, 2009

IT News Update – December 23, 2009

Intel Education Initiative Pakistan (IEIP) and Sindh Information Technology (IT) Department jointly organized an awards ceremony to celebrate and promote technological integration by the school management and teachers across the country. Ashar H. Zaidi, the country manager, Intel Pakistan said “Intel has trained 2,20,000 teachers for the promotion of technology-based education in the country.” Sindh [...]

Central Depository Company of Pakistan Becomes ISO 27001 Certified!

Central Depository Company of Pakistan Becomes ISO 27001 Certified!

December 22, 2009: Karachi, Pakistan – The CIO Pakistan team was invited to the Central Depository’s office to witness the announcement of CDC’s ISO 27001 certification. We had the opportunity to speak with various members of CDC including Mohammad Hanif, CEO Central Depository Company, Syed F. Mazhar, Managing Director, SGS Pakistan Syed Hassan Aslam, CISO [...]

News Brief – December 22, 2009

News Brief – December 22, 2009

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani stated that the telecom sector has made enormous progress as the tele-density, which was just 2.3% in 1999-2000, has risen to 62.4%, recorded as highest in South Asian Region. This was shared in a meeting last week with a delegation of Huawei Technologies headed by its CEO, August Ye, [...]

Timmerman Talks CRM Strategy for Recessionary Times

Timmerman Talks CRM Strategy for Recessionary Times

Karachi, Pakistan – December 22, 2009 – Teradata a leading provider of powerful, enterprise analytic technologies and services including Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and CRM organized an event relating to the Customer Relationship Management issues, at Sheraton. John Timmerman Jr, Global Marketing Manager for Teradata’s Customer Management Solutions Technology Suite was the key speaker. The [...]

SAFE Country Roundtable

SAFE Country Roundtable

The South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE) organized a Country Roundtable at the PC hotel in Karachi earlier today. While we still gather the footage and piece it together, here are some photographs from the event.

Fuel Your Think Tank

Fuel Your Think Tank

Lateral thinking is a term which is coined by Edward De bono and is described as reason that is not immediately obvious and ideas that may not be obtainable by using step by step which promotes linear thinking; it is on the contrary, defined as thinking beyond the set patterns that brain forms. Moving across [...]

Karachi Stock Exchange Implements the Mixit FIXTM Interface Offering FIX Protocol Based Messaging and Connectivity to Local and Global Financial Institutions

Karachi Stock Exchange Implements the Mixit FIXTM Interface Offering FIX Protocol Based Messaging and Connectivity to Local and Global Financial Institutions

By implementing the Mixit FIXTM Interface,the KSE provides a global connectivity standard enabling real-time transactions in an electronic, transparent, and cost efficient manner. FIX based connectivity will also facilitate high-speed market access to the individuals
Dec. 16, 2009: The KSE adopts the FIX (Financial Information Exchange) Protocol by implementing the Mixit FIXTM Interface. FIX is the [...]

Emerson Completes Acquisition of Avocent

Emerson Completes Acquisition of Avocent

Data Center Infrastructure Management Capabilities
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™,  strengthened its data center infrastructure management portfolio with today’s official announcement of the company’s completed acquisition of Avocent Corporation. Avocent’s technologies and solutions provide additional visibility into the data center infrastructure, bolstering Emerson Network Power’s infrastructure [...]

CIO Year Ahead’10 Summit Photographs

CIO Year Ahead’10 Summit Photographs

I’ll share some notes with you all shortly, however I was eager to get some of the photographs out soon after the event!
You’ll find some video comments we recorded immediately after the event, here also!

CIO Year Ahead ’10 Summit: A State of Readiness – The Road to 2011

CIO Year Ahead ’10 Summit: A State of Readiness – The Road to 2011

December 15, 2009: Karachi, Pakistan – CIO Pakistan organized The Year Ahead ’10 Summit at the Karachi Sheraton offering thought leaders and senior professionals of the ICT industry an opportunity to interact with Global Information Technology report at the World Economic Forum. The report assesses the Network Readiness of countries and helps to put Pakistan’s [...]

Live streaming the CIO Year Ahead’10

Live streaming the CIO Year Ahead’10

Broadcasting Live with Ustream.TV

DM Your Customer!

DM Your Customer!

Every time we buy a product or a service, we begin a relationship with the company. Now, depending on our experience with the product or service, we decide how long the relationship lasts. If the need for the product or service was satisfied then the relationship lasts longer and you go back to the company [...]

DELL Attracts the Crowds at Park Towers

DELL Attracts the Crowds at Park Towers

Dell is back into the action where it organized a two-day event at Park Towers. Dell had the samples of their Netbooks. Anoushey and Dino, Mtv Pakistan VJs were also present to promote the event. Kids were asked to sing songs and participate so as to make the event more lively. Also, lucky draws were [...]

Dine Up With Dell!

Dine Up With Dell!

Karachi, Pakistan – Wednesday 9th December, 2009: CIO Pakistan and Google Pakistan organized the first ever Dine Up with social media experts called ‘Dine Up with Dell’ at the Royal Rodale on the 9th of December, 2009. The event was a part of the Google-CIO Bloggers Meet Up-Tweet Up series. The dinner was an exclusive [...]

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