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Survey: Trends in Online Marketing

Survey: Trends in Online Marketing

How does your business plan and execute Online Marketing Strategies? Help us establish a baseline trend of some of the online activities that you might be engaged in by spending 5 minutes to take this online survey!
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Campus Conversations Goes to NED University

Campus Conversations Goes to NED University

March 27, 2010 – Karachi, Pakistan: The CIO-P@SHA Campus Conversations’10 series, at NED was commenced on March 27th 2010.The event was attended by panelists from various industry verticals.
The names of the panelists included Yusuf Jan, Chairman P@SHA, Ashraf Kapadia, CEO Systems Ltd, Kashif Aziz, Head of Technology Services at CDC, Imran Daudi, IS manager [...]

On Wave and Buzz, the Google Way!

On Wave and Buzz, the Google Way!

By Saadia Qamar reports from San Francisco, California.
We have heard primarily what Google Inc is all about but added to that there is Google Wave and Google Buzz that has created a stir in the world of Social Networking. Talking to Victoria Katsarou, from the Google Communications, one indeed gets an insight into what exactly [...]

Tweeting away awhile, at Twitter HQ

Tweeting away awhile, at Twitter HQ

Saadia Qamar’s 5TH Day at San Francisco, California.
An office located on the 4th Floor of a building in San Francisco has its own significance, where you can simply tweet all day, and ply with only 140 characters which are suppose to be in your reach.
Twitter, a fun tool for many around the world [...]

Campus Conversations Goes to NED!!

Campus Conversations Goes to NED!!

After the first session at FAST, the journey of the Campus Conversations continues and we carried a panel from the business-technology industry, to NED University today. The panel that faced 90 NED students at the CIS Lecture Hall included:

Yusuf Jan, Chairman P@SHA
Ashraf Kapadia, CEO Systems Ltd
Kashif Aziz, Head of Technology Services at Central Depository Company [...]

The Journey to Facebook HQ

The Journey to Facebook HQ

And Saadia Qamar’s journey to the Social Networking Hubs continues… This week, her 4th stop is Palo Alto, San Francisco, California!
For Facebook lovers, or those who have marveled and played on with this intricate way of networking and public dealing know for sure, that it is suppose to be one of coolest website to visit [...]

Traveling to Google Inc.

Traveling to Google Inc.

Saadia Qamar’s journey through some of the leading social media companies in the world, the journalist writes about her travel to Google Inc.
Day 3: Mountain View, San Francisco, California.
What is Google all about? Google Inc. is a place that could easily be termed a paradise for techno-geek. That is the place to be. So when [...]

CIO Pakistan Kicks Off Campus Conversations’10

CIO Pakistan Kicks Off Campus Conversations’10

[March 17, 2010 - Karachi, Pakistan]: The CIO-P@SHA Campus Conversations’10 series kicked off on March 17th 2010.The stakeholders include representatives from the industry, the academia and the students.
The first CIO Campus Conversations’10 was held at FAST University successfully. The primary objective of the event was to bring together the students,industry leaders and the academia [...]

On Obama’s campaign: the wonders of Social Media

On Obama’s campaign: the wonders of Social Media

Editorial Note: Saadia Qamar continues the reports from her journey through the US!

Day 2
Washington DC, 17March 2010: One of the most significant aspect of the Obama campaign was that it was done by those tech-savvy guys one sees employed in a Social Media firms or relatively near to that concept.
On that same platform, the  strong [...]

Green Tech: Smart Savings

Green Tech: Smart Savings

As with most things, the thing that makes Salman’s discussion so interesting is the fact that it makes business sense. “At times it’s almost as if I am the only talking about savings. Green Tech isn’t just about impacting the bottom line; while you’re at it, it will take the same amount of effort to, let’s say, reduce the overall carbon footprint of an entire organization. So if it takes the same amount of effort and makes the organization cleaner and more efficient in every way, why not do it?”

Campus Conversations Goes to FAST!

Campus Conversations Goes to FAST!

[March 17, 2010: Karachi, Pakistan] The CIO-P@SHA Campus Conversations took place at the main campus of FAST today. Attended by more than 80 students, the 2-hour session was the first of a nation-wide initiative to bridge the gap between the industry and the academia. The panelists from the industry were: Jehan Ara, President P@SHA; Ashar [...]

Managed Services in the New Age: Yousendit.com founder, Ranjith Kumaran

Managed Services in the New Age: Yousendit.com founder, Ranjith Kumaran

Trip back in time for a bit. It’s 2003 and you have a 4.7Mb document that you have to email out to a client who has to fly out in the morning. Web-based email could certainly be an option, except that even in those days, most webmail services were giving you 2Mb or less in [...]

Innovation and Technology at the White House

Innovation and Technology at the White House

Editor’s Note: Saadia Qamar, a journalist with a local Pakistani newspaper, is on tour across a few cities in the US. Over the next few days of her tour, Saadia will share her perspectives and experiences through blog posts here at CIO Pakistan. Here’s her first entry:

Day one: Washington DC
Washington DC, 15March 2010: How is [...]

LADIESFUND™ Women’s Entrepreneurship Awards 2010

LADIESFUND™ Women’s Entrepreneurship Awards 2010

Dawood Capital Management Ltd. (DCM), managers of LADIESFUND™ and sponsors of the 2nd LADIESFUND™ Women’s Entrepreneurship Awards 2010, hosted the ceremony on March 12th, 2010 at Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi, Pakistan, during International Women’s Week.
The grand Mohatta Palace Museum provided a backdrop for this important event and was selected not only for its beauty but [...]

A Practical Look at Cloud Computing

A Practical Look at Cloud Computing

Lower costs, greater flexibility and access to resources on demand: it’s no wonder cloud computing is attracting attention. Oracle’s Country Director – Technology Business Pakistan & Afghanistan, Oracle Corporation, Farhan Ibrahim Chaudhry, discusses the ways in which organizations can take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing while mitigating risks around security, compliance and quality of service.

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