We’re excited about the book section this month. Not only is there suddenly a lot more to read, but this month’s feature book is ‘Reboot’ by Jawwad Ahmed Farid. The CEO of Alchemy Technologies finally has the hardcopy of the eagerly-awaited book available in Pakistan! Here’s an excerpt about the book, courtesy the author.
Hunting the [...]
CIO Year Ahead ’10 Roundtables: ‘Forging new IT/Business Strategies in 2010’
[March 3rd, 2010: Karachi, Pakistan] – CIO Year Ahead’10 Roundtables were held on 3rd March’ 2010 at Sheraton, Karachi from 10:00am to 3:30 pm. The event was divided into two parts – the first main roundtable discussion where 33 business technology leaders gathered to discuss [...]
It’s the topic of discussion in every meeting and every pitch. While nobody has access to a crystal ball to gauge what the next operational year is going to look like, 30 senior professionals comprising of business-technology leaders gathered in the Main Session of the CIO YearAhead’10: Roundtables. Moderated by Dr. Aamir Matin, Country Manager [...]
The aim of the survey is to actively reach out to online activists and help them better their experience with ICT, by identifying areas that activists need/want to strengthen. Furthermore, through the survey, we’d like to identify ways in which the activists would like the ICT platform to help them voice out in a [...]
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR) and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, has appointed Jeffry Toon as director of enterprise sales in Asia. Jeffry also serves as the director of data center architecture for strategic accounts in the region.
Under his new role, Toon is in-charge of Emerson Network Power sales activities [...]
Using ICT to prevent violence against women is a continued initiative by P@SHA and Bytesaforall.net continued its journey on the second day of workshop, bringing together various bloggers, and activists on a common platform to share experiences and concerns regarding privacy and security online.
he second day of the 2-day session started off with a brief [...]
PASHA and Bytes For All organized a 2-day National Strategy Workshop on National Strategy Workshop – Strengthening Women’s Strategic Use of ICT to Combat Violence against Women.
Bytes for All (B4A) is a South Asia wide regional network of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) professionals and practitioners. B4A is [...]
Dawn writes, “Pakistan’s Naseem Akhtar created history on Monday by becoming the fastest woman of the region when she won the 100-meter sprint gold medal at the South Asian Games.” And beyond the pride and excitement I feel for this young woman, I feel a greater sense of excitement for the rest of us because [...]
We’re still receiving a number of blog entries into the Pakistan Blog Awards that are disqualified because the domain ownership when we run the WHOIS, just doesn’t match. Remember, in order to eliminate (or minimize, at least) confusion over who really owns the domain, we’ve asked domain owners to verify that they actually DO maintain [...]
And so the Pakistan Blog Awards are still getting some great entries and experiencing some fiercely passionate bloggers promoting not only their own blogs, but letting their audiences know who their favorites are. From the time since the awards were formally opened for submissions until today, there have been about 165 entries from bloggers who [...]
We promised to launch it on the first birthday of the CIO WebStudio and missed the date by a few, but like they say – better late than never! We’re thrilled to be able to announce the formal launch of CIO BandwidthTV, a web channel that will host all telco-related content.
The traffic on the WebStudio [...]
FBR to Introduce Track And Trace System
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in collaboration with National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) has decided to introduce a high-tech Track And Trace System to stop the tax thefts across the country.
According to sources, NADRA has received several application from internationally known companies for the developing the Track And Trace [...]
Country Manager Intel Pakistan Corporation Ashar H. Zaidi announced the lunch of the all-new 2010 Intel® CoreTM family processors, in Pakistan on January 21, 2010. The announcement was made in a press conference at PC Hotel, Karachi. The new 2010 Intel Core processors, i3, i5 and i7, are manufactured on the company’s 32 nanometer process, [...]
Farzal Dojki, CEO of Next Generation Innovations, was featured on Venture Beat, easily one of the best blogs on the web. Author Saad Fazil chats with Farzal and JaaduVNC creator, Jahanzeb Sherwani, about the mobile platform developer market in Pakistan. Some great comments shared through the blog post, Farzal and Jahanzeb both help portray a [...]
Measuring up in a Downturn
“The Best Marketers Fish where the Fish are” was the quote part of the workshop named “Marketing Your Software Online” organized by Google Pakistan, in partnership with P@SHA, on January 13 2010 at T2F. Badar Khushnood, Pakistan Consultant for Google, made a presentation on the topic which will help Pakistani [...]
Editor’s Pick: Reboot – Advice from a Failure
Modern Day Marketing Communications!
The Next Step for Online Activism
National Strategy Workshop – Strengthening Women’s Strategic Use of ICT to Combat Violence against Women
Can Pakistan’s Fastest Go Viral?
Tech Evanglists Collaborate to Map Pakistan!
Bandwidth TV Launched!
DELL It Again, Sam!
Marketing Your Software Online: Google-PASHA Workshop
Rickshaws that goes Tech Tech….
Central Depository Company of Pakistan Becomes ISO 27001 Certified!
SAFE Country Roundtable
Karachi Stock Exchange Implements the Mixit FIXTM Interface Offering FIX Protocol Based Messaging and Connectivity to Local and Global Financial Institutions
CIO Year Ahead’10 Summit Photographs
DELL Attracts the Crowds at Park Towers