Nominations open for independent awards to 12 individuals making outstanding contributions in the use of information technology
KARACHI – Teradata Pakistan, a business unit of Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), announced the call for nominations for its annual Teradata National Information Technology Excellence Awards. The 12 categories span the field from software development and research to education [...]
September 2, 2010 | Posted in
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The last leg of the CIO Executive Dinner Discussion hosted by Oracle took place during Iftar in Lahore at the Royal Palm Country Club Dome Hall on the 27th August, 2010. As with Karachi and Islamabad, the roundtable seating under the Dome was filled with IT heads and CIOs who had insights to share about [...]
August 30, 2010 | Posted in
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On the evening of the 26th of August, CIOs and IT heads gathered at the CIO Executive Dinner Discussion hosted by Oracle at the Serena Hotel in Islamabad. Part of a tri-city series event to talk about the organizations’ “Roadmap to the Future”, Business-Technology leaders shared insights into challenges of creating aligned [...]
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On the evening of the 24th of August, 34 CIOs and IT heads gathered at the CIO Executive Dinner Discussion hosted by Oracle at the PC Hotel in Karachi. Part of a tri-city series event to talk about the organizations’ “Roadmap to the Future”, Business-Technology leaders shared insights into challenges of creating aligned business and [...]
August 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Can Location-Based Tools Be Used for Coordinating Relief Efforts?
Well, why can’t they be? When Face2Face launched their global release of the Face2Face app, it was meant to put together like-minded people and objectives together. If you know where people are around you, wouldn’t you reach out to them?
There are now countless relief efforts that are [...]
August 13, 2010 | Posted in
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Google has approved a grant of US$250,000 towards the Flood Relief efforts in Pakistan. More details to be posted soon though a dedicate home page will be set up through google.com.pk shortly.There will obviously be a great deal of due diligence before funds can be disseminated through to registered NGOs and Associations that are doing [...]
August 11, 2010 | Posted in
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With reference to last night’s post and my discussion with Tahira Abdullah, here are some more details that she has been kind enough to send across:
This is a Civil Society group of activists based in Islamabad (not a registered NGO or charity) – Emergency flood relief work & short-term future plans (initial focus on Swat [...]
August 10, 2010 | Posted in
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ACCA and IFC organized a tri-city discussion on the subject of Gender Diversity on Boards in Pakistan. The second discussion took place in Karachi on the 10th of August and was comprised of the following panel: Arif Masud Mirza, Head of ACCA Pakistan; Haroon Waheed, Director HR, Unilever Pakistan Limited; Kanwar [...]
August 10, 2010 | Posted in
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While trying to figure out who to contact, a friend of mine nudged me in HR Activist Tahira Abdulla’s direction. I met with Tahira Khala a few months ago when Bytes For All and P@SHA organized workshops on Women’s Activism, and was sold to her humanity she was possessed with.
I called her up a few [...]
August 9, 2010 | Posted in
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If you’re supporting a Flood Relief effort and want to get the word out, here’s our way of supporting you:
Come by the CIO WebStudio anytime of your convenience and record your video appeal. We’ll edit the video and generate a video for you to let others know about why and how they can participate. We’ll [...]
August 9, 2010 | Posted in
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It’s been one of the few consistent highlights in Pakistan’s IT industry. When the 10th ITCN still managed to opened its gates to the public on the 3rd of August, 2010, despite the turbulent activities that had the city enveloped, the industry just held its breath. What started off as the biggest hype in the [...]
August 7, 2010 | Posted in
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It’s times of crisis and unfortunate tragedies that raise a red flag in our lives to stop. Slow down the fast pace of life we have integrated into our highly connected lives. Stop and dedicate a moment of silence to our brothers and sisters who have lost their lives in the tragic air crash of [...]
July 28, 2010 | Posted in
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July 22, 2010: One might not be what one appears to be. Of the many nouns this holds true for, Preston University is definitely one of them, as it was the tenth destination of Campus Conversations. Accompanying us on as panelists representing the industry were Shoaib Nizami, CEO of Corporits, Amir Hassan, Director of IT [...]
And so the Campus Conversations team was over at Iqra University earlier today to interact with students from the Media Sciences Department with a dynamic panel that had the likes of Sabeen Mahmud from T2F, Jehan Ara from P@SHA, Amyn Farooqui, co-CEO and Co-Founder of Sharp Image, Sawant Ali Shah Strategy Director at Yello.pk and [...]
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And so IBA Invent comes to a close in a packed closing ceremony and final event on Sunday, July 18, 2010 at the Avari Towers in Karachi. While we’re working on the details and putting the video of the entire event up online, here are the top three team along with the photographs!
1st Team Ujala [...]
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