Managing your Organization’s Data Traffic

Imagine having to manage voice calls, emails, voicemails, video streams and internal communication simultaneously into and out of a single organization. Hold that image while you make your IT Manager wear a traffic policeman’s hat. The same frustration you may experience on the streets of Karachi, Lahore or Islamabad, will be comparable to the confusion, lag and chaos your IT Department experiences on your company’s network. Read more

Next Generation Remote Access by Talha Ghafoor

Everything about today is fast, mobile and flexible. Connectivity to an office environment from a remote location is hardly a problem anymore. In fact, your physical geographical location should have no bearing whatsoever on whether you can actually connect to your corporate network. As long as you have the security and internet access available to you, you should be able to plug in your device without the hassle of installing multiple applications or protocols. Read more

It’s a Virtual World Out There! Are You Being Served?

Talha Ghafoor takes a look

The irony of living in a constant state of ‘virtual reality’ doesn’t pass for CIO humor. The benefits of virtualization are numerous and the fact that the lines between real computing and virtual computing are so blurred, it makes you wonder if there isn’t anything that virtualization cannot emulate.

The concept of Desktop Virtualization has been around for a long time, but the real sweet spot for IT managers in medium or large scale organizations, is the landscape of endless opportunities the concept of server virtualization opens up for you.

In computing, platform virtualization is a term that refers to the abstraction of computer resources. Virtualization hides the physical characteristics of computing resources from their users, be they applications, or end users. In layman terms, make a mistake, and your system won’t blow up on you. Use it correctly, and your existing system will only get stronger and more stable. Read more

Unified Communications: Helping Pakistani Businesses Go Global

To say the least, IP services have taken the potential of communications to a whole different level. The GSM phones are being replaced with the IP phones – in fact, IP itself is merging with several other technologies making possible the provision of better services. In an economy such as Pakistan which is pitching a lot of its service-capacity to the international markets in the form of a BPO magnet, a strong, redundant and feature-rich infrastructure is critical in allowing businesses to do what they do best: service the customer. Read more

Things Will Look Up In Pakistan: Hermann Wimmer

When Hermann Wimmer, EMEA President for Teradata Corporation came to Pakistan and met with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani last month, CIO Pakistan simply had to have a sitdown. Teradata has always invested in Pakistan’s economy in a big way and with the way things were headed for the country, it was important to get a better understanding of the situation from of one of the largest Technology setups in the country. Read more