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 [...]
Yesterday, when I was waiting in line for my turn to buy naan at the Tandoor wala I realized something, something that we generally miss out in our daily visits to the market, that how obliviously the Tandoor wala (a.k.a Naan wala) behaves like a manager not by choice but by nature. He manages to [...]
A few months back, just before the Eid holidays began, I remember chatting with my friend living in UK. I asked him if he had completed the shopping for Eid? he said no! then I asked if he was planning on shopping at all this Eid? he said yes, I’ll just buy it online, I [...]
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 [...]
The way marketers and advertising companies reach out to their prospective clients/customers has evolved over the years. The tools that were used earlier have now transformed, internet is the new marketing place and social networking sites are havens for marketers. Politicians and celebrities are also taking advantage of these new media tools. So, what are [...]
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 [...]
by Haseeb Siddique Memon (HSM)
Editor’s Note: I met Haseeb at a recent All Pakistan Memon Federation event on Youth Leadership. When he wrote to me, I offered to publish his post if he wrote about what his learnings were from the event. Though I only met Haseeb for a short while, he seems to be [...]
We’re well into the New Year and already find companies plunging into their calendars with a zest and zeal that should yield positive results. Considering the ever changing dynamics of telecom and software industry along with the potential threats we are facing, survival and sustainability are both areas that worry a lot of organizations.
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Deferred success became the new buzz word in the year 2009 in an attempt to make the word ‘failure redundant. The idea was proposed by a retired teacher Liz Beattie, who argued that using the term ‘failure’ would hamper the motivational level amongst the pupil who despite of various attempts to accomplish something just aren’t [...]
One of the things we have seen recently, other than intense ad campaigns in the Tele-communication sector of Pakistan, is the use of regional languages in their ads and their help lines. Which seems appropriate, as out of the 160 million people living in Pakistan, 60% live in the rural areas. And now, the Pathan/Sindhi [...]
What’s on your menu today? Are you indecisive what to cook? Would you like to experiment and prepare something exotic for the evening? Do you have ingredients available but can’t understand how to put them together to feed your appetite? Wait, have you stepped into the kitchen before AT ALL?
It was around this time, 10 years ago, that I was pulling an all-nighter for work. We had a January 15th deadline to put Netxpress out in the market and I had just completed transcribing interviews and writing out all the stories for that first issue. Y2K bugs were scaring the daylights out of everyone [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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National Strategy Workshop – Strengthening Women’s Strategic Use of ICT to Combat Violence against Women
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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