Disaster Management and Business Continuity Survey Results
To read Click on the link below:
http://ciopakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/09-02-datapoints-disaster-management-and-business-continuity-survey-results.pdf
If a project isn’t running on technology, it certainly doesn’t mean that it is a simple one. All plans, regardless of who they are catering to, need to be planned, and all deployments need to be ‘roadmapped’ so that they match the future direction of any organization. Project Management plays a strong role in the [...]
Tackling Emerging Threats & Challenges (Cyberspace)
[February 19th 2009: Karachi, Pakistan] Karachi – Terrabiz with the help CIO as Media tech partner Pakistan invited, to a provocative deliberate discussion on Tackling Emerging Threats and Challenges in Cyberspace. It was held on Thursday February 19, 2009 in Pearl Continental.
Much of what an organization accomplishes is a fair reflection of the leadership that drives the unit. In the case of information companies in Pakistan, Oracle stands out. It’s got unbelievable leadership and a strong sense of purpose and belonging with Pakistan.
By Mohammad Nawaz
An opportunity is a chance, which, when taken up, benefits the one who has taken the step forward. The fact is that we all come across several chances to make the right decision, at the right time. The “right time” is when there is a minimal chance of a loss, but the impending [...]
A2Z Creatorz is an interactive eSolutions company. The company actively participates in expo’s that take place around the world, and that’s where their next idea was inspired.
Zohaib Khan, CEO of the company explains, “I got the idea from a Lebanese company I met with in Gitex Dubai 2008. We used this platform due to local [...]
It is not a stretch to presume most people were happy to see 2008 come to an end, yet most analysts and experts predict 2009 is going to be worse. As we stumble into the New Year, executives are challenged with the cyclical routines of planning, budgeting, forecasting, and so forth. It is hard enough [...]
There is a science behind usability. It has to make sense, be practical and comfortable enough to use at the same time. User Interface cannot be created in isolation of the user, hence unless the Software Engineer knows what the user’s wants and needs are, he or she will never be able to satisfy those [...]
FRAMINGHAM (01/30/2009) – Corruption and fraud are not new to Indians, but few expected to find them in the IT-services industry. After all, this is an industry whose founders are professional entrepreneurs, whose principal customers are the world’s leading multinationals, whose shares are often listed on foreign stock exchanges (as is Satyam’s on NYSE), whose [...]
Who doesn’t know about Android? In fact, application development for the mobile platform has been on the rise with at least 3 Pakistani companies selling apps on a regular basis on iTunes for the Apple platform. As early as 3 years ago, a young company by the name of MicroMiles began developing games for the [...]
An increasing number of forums are being used to push traffic and business back towards Pakistan. One strong criticsm that Pakistani’s abroad have always faced is their lack of want to work with local industry. But all this seems to be changing with the advent and widespread use of Web 2.0.
As the number of web [...]
With the number of media channels and radio stations reaching out to their audiences, the competition for user generated content has begun. There is a large consumer base who not just follows the media but also send tips and resports in, which are then aired at times by the stations. Dawn’s ‘Citizen Journalist’ segment has [...]
A disaster is a bad thing! But there are many forms and extremes that disasters come in and there are only some that you can recover from. Let’s just focus on disaster management from an organizational perspective. There are many things that companies do that are wrong, but they also get some things right. While [...]
After announcing layoffs and poor earnings for Q2 2009 last week, Microsoft has to worry more about how it is perceived by Wall Street, competitors, shareholders and the press. But what about the people in the trenches? What do IT managers think about Microsoft’s economic woes?
While the media and Wall Street may be painting a [...]
There has been a lot of talk, maybe way too much talk regarding Cloud Computing. The fact that companies and individuals are willing to keep data on someone else’s servers is interesting.
It does, of course, address the disaster recovery aspect since your data will be at some off-site location. Any damage to company property does [...]
The Business of IT: Campus Conversations Goes to Preston University
Campus Conversations: Bit by Bit, Frame by Frame at Iqra University
IBA Invent Comes to a Close:
Of Degrees and Salary-Scales: Campus Conversations at BIZTEK
Pizza for Breakfast: UBL CIO Hosts a Mentor Nashta
With iOS, Apple gets the OK to borrow a Cisco name
Where People Matter: Usability – Theme of Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino
Lotus Knows Because It Makes An Effort – Cloud Computing Is It?
The UnConference that Could… and Did
Wave14 Launch in Lahore
Oracle Modernizes EFU’s IT Systems for its New Insurance App!
Operating On IBA’s Revised CS Curricula
All Hands on TweetDeck!
IBA Hosts its First CEO Forum
Oracle Hosts a CIO Dinner Discussion on Aligning IT Strategies to Business Needs