CIO Pakistan was the online media partner for the event
Lahore, Pakistan- November 21 to 22, 2009: A two day marketing colloquium was held at LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) campus. The objective of this conference was to provide a platform to students, corporate executives and other marketing related entities to ponder over the emerging [...]
“Say NO to PECO” or the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance was the clear message outlined on a wall poster behind the speakers at the conference. The press conference constituted of four influential members of the society namely Jehan Ara, President P@SHA, Sabeen Mahmud, President TiEcon, Barrister Zahid Jameel and Mr. Nadeem, Spokesperson ISPAK.
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CIO Organized Tri City “Blogger Meetup”
“Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad”
[Lhr: November 23 '08, Isb: December 25 '08, Khi: December 06' 08: Karachi, Pakistan] CIO Pakistan, a well-known IDG brand and the Leading IT magazine in Pakistan carried out a tri city “Bloggers meetup” through the month of December, 2008. This tri city series [...]
What role does cost play in the decision to choose one strategy over the other?
Here’s the situation so far: there is a global economic crisis for which companies need to cut costs; the US elections are taking place later this month, which will help to determine a formal stance of US companies on outsourcing [...]
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A look at Pakistan’s CMMI-certified Companies
“This is Pakistan’s golden opportunity to increase its software exports, making an impact on total exports.” says Farhan Mirza, a CMMI Lead Appraiser in Pakistan.
Information Technology is rated as one of the most rapidly growing and expanding sectors world wide, with projects worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Can [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
FM Radio hasn’t been such as popular a media as television or print, but it’s definitely been around in Pakistan for a while. From back in the mid 1990’s when FM 100 still dubbed radio hosts as DJs and Junaid Mumtaz’s memorable ‘wha’s up Pakistan!’ resounded loud and clear across the airwaves, today there are [...]
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It isn’t even funny how many different ways a collection of companies interpret the role of the CEO. There are certain expectations from the chief but all in all, there are two kinds of CEOs – the exclusive and the inclusive.One leads by creating an enabling environment and working with everyone to aggressively move forward [...]
Sajjad Syed is the Managing Director for SAP in Pakistan. In a time when one would think companies have to cut costs, Sajjad talks about how smart investment in technology and infrastructure and how it will help Pakistani companies grow in the longrun. “Companies have to invest today so they are prepared for the growth [...]
There is a great deal of ongoing analysis on the current state of the glocal economy. To borrow the quote, ‘it was the best of times, it was the worst of times’ pretty much explains what the current situation is. However irrespective of how companies are reacting, the sign of the times is just plain [...]
Welcome to the second issue of the quarterly CEO, from CIO Pakistan, geared to give business professionals and strategic decision makers’ food for thought, as well as unique perspectives from across the globe.
The CEO of the company has been described as the “Heart of the Company” by one of our readers, and that can’t be [...]
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It’s really quite simple: IT companies have Disaster Management and Disaster Recovery plans in place because they are IT savvy. They know what the critical importance of Business Continuity is. They realize how imperative a Data Center is and how essential it is to have a [...]
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How well do you really know your customer? What effort do you need to execute into your marketing initiatives in order to achieve greater results? Nauman Sheikh talks about the Business Perspective involved in getting to know your market better than your competitor!
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The credit card companies issue credit cards to the consumers through banks and other organizations, through which consumers shop on credit and pay bills later. The credit card companies make money two ways: one, by taking commission from merchants and two, by charging interest from the consumers who use their services. The process could be [...]
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