Trip back in time for a bit. It’s 2003 and you have a 4.7Mb document that you have to email out to a client who has to fly out in the morning. Web-based email could certainly be an option, except that even in those days, most webmail services were giving you 2Mb or less in [...]
Lower costs, greater flexibility and access to resources on demand: it’s no wonder cloud computing is attracting attention. Oracle’s Country Director – Technology Business Pakistan & Afghanistan, Oracle Corporation, Farhan Ibrahim Chaudhry, discusses the ways in which organizations can take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing while mitigating risks around security, compliance and quality of service.
We’re excited about the book section this month. Not only is there suddenly a lot more to read, but this month’s feature book is ‘Reboot’ by Jawwad Ahmed Farid. The CEO of Alchemy Technologies finally has the hardcopy of the eagerly-awaited book available in Pakistan! Here’s an excerpt about the book, courtesy the author.
Hunting the [...]
Dawn writes, “Pakistan’s Naseem Akhtar created history on Monday by becoming the fastest woman of the region when she won the 100-meter sprint gold medal at the South Asian Games.” And beyond the pride and excitement I feel for this young woman, I feel a greater sense of excitement for the rest of us because [...]
Map-o-fying Pakistan!
All around the world, Google Map Makers have been in high-gear over the past six weeks, becoming Map Maker Ambassadors by organizing local events to spread the word about how people can “map” the places they know and love. Supported by Google, these dedicated mappers have secured event locations at local universities, translated presentations [...]
Pakistan seems to have its own set of challenges. Not directly financial in nature, companies struggle to operate through lack of consistent utilities – no electricity and what seems to be a crumbling infrastructure. How do you keep your employees motivated to keep going THESE crises? Alternately, you can visit CIO Pakistan Group on Linkedin [...]
Shakeel Akhter is the CIO of Indus Hospital and was the first cover CIO of the local edition of the magazine. These shots are courtesy Kohi Marri.
“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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In 2003, HBL commenced on a journey to significantly upgrade its IT infrastructure by investing in a new core banking solution and adopt a centralized data processing strategy. Couple that with the obvious strengths which include the fact that it serves more than 5 million customers, has a presence in the form of 1500 branches [...]
The biggest hindrance in doing business for a large population is the lack of an ‘unbiased’ payment gateway. So when Raseen publicized the fact that they were partnering with a local bank to resolve this issue, we immediately got in touch.
Raseen claims to offer the local market a powerful, feature rich payment engine which acts [...]
Over the past several months, we’ve been trying to track the quantifiable trends which help to stimulate business activities amongst people. Of course there is no way you can learn ‘social networking for business’, nor can you really tackle which campaign or interview may have actually helped to build your brand the most, but if [...]
Mark Twain said, and we’ll plaster him out of context here, “It was the worst of times…” Most business owners don’t need to be reminded of that fact! But while we’re busy discussing the tough time, it’s equally important to discuss the way back up. What indicators will show you that the times, as Bob [...]
“It is a common belief that off-shoring is a huge business,” says Faraz. “That is actually not true. If you look at the statistic, only 12% of the total is off-shoring, the remaining is based on domestic outsourcing. If you take BPO, almost 300 out of 330 billion comes from domestic outsourcing,” says Faraz Khan, [...]
By Naureen Aqueel
Technology continues to permeate every aspect of our lives, transforming them in previously unimaginable ways. Gone are the days when things like sports and technology were considered two different worlds poles apart. Today, technology has been used to aid in sports training, including equipments like heart rate monitors, wattmeters etc. It has also [...]
By Omar Ahsan
My sister who lives near the Silicon Valley is doing her Masters in Software Engineering and is currently working another Iranian software engineer to come up with a dot com idea taking inspiration from the recent success of facebook and twitter. Since this inspiration she has been pushing me to think about it [...]
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Managed Services in the New Age: Yousendit.com founder, Ranjith Kumaran
Editor’s Pick: Reboot – Advice from a Failure
Modern Day Marketing Communications!
The Next Step for Online Activism
National Strategy Workshop – Strengthening Women’s Strategic Use of ICT to Combat Violence against Women
Can Pakistan’s Fastest Go Viral?
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