Pakistan is known for a lot of things. However one of the areas it isn’t known for, is innovation in hardware, which is why when Sohail Abid sent a Tweet out about Alternate Gear and their Slate PC, we were intrigued enough to get in touch with the company.
Waqar Qureshi is the Managing Partner [...]
Breaking Down The Buzz During the first session of the Lotus Knows You event in Karachi on May 27th, 2010
From consolidated to distributed to consolidated again? According to many of the panelists attending a Roundtable hosted by IBM business partner, Corporits and moderated by the Editor-In-Chief of CIO Pakistan, the above-stated question [...]
An unavoidable benefit of putting together a group of seasoned and reasoned CEOs in an academic setting is an unbiased evaluation of ‘the graduate’ that takes the institution’s name into the industry. With IBA, it is a two-fold process with the institution’s extensive business network that prioritizes an IBA graduate often due to IBA’s positioning [...]
Almost every organization, startup or otherwise, wants to go beyond the boundaries of their country and service newer markets. It may seem interesting and even look profitable at first but if unprepared, this grand decision can quickly transform into a disaster. If the success of the soufflé is in the accuracy of the ingredients rather [...]
The age old adage of trying to “put yourself in someone else’s shoes” to test the product, is a lot simpler to say than implement. Whether it’s the way our roads are planned for more efficient traffic management or how the user interface on specific software should be, the ‘user experience’ is the afterthought remembered [...]
By Zahid Jamil
What if:
You were a customer of PIA and you went to the website www.pia.com.pk . It had the PIA logo and trade name/marks. It gave PIA Flight information. It asked you to enter your personal information (maybe even passwords) and asked you to send emails with confidential information to info@pia.com.pk. It may or [...]
Some roles suit certain people more than others. But seldom do you get the opportunity to watch a role become a person where when you, the casual observer, think of a specific designation, that professional comes to mind. Any company would be fortunate to have a CEO fit that kind of a profile. And that’s [...]
As with most things, the thing that makes Salman’s discussion so interesting is the fact that it makes business sense. “At times it’s almost as if I am the only talking about savings. Green Tech isn’t just about impacting the bottom line; while you’re at it, it will take the same amount of effort to, let’s say, reduce the overall carbon footprint of an entire organization. So if it takes the same amount of effort and makes the organization cleaner and more efficient in every way, why not do it?”
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.
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