Innovation and Technology at the White House

Editor’s Note: Saadia Qamar, a journalist with a local Pakistani newspaper, is on tour across a few cities in the US. Over the next few days of her tour, Saadia will share her perspectives and experiences through blog posts here at CIO Pakistan. Here’s her first entry:

Day one: Washington DC
Washington DC, 15March 2010: How is [...]

The New Year ReSOLUTIONS

At some point, you have to get tired of hearing ‘it’s going to be a tough year!’ – it’s no longer a prediction or a hypothetical statement. For a lot of businesses, it will sadly be a reality. Everything is ‘tight’ and budgets might not be streaming down the path of SI’s and vendors any [...]

Karachi Bloggers Meet Announced

With the success of the Lahore Bloggers Meet, Google Pakistan and CIO Pakistan are organizing a similar meet in Karachi.
The idea of the gathering is to encourage Internet users & bloggers to interact offline as well. Experienced bloggers get a chance to share knowledge & experience and new, wanna-be bloggers can learn from the local [...]

Hit the Ground Running

That’s us. And that’s what it would look like to the casual onlooker. As an industry, it is in our nature to observe the market, play out all the scenarios in our head and then execute. While it is critical to plan, the lack of chaos and excitement it might bring is just as dangerous.

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