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Marketing
PSEB promotes the image of the Pakistan IT industry in key
markets abroad, enables trade interaction with international
parties, and facilitates the entry of multi-national development
and support centres in Pakistan
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In the fiscal year 08-09, four international promotional
campaigns were run. Almost two hundred and eighty two leads
were passed on to member companies in addition to over a
thousand indirect leads. PSEB sponsored participation of
twenty-four member companies in one international tradeshow
and two domestic conferences, participated in twenty-three
TV interviews, nineteen magazine interviews and articles and
has issued over fourteen press releases, which resulted in
several hundred articles.
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To date in
the current fiscal year 09-10, ten leads were passed on to
member companies. PSEB sponsored participation of
twenty-nine member companies in one domestic exhibition,
participated in three TV interviews, four magazine
interviews and articles.
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Mr. Zia Imran has joined as a new
Managing Director of Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB).
He has over 17 years experience working in senior managerial
positions in sales, consulting, product management and
product development at Oracle, Altera and other hi-tech
companies. MR. Zia Imran has been bit by the entrepreneurial
bug and is a serial entrepreneur who has started software
companies both in the US and in Pakistan. He has also been
teaching entrepreneurship at FAST-NUCES Lahore for the past
couple of years. Mr. Zia Imran is an MBA (Finance and
Entrepreneurship) from the University Of Chicago Graduate
School Of Business. He is also an MS (Computer Engineering)
from Cornell University and a B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering)
from UET, Lahore.
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PSEB had
arranged a
post inauguration session on January 19, 2010 at Shaheen
Complex Lahore at 05:00 pm. This session was chaired by
Federal Secretary IT and leaders from IT & Telecom Industry
were present to interact directly with MoIT and PSEB and
discussed future IT plans. A tour to the facility was also
organized for honorable guests.
The CEOs
of IT companies shared the progress, achievements, and
challenges faced by their respective entities with the
Secretary IT and Managing Director, PSEB, Mr. Talib Baloch.
PSEB and MOITT are in the process of identifying viable
solutions to address these challenges and to enhance the
growth and credibility of Pakistan’s IT industry. Full media
coverage was given to this post inauguration event.
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Secretary IT and Telecom Mr. Naguibullah
Malik, Mr. Talib H. Baloch , Air Vice Marshal (Retd) M. Ikramullah
Bhatti, Managing Director Shaheen Foundation , at the Industry
Event & Post Inauguration Ceremony of IT Park Shaheen Complex,
Lahore
Secretary IT and Telecom Mr. Naguibullah
Malik, Addressing the Media at the IT Industry Event at Post
Inauguration Ceremony of IT Park Shaheen Complex,
Lahore
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Secretary IT and Telecom Mr. Naguibullah
Malik, and Mr. Talib H. Baloch at the IT Industry Event at Post
Inauguration Ceremony of IT Park Shaheen
Complex, Lahore
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Attendees
at the IT Industry Event & Post Inauguration Ceremony of IT
Park Shaheen Complex, Lahore
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A
Large Gathering
at the IT Industry Event & Post Inauguration Ceremony of IT
Park Shaheen Complex, Lahore
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PSEB invited expression of interests
from member IT companies regarding the 5TH ICT
EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE (CONNECT 8-10 MAY 2010)
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Office Space Provision
PSEB plans to build IT Parks in different cities and
currently operates over 750,000 square feet of Software Technology
Parks (STP) in eleven buildings across the country.
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To address immediate office-space requirements of IT companies
in Lahore, PSEB has converted Shaheen Complex located at
Edgerton Road and owned by M/S Shaheen Foundation, into an IT
Park. The state-of-the-art nine-story Complex has a total
covered area of 360,000 square feet and a rentable office space
of 217,000 square feet with two basements and is equipped with
high speed redundant fiber connectivity and entails the most
modern and top of the line civic amenities.
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Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, President Islamic Republic of Pakistan ,
Mr. Naguibullah Malik, Secretary IT and Telecom , Mr. Talib H.
Baloch, Offering Dua after Inauguration of IT Park at Shaheen
Complex, Lahore
In dedication to the vision of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Butto
the First Woman Prime Minister of the Islamic World the
President of Pakistan inaugurated the fully operational and most
sophisticated Information Technology Park Shaheen Complex Lahore
on January 16, 2010. The state-of-the-art nine-story Shaheen
Complex has a total covered area of 360,000 square feet and a
rentable office space of 217,000 sq.ft. with two basements and
is equipped with high speed fiber connectivity with redundancy
and entails the most modern and top of the line civic amenities.
The complex offers backup power supply, express lifts, access
control and close circuit TV (CCTV) for vigilant security
monitoring, centralized heating, ventilation and air
conditioning, fully integrated fire detection and voice
evacuation system, ample car parking and other civil defense
essentials.
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Industry HC
PSEB works with
the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to increase the influx
of quality graduates into the industry, facilitates matching
of graduates with IT companies, provides on-going trainings
and certifications to professionals, and undertakes research
to benchmark IT professionals and graduates in the country.
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To date, in the current
fiscal year,
1675
interns have been placed
under the Internships Phase-III Project. The Project has
been extended till December 2009.
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Company
Capability Development
PSEB sponsors quality and
information security certification
of IT companies in order to
enhance their international
competitiveness.
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In the last fiscal year, 2008-2009, under PSEB-sponsored
programs, fifteen CMMi L2 rating and five ISO 27001
certifications were obtained. Two companies became SEI
transition partners, and three individuals became SCAMPI
appraisers. Pakistan now has over 110 ISO-certified IT
companies, over 200 ISO 9001 IT lead auditors, and will have
over 25 CMMi-rated companies by the end of the current year,
making it a world leader in this category.
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PSEB
sponsors quality and information
security certification of IT companies
in order to enhance their
international competitiveness.
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Quality Assurance Institute (QAI) has
successfully recommended iEngineering
Pakistan Ltd. for CMMi Level 2.
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Facilitation
PSEB facilitates IT companies
in their interaction with
various Government agencies.
It also launches programs in
strategically-important areas
where the private sector is
shy of investing.
In the last year, the Open
Source Resource Center (OSRC)
has conducted twenty-six
workshops, trained over four
hundred and fifty people,
facilitated one migration, and
published
internationally-recognized
training toolkits.
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In the last fiscal year
2008-2009, visa processing was facilitated for one hundred
and fourteen individuals. Foreign currency remittance NOCs
to purchase software were processed and issued to seven
companies, and corporate advisory services have been
provided to numerous companies and individuals.
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To date, in the current fiscal year, visa processing was
facilitated for seventy-seven individuals, and corporate
advisory services have been provided to numerous companies
and individuals.
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Fourteen
new IT
companies were registered with PSEB during this reporting period
with fifteen new call centres. Twenty-eight IT companies and three
call centres have renewed their registration.
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In the last fiscal year 2007-2008, the Open Source Resource
Center (OSRC) conducted forty training workshops and
awareness-raising seminars, trained over eight hundred and
sixty people, facilitated four computer network migrations,
and published a new, downloadable training toolkit on
Asterisk Open Source PBX. It also sponsored and presented at
two national conferences on open source technologies, and
published two articles on open source.
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Project titled Open Source Resource Center (OSRC) has been extended for another one and half year.
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