04 September 2008  |  Volume 24  

"Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything"
George Bernard Shaw

IT BUSINESS NEWS    
at a glance    

 
 

FEATURED VIDEOS

IT Secretary's interview on CNBC

Coverage of ITCN ASIA 08

ZRG Services & Solutions Demo


HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH

PM Yousuf Raza Gilani in a meeting with Mr. Herman Wimmer, President Middle East & Africa, Teradata accompanied by Mr. Talib Baloch, MD PSEB
 

Secretary IT and Telecom, Mr. Hifz–ur-Rehman, and Lord Mayor Karachi, Mr. Mustafa Kamal at the inauguration of ITCN ASIA 08
 

Mr. Talib Baloch, MD PSEB, presenting shield to Mr. Hifz ur Rehman, Secretary IT & Telecom, after PSEB pavilion inauguration at ITCN ASIA 08
 
Mr. Hifz-ur-Rehman, Secretary IT & Telecom, handing over IT Yearbook to Mr. Rishi.S. Jaitly, Policy Analyst, Google.
 
   
Barclays Bank chose to install IBM's system UNIX-server platform in its nationwide branches in Pakistan
Secure Byte Audit Software earned 5 star rating in SC Magazine assessment
P@SHA's Career Expo 2008: Inspiring Innovation!

NetSol won multi-million dollar contract for its leasing solutions in North America 

FBR automated its Correspondence Management & Files Tracking System with Buraq Integrated Solutions
ROZEE.PK launched online campus portals for the leading universities of Pakistan

KalSoft, recently re-branded, shined with its banking product at DAWN Asia Finance Conference

HBFC launched Contact Center to strengthen its customer base using ZRG's CTI Technology 
Inbox unveiled its Digital Pen and Paper Platform solutions
Soneri Bank contracted TPS for symantec's enterprise-wide high availability solutions
Business Beam (Pvt.) Ltd to provide ISO 9001:2000 QMS consultancy services to Wateen Telecom and Cyber Customer Services
 
   
   
   
 
 

 
   
Marketing
  PSEB participated in ITCN Asia 2008, co-organized two International Conferences
  Teradata and MoIT officials discuss investment prospects with Prime Minister Gillani
  Google foresees Pakistan as the most happening and upcoming destination for global outsourcing
Strategy
  Gartner's study on "Strategic Review of the Pakistani IT Industry" in final stages
  Gartner ranked Pakistan amongst Leaders and Challengers in its study report
  Office Space Provision
  PSEB issued (LoI) to International Consortium for the establishment of first National IT Park, at Chak Shahzad, Islamabad
  Industry HC 
  Apprenticeship Proposals of 5 more companies sent to the National ICT R&D Fund for approval
  Public Policy
  MoIT/PSEB takes serious note of ETPB vacation notice
  Industry Finance
  Venture capital promotion awaits direction from PM Secretariat
  Company Capability Development
  CARE (Pvt) Ltd, an Islamabad based company achieved CMMI level 2
  Facilitation
 

Teletimes International magazine published OSRC's latest article in its July/August 2008 edition

 

AutoPlus makes inroads at Master Engineering, a leading manufacturer of vehicle components

 
   

 

 
 
 
 

 
   
   
International conference on BPO held in Karachi
Gartner forecasts 9.5 percent increase in IT services spending in 2008
Knowledge Process Outsourcing represents the next generation of outsourcing services

 
 
 
 
 
IT News
Facebook: no. 1 globally
Intel offers details of its new and core-successor-processor "Nehalem"
Nokia to make lonely planet guides available on phones
Trends
Microsoft targets e-mail overload with outlook plug-in
Firefox 3 comes loaded with tools for CIOs to play with, which allow new ways to communicate and do business
Studies
IT spending by Asia's insurance sector to reach $5 billion by 2011
The future of Enterprise Search
   
   
     
   
 

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