01 December 2008  |  Volume 27  

"I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work"
Thomas A. Edison

IT BUSINESS NEWS    
at a glance
Oct - Nov 08 Issue
   

 
 

FEATURED VIDEO

Netsol CEO Najeeb Ghauri on NASDAQ


HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH

Pakistani ICT industry winner TPS with Ms. Jehan Ara, President P@SHA and Mr.Imran Zia, Chairman P@SHA at APICTA 2008
 

Phonecast signs up with Bangladesh for Telemedicine call center: Mr. Talib Baloch, MD, PSEB with Phonecast and TRCL team at GITEX Dubai 2008
 
Mr. Meshari. Y. Altarkait, MD, Stock TV & FMBC with Mr. Muhammad Zohaib Khan, CEO, A2Z Creatorz at GITEX Dubai 2008
 
 
 
 
   
Pakistan won three awards at APICTA, 2008, Jakarta
NetSol Technologies to acquire Ciena solutions, leading provider of SAP integration management services in California
Microsoft Corporation launched the Global Imagine Cup 2009 and innovation accelerator program in Pakistan

Wateen Telecom outsourced its IT Service desk to Inbox Technologies  

IRIS won best application award at APICTA 2008, Jakarta
KalSoft recognized as the Best Brand Developer at P@SHA ICT Awards 2008

PTCL signed LMKR for the deployment of a state-of-the-art turnkey GIS solution

CureMD released version 10 of its comprehensive Practice Management System & Electronic Medical Records at HIMSS exhibition 08  
STOCK TV partnership with A2Z Creatorz - to start operations in Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
Pakistan Reinsurance Company Limited to optimize their in-house applications with IBM POWER 6
Lakson Business Solutions (Pvt) Ltd to implement "Document Management System" at United Marine Agencies (Pvt) Ltd
First International Healthcare Call Center by Phonecast
 
   
   
   
 
 

 
   
Marketing
  Interactive CD on Pakistan IT Industry launched in Chinese and Arabic language
Strategy
  Gartner's study on "Strategic Review of the Pakistani IT Industry" in final stages
  Office Space Provision
  Negotiations between PSEB and International bidder for the establishment of National IT Park at Chak Shahzad, Islamabad in final stages  
  Industry HC 
  5th Batch of Apprenticeship Proposals, short listed for ICT R&D Fund approval
  Public Policy
  PSEB issued "Recommendatory Guidelines" for Transfer of Personal Data from the EU to Third Countries & Binding Corporate Rules
  Industry Finance
  Venture capital promotion awaits direction from PM Secretariat
  Company Capability Development
  PSEB to conduct three “ISO 27001 Lead Implementer trainings” in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi
  Facilitation
 

Thirty new IT companies registered

 

Thirteen students qualify OSRC's RHCT and RHCE examinations, held at Techno Ed (Pvt.) Limited

 
   

 

 
 
 
 

 
   
   
India rides out credit crisis but outsourcing industry suffers
Gartner: Economic slowdown will accelerate IT job offshoring
Offshore outsourcing: What role will the recession play?

 
 
 
 
 
IT News
Tech looks to raise bets on healthcare
Google adds customization feature to internet search
Social media becomes new venue for technology firms
Trends
How to prioritize IT spending during an economic recession 
Goodbye GUI as we enter a touchscreen world
Studies
What bad economy? IT spend will grow this year
Five top spending priorities for hard times
   
   
     
   
 

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