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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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PSEB is
collecting Expression of Interests from its member IT
companies for CeBIT Hannover, Exhibition Germany.
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PSEB
supported MIT Enterprise Forum of Pakistan for conducting
Conference on Corporate Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CCIE
2009) & Finals of MITEFP-OPEN BAP-2009. For more details
please visit the links below:
Supplement on the day of the event:
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/777719994/7afc1ffba6893e507803b0dbf16842f0
Post event coverage:
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/777710140/c8f7e32745b287db14001048d7da2f0f
Ken Morse Interview
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/777712180/f9c0ec3c14cc2af311ec99aa21e4484a
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PSEB
sponsored e-banking seminar.
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Mr. Sulman
Hassan, Director International Marketing PSEB represented
Pakistan in Asia Source 3 held in Philippines.
Asia Source 3 meeting reinforces Asian Free and Open Source
Software movement
More than 150 Asian Open Source activists discuss latest
IT-tools for NGOs and SMEs in the Philippines Gathering ends
with knowledge sharing and plans to migrate to Free and Open
Source Software (FOSS) . Main Theme of Asia Source 3: Building
Capacities and Empowering Humanity through FOSS
Silang, Cavite. From November 7 to 12, 2009, Asia Source 3
gathered representatives from non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and youth
networks to focus on the practical elements of Free and Open
Source Software (FOSS) deployment within an economic and
social context. Asia Source 3 is an innovative source camp
introduced to Asia by the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) through the International Open Source Network. Based on
TacticalTech Collective's source camp template, IOSN aims to
increase the awareness, integration and adoption of FOSS tools
in Asia. The gathering brought together more than 140
participants from 15 Asian countries (see below) in Silang,
located in Cavite, Philippines to build capacities to connect,
cooperate, and collaborate.
Asia Source 3 was jointly organized by UNDP's International
Open Source Network (UNDP-IOSN) through its ASEAN+3 Centre of
Excellence (Philippines) and InWEnt - Capacity Building
International (Germany) together with the Tactical Technology
Collective, Aspiration (USA) and The Centre for Internet and
Society (India). Funders include the Federal Ministry for
Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ), the
ASEAN Foundation and the Open Society Institute.
Building a strong community is one of the main objectives of
the camp. Lemi Soares, a participant from Timor-Leste said,
“[In Asia Source 3,] we can have good relations with other
members. We can keep in touch, not only in this event but also
through the internet.” Asia Source campers were encouraged to
socialize and develop friendships to help them slowly build
their very own network of open source enthusiasts throughout
their 6-day stay and beyond. By the camp’s last day, November
12, a strong & bonded community was evident as they present
their final presentations on what knowledge they have acquired
in Asia Source 3.
“We believe that the continuous strengthening of the Free
Software community through source camps like this contribute
to a more open collaborative environment,” Dr. Alvin Marcelo,
Director of the International Open Source Network in Southeast
Asia, said. He explained that the rising demand for open
source software is unstoppable throughout the region; “The
challenge now is how to harness all those numerous activities
into a coherent whole”, he said. FOSS stands for independence
of expensive commercial software licences and international
software manufacturers. It stands for high stability and
dependability of its systems. And it especially stands for the
adaptability and possibility for development of these systems
as they concern the needs of the local economy. Particularly
for SMEs, FOSS therefore holds considerable promise: As it is
adaptable to local needs and languages, it can help to grow a
local service industry.
In the tradition of the previous Asia Source camps held in
Bangalore, India in 2005 and Sukabumi, Indonesia in 2007,
conference resource person Allen Gunn, also Asia Source 3 head
facilitator, stated, “We try to create an environment of
collaboration and community. No keynote speakers, panels, no
powerpoint slides; Instead, we set-up mini-discussions.” This
approach made sharing of knowledge and developing
relationships an easy task - creating opportunities to broaden
expertise, forge new ideas and connections. Asia Source 3’s
emphasis was on building capacity amongst existing
practitioners from both the technical and content end of the
spectrum. It encouraged the creative use of FOSS as a viable
option to maximize the impact of information practices within
the projects and initiatives in the region. This year’s event
particularly dealt with the topics of managing and
broadcasting information through FOSS. It further demonstrated
how to migrate from proprietary software to FOSS as well as
how to easily and efficiently use the FOSS tools.
Asia Source 3 was also the official highlight of five years of
regional FOSS support by InWEnt in Southeast Asia. Balthas
Seibold, Senior Project Manager of InWEnt has declared, “We
are honored to be part of this movement through our training
and network program it@foss, of which AS3 is a culminating
point“. Overall, InWEnt trained and connected more than 1000
experts from Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and the
Philippines in more than 30 training courses. it@foss main
focus has been on building local Open Source competence and an
IT service industry in order to foster sustainable economic
development in Southeast Asia.
Asian countries represented in Asia Source III include
Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia,
Kyrgyztan, Laos, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka,
Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam.
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Microsoft Pakistan recently held a
joint business launch to introduce a range of products that
included Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft
Exchange Server. PSEB
sponsored
the launching ceremony. The ceremony was held in Karachi and
attended by the prominent ICT professionals from all over
Pakistan.
Kamal Ahmed, Country GM-Microsoft Pakistan and other
participants at the launching ceremony of Windows 7
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PSEB is all
set for Single Country Exhibition Tripoli, Libya
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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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Senior management of some large IT companies have
visited Shaheen Complex Lahore and have shown their keen
interests in acquiring
office space
due to the availability of state of the art facilities in the
building. It is going to be populated at a fast pace. Around
12,000 Sqft. office space has been occupied by valuable
companies in one month and about 30,000 square feet office space
has been demanded by the IT companies. M/s Vopium and M/s Sysnet
are fully operational in Shaheen Complex and enjoying the
facilities like uninterruptible power supply, reliable bandwidth
and HVAC system along with other facilities.
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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,
1650
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, 2007-2008, 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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Quality Assurance Institute (QA) has
successfully recommended Esolpk Pvt
Ltd for CMMi Level II with the
collaboration of Pakistan Software
Export Board (PSEB).
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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
2007-2008, 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 sixty-nine individuals, and corporate
advisory services have been provided to numerous companies
and individuals.
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Twenty-one new IT
companies were registered with PSEB during this reporting period
with thirteen new call centres. Forty-one IT companies and sixteen
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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