Monday , August 7, 2006

IT’s Business News – At a Glance

“It took five months to get word back to Queen Isabella about the voyage of Columbus, two weeks for Europe to hear about Lincoln's assassination and only 1.3 seconds to get the word from Neil Armstrong that man can walk on the moon.”
Isaac Asimov

P S E B  A C T I V I T E S - J U L Y 2 0 0 6

Marketing

- Tradeshows, Delegations, Marketing Collaterals, Media, Niche Marketing      >>more

Strategy

- IT Exports, IT industry study and action plan, Industry survey                    >>more

Office Space Provision

- IT Parks Construction, STP and Internet Service Provision by PSEB to STP  >>more

Industry HR 

- Meeting with HEC, and New Internship program                                         >>more

Public Policy

- GST, Data Protection Act and Trade Policy                                                >>more

Industry Finance

- Venture Capital Fund and Linkages with State Bank                                 . >>more

Quality

- ISO, CMM, Information Security and COPC .................................. ......... .>>more

Facilitation

- PASHA and PTCL meetings, Open Source Industry

   Automation, Mobile Urdu Content and Bandwidth Provision ............ ..........>>more

L O C A L. N  E  W  S

Pakistan's IT Exports Increase by 56%; Netsol Top IT Exporter

The State Bank of Pakistan informed PSEB recently that in the fiscal year ending June

 30, 2006, IT exports registered with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) amounted to

US$ 72.21 million - representing an increase of over 55% from preceding year's

exports of US$ 46.355 million

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Pakistani and S. Korean IT Companies Ink Agreements

Four Pakistani IT companies - Sofizar, Synergy, SiSservices and Buraq

Integrated Solutions (BIS) - formed solid collaborations with S. Korean IT

companies recently, in a PSEB-sponsored programme. This programme was open to

its registered companies from October to December 2005.

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Pakistani Company Nominated For World Technology Award

The World Technology Network (WTN) announced today that Zaheer A. Kidvai, CEO

Beyond Information Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Pakistan, has been selected as a

nominee for a 2006 World Technology Award.

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O F F S H O R I N G / . O U T S O U R C I N G

India Faces Offshore IT Skills Crisis by 2010

Outsourcing - It's No Longer Just About Saving Money

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

IT News

Asia Warms to Network Outsourcing

HP to Buy Mercury Interactive

KKR Group Looks to Win Philips Chip Unit

Alcatel Eyes Some of Nortel's Mobile Assets

T R E N D S

Call Center in India? That's So 2004

Messaging - Asia's Top Data Revenue Earner

Asia's Hiring Trends

S T U D I E S

Big Gap in Asian Govts' IT Spending

Macroeconomic Indicators and Buyer Intentions Converge

Disk-based Data Protection Market to Generate More Than $50 Billion

VoIP Service Revenue Doubles; Will Hit $120 Billion in 2009

IDC Foresees Double-Digit Growth for Content Applications

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