Tuesday, April 10, 2007 IT Business News – At a Glance
 


“A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.”

John Maxwell
 


 

 

(Left to Right) MD PSEB, Federal Secretary IT,  GM East Mediterranean & Pakistan, Microsoft during the MoU Signing ceremony between Microsoft and PSEB, MoIT



 

 

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Emirates Global Islamic Bank Limited (EGIBL) chose Oracle-Siebel, ITP, for world class CRM
 
- Visionet Systems VisiRelease processed more than one million lien releases in USA, covering 12 percent of all lien releases processed in 2006
 

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NetSol Signed USD 1.5 Million contract with China Vehicle Finance Operations of Blue-Chip Auto Maker
 
- Etisalat’s Bill Payment Machines went live with TPS Technology
 
- Ufone acquired new technology for IVR from ZRG International
   
- KalSoft launched its Healthcare Information Management System in collaboration with Microsoft
   
- Oracle declared Techaccess as the best partner in Pakistan
 
-  Softflux unveiled its Strategic Global Infrastructure plan
 
- JPMorgan, USA, entered Pakistani Stock Trading Market with Softech Systems' BackConnect
 
-  EGIBL simultaneously launched operations of six branches using Auto Soft Dynamics (Pvt.) Limited’s  purpose-built Islamic banking solution
 
- EMCO Industries, Pakistan, deployed ERP developed by Imperial Soft (Pvt.)

  P S E B         A C  T I V  I T I  E S
 

Marketing 
- PSEB and Microsoft inked MoU
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Seminar on “Global Sales Strategy” by Mr. Ken Morse, MD, MIT Institute of Entrepreneurship, USA

- Delegates from US and UK visited PSEB

Strategy
- Contract signed with Gartner Group, a leading international research firm
Office Space Provision
- B
usiness plan and draft RFP submitted by Consultant Consortium

Industry HR 
- Apprenticeship Program all set to launch
- Eleven companies responded to PSEB’s Computer Graphics, Animation, and Game Development training program

Public Policy
- Meeting on VoIP legality delayed....
 
Industry Finance
- Consultation with two leading Silicon Valley Venture Companies regarding proposed Pakistan VC Fund.
 
Company Capability Development
- Various IT Companies achieved high level of performance (CMMI / ISO)
Facilitation
- Twenty nine  IT companies registered

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


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IBM looks beyond India
 

- Here’s how call centres look from London
 

- China clears Intel chip plant, marking a potential milestone
 

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


IT News

- Viacom in USD 1 billion  copyright suit versus Google, YouTube
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Microsoft suffers latest blow as NIST bans Windows Vista
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UK Biometric passports not secure

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Trends
- IT services payrolls in US soar by 4.9% in just one year

- Tough talk on net language issue

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Thirty percent of companies lost their IP in the last 12 months

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Studies

- More digital data than space
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Men are the biggest victims and perpetrators of internet fraud 
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