CIO Pakistan
- E-Panorama (For PCWorld Pakistan) World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2012 Celebrated World Telecommunication Day has been celebrated annually on 17 May since 1969, marking the founding of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention…
- WSID 2012 Appraises ‘Women and Girls in ICT’ With Cha... As we witness the showdown of another World Telecom Day, being celebrated worldwide on today’s date, what we have on plate is an industry that was in the news for high-profile reasons throughout 2011. Whether it is Pakistan taking second…
- E-Panorama (For PCWorld Pakistan) Knowledge Graph: Google’s New Search Tool Google has introduced significant changes to its core search engine that would make it easier for users to search using natural language. The Search Giant began to roll out the…
- Nokia Chooses Pakistan as Launching Pad for Nokia 110 and... (By Aqsa Tariq) Pakistan was selected to be the launching pad for the new Nokia 110 and Nokia 112. Offering Facebook, Twitter, world-class EA games and access to thousands of apps from the Nokia Store, the new Nokia…
- E-Panorama (For PCWorld Pakistan) Nokia Unveils Nokia 110 & Nokia 112 In a much anticipated evening, Nokia finally unveiled two handsets ‘globally’ from Pakistan – The Nokia 110 and Nokia 112. These phones were jointly presented…
CIO Pakistan WebStudio
- Rethink The Client: Putting VDI To Work For You (Part 3) Share the Wealth!
- Rethink The Client: Putting VDI To Work For You (Part 1) Powered by the HP Technology services, The CIO perspectives held a session: ‘rethink the Desktop: Putting VDI to Work for You’ providing an interactive gathering for all IT technologists to consider the client services opportunities and client virtualization solutions through the adaptation of the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. The session also reflected on the essential elements of optimizing energy usage, strengthening ...
- The Time Is Now: Rethink the Client (Part 2) Watch out for more event updates from the local ICT industry only on WebStudio TV! Also join us on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CIO-Pakistan/198690006869673 Share the Wealth!
- Ep 21: E Panorama Telenor Raises Balance Inquiry Charges Google+ Makes “Hangouts On Air” Available Globally Report Depicts 741 Kbps Internet Speed on an Average Allied Bank, Sybase and Abacus Consulting Collaborate to Offer Mobile Banking Services Internet Services Hindered due to cut in Submarine Internet Highway: SEAMEWE-4 For more news log on to www.ciopakistan.com Share the Wealth!
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Talat Hussain, IT Infrast... Share the Wealth!
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Sohail Siddiqui, Country ... Share the Wealth!
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Nuruddin Kamdar of Riverbed Share the Wealth!
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Joe Gare, Head Center of ... Share the Wealth!
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Vijay Balan, Regional Bus... Share the Wealth!
- The Time Is Now: Rethink The Client (Part 1) The CIO Breakfast series on the HP Client Infrastructure was graced by the presence of HP Asia Pacific senior officials; Joe Gare – Head Center of Expertise and Vijay Balan Regional Business Head Joe Gare has been an integral part of the Asia Pacific market for 9 years now, and continues to understand and value the integration of cultural differences ...
NetXpress Online
- Links for 2010-08-14 [Digg] BlogBeat: Ep 2 - SA Relief Efforts Relief Efforts account of SA Relief for the PAK Flood victims in the area of Sukkur - Video montage pieced together via Twitter updates provided by Dr. Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia at Ground Zero
- Links for 2010-06-07 [Digg] CIO Mash Ups: Zeb and Haniya! We're thrilled to have had the opportunity to host some of the most promising talent dynamic duo in Pakistan's music business, Zeb and Haniya, who stopped by the CIO WebStudio just before their brilliant Coke Studio performance...
- Links for 2010-06-04 [Digg] Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Increases Efficienc UBL Saves 27% on Software Maintenance with Microsoft VSTS Collaborative Tools Overview
- Links for 2010-05-21 [Digg] Calling all entrepreneurs for the MassChallenge Global Officially launched on April 14th this year MassChallenge is touted to be the world’s largest start-up competition. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the vision of the competition is to kick-start and inspire a renaissance and its mission is to facilitate and promote innovation and collaboration.Check out masschallenge.org for details
- Links for 2010-05-20 [Digg] Wave14 Launch: Zafar Ul Islam, Microsoft Pakistan Zafar Ul Islam is the Enterprise Technology Strategist at Microsoft Pakistan and explains how the Wave14 Launch will benefit the enterprise-level users and how much more efficient and powerful the application suites are!
- Links for 2010-05-13 [Digg] Turi Munthe, Founder of Demotix talks on Citizen Journalism Turi Munthe is the founder of Demotix, a citizen journalism collaborative that helps citizen journalists and bloggers aggregate current news, and push it out to mainstream media. In addition to talking about the explosive trend of Citizen Journalism, Turi also talks about Demotix’s partnership with the Pakistan Blog Awards!
- Links for 2010-05-10 [Digg] Getting Organizations to be Efficient and Productive: Ramiz Ramiz Allawala, a renowned motivational speaker and trainer with Octara, and stopped by the CIO WebStudio a few weeks ago to talk about how organizations can be more efficient, motivated and productive! Vote for your Fav Blogs! BlogAwards.pk Your favorite blogs need your help! Log onto the Pakistan Blog Awards website, browse through the submissions and vote for your favorite blogs! Log onto blogawards.pk and cast your vote!
- Warid, Essar Group partnership imminent Discussions have been on-going for some time now, but anytime this week, Warid Telecom, one of Uganda’s mobile phone companies, could become a new entity after entering a “partnership” with Essar Group. Infact a source knowledgeable with the discussions said the deal between the two could have already been sealed by Friday last week although the [...]
- Samsung unveils slimmest watchphone Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, a mobile phone manufacturer had announced the launching of the S9110, a cutting-edge watchphone featuring a full touch screen. The watchphone-basically a wrist-watch comprised of all the features of a cellular phone and Samsung had once again proved its prowess in the market. Share This Bookmark to
- Operator PTCL No Longer Has Upper Hand In Pakistan Broadb... Pakistani incumbent operator PTCL will no longer have the upper hand in the broadband market. The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) put an end to the operator’s monopoly on internet bandwidth by announcing in May 2009, that both internet service providers (ISPs) and DSL operators were free to purchase bandwidth other than PTCL. Until then, alternative [...]
In The Line of Wire
- Making learning fun! Many of us have often had heated conversations about the difference between education and learning; about the dire need for making education a fun experience; about bringing learning to life instead of letting it lie between the pages of a book. With multimedia, interactive learning and initiatives like the Khan Academy, this is indeed beginning [...]
- Join the wi-tribe bazaar Pakistan Developers’ Challenge... wi-tribe, in partnership with P@SHA, HEC, Microsoft, Intel and Dell has launched the wi-tribe bazaar Pakistan Developers’ Challenge 2012. Students, graduates, aspiring developers, professionals and virtually anyone in the development community is invited to create their very own PC and Mobile software applications and be part of the contest. wi-tribe Bazaar supports Windows Desktop as well as Mobile [...]
- On great demand! Yesterday’s photo of the gifts from Standard Chartered certainly drew a lot of comments from many of you. I think the thought was a good one but the basic thing that they forgot to focus on was “Know your customer”. Considering how much information banks get from you when you open an account, it is [...]
- Thanks … but what do i do with this? I received a package in the mail. Like most people I love presents. Quickly tore open the packaging to discover that it was a gift from Standard Chartered where I have been maintaining an account for some years. Not that I am not grateful but what do I do with this cricket helmet and ball [...]
- I saved a life today! I saved a life today – and I am sure so did you! In fact each of us probably saves several lives every day! How, you might ask? If you drive on the streets of Karachi, you will be no stranger to the fact that as you are driving quietly and sedately on an open [...]
- An angel who continues to live in our hearts Nine years ago I remember coming apart at the seams on April 1, 2003 when the one person who represented unconditional love, gentleness, beauty, compassion, joy and understanding in our lives was taken from us; someone who made each one of us feel very special; a person who took great pride in our teeniest achievements – [...]
- Now I feel guilty! So many people have told me in the last week or so that they are “fans” of my blog and are regular visitors. They have also asked why I don’t appear to be as regular with my posts. I love to write but someone I haven’t been able to keep up with the erratic and [...]
- Talk about going bananas! Each time my siblings come to visit, they come bearing gifts. The gifts vary depending on the sibling and can be anything from clothes to chocolates/cakes/cookies to jewelry to tech gadgets. However, this time when my brother arrived from Hong Kong day before yesterday he had a carton with him that drew my curiosity. It [...]
- Warning! I have been receiving this message off and on since I landed in Mumbai on the 13th: It reads: Warning: We believe your account was recently accessed from India (RJ) (115.112.42.0) Even though I have now been back in Pakistan for the past few days, yet I still continue to receive this warning at intervals. [...]
- Buy & sell software portal launched by wi-tribe News for software developers who want to sell their software locally online! Wi-tribe has just announced the beta launch of wi-tribe Bazaar – Pakistan’s first Buy and Sell software portal – as a platform where Pakistani software developers can sell and monetize their software. The portal, as all things wi-tribe, is slick and the User Interface is [...]
IT Tazee
- We are moving… you may experience some performance issues (hopefully the site wont go down for too long!) over the next 48 hours.. we are moving and revamping house and that means new servers!
- The KNO tablet gets nominated for the prestigious 2011 Cr... One look at the KNO and you know this is serious stuff. Designed as a replacement for the textbook (and to decimate badly built, me-too android/windows7 tablets for weeknight laughs and fun), its already being field testing at US universities to tweak its education-specific user experience. After raising a mind boggling $46 million in a new [...]
- The Learning Finance Blog breaks into Technorati top 100,... So i’ve not been posting alot nowadays (thanks to another project thats taking up most of my remaining time , more on that soon) but this one’s worth a mention. From blog pics The one thing most techies i’ve come across want to do is trade stocks. or do finance, or do both. For some reason it [...]
- Core Banking systems in Pakistani Financial Services; An ... A really useful comment prompted me to create a quick info graphic that shows where some of the core banking projects are happening in the Pakistan financial services industry (Thanks Junaid). Out of the 25 or so scheduled Commercial/Retail Banks in Pakistan, many are now on global core banking solutions, showing a trend of buying and implementing [...]
- Osman Rashid named 2009 E&Y Entrepeneur of the Year Jehans done a great post on valley entrepreneur, Osman Rashid and his recent ventures, to read, click below: http://jehanara.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/osman-rashid-named-2009-ey-entrepeneur-of-the-year-2/
- WorldCall EVDO Broadband Service: The 3 month Usage Review Worldcall EVDO review by ITTazee
- Dawn also covers the growing UAV industry in Pakistan I was pleasantly suprised that Dawn recently did an investigative article on the UAV Industry in Pakistan and followed it up with a media gallery as well. ITT did a post on this last November. It is great to see several other media sources realizing this new technology niche and recognizing the small but fast [...]
- Varsity Heroes : An awesome gaming startup University of Texas (UT Austin) will kick Aggie’s sorry behind! GIKI will take over and rule the LUMS campus. Or will it ? OR will FAST or will MIT finally get its graces handed to it by Harvard? With this game, teams of students from each school would be able to face off each other [...]
- MIT Global Startup workshop discovers Kualitatem (Kraysis) So first of, to clear up, Kraysis’s new name is Kualitatem. Ok now that this is out of the way, lets get to the interesting bits…. The MIT GSW is a non-profit, student run, volunteer organization that believes in creating a global support network for entrepreneurship. The goal of this network is to share best practices of [...]
- I really need to start working and stop….. watching Jehan’s ITLOW show! Great interviews, we also need event coverage in it..better than all the crappy “IT” show attempts we still see on every other tv channel…. Here is a link to all the shows so far… http://webstudio.ciopakistan.com/tag/jehan-ara/ That theme song is also stuck in my head with a stickman doing a funky dance to it!
GreenWhite
- Business Incubation: False Hopes and Shattered Dreams… When a 19th century romantic French writer by the name of Victor Hugo said “Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come” he obviously could not envision Pakistani bureaucracy. Not only can it reduce an idea to nothing more than its meager skeletal remains squirming in its own vile, it too often does. Come 2004, the IT bubble is about to burst in a military run, democratic, American influenced politically independent subcontinent country by the name of Pakistan. It is here in our story that along comes an idea. It is a simple idea yet revolutionary in every way, the idea to prepare this country for the…
- Home & Cars Expo 2012 The past whole week I was really excited about going to the exhibition on 5th and 6th at expo center Lahore since the theme read “home expo and super car expo”. I was counting on seeing some innovative home solutions, fancy cars and a lot of appliances for both. As I entered the arena, an ear piercing heavy bike engine race greeted me. Oh wow nice, we have bikes here too… and lots of them, but let’s see if we have the actual products that are expected. First cars!! Honda Launched its new City Aspire at the event. This attracted a lot of young crowd who wanted to check it…
- Rock the ball with Pepsi NOTE: This is a sponsored post Football. The most popular sport in the world. That may be hard to believe, we being a die-hard cricket nation, but there are many amongst us who get their blood pumping whenever our favorite team kicks some balls (pun intended). There’s excitement in the air, and the airwaves for that matter, when Spanish rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona are about to have a face-off on the field. Manchester United or Chelsea? The answer could incite either jeers or cheers, depending on who you’re surrounded by. It feels like you belong to an exclusive club really, not to mention how convenient it is to…
- Another SHAM ICT Funding Project There are two main things that are currently causing out growth in ICT to stall. One is the lack of original ideas, so most of the entrepreneurs either copy what is already around internationally or locally (same ideas of online shopping, online bidding) we still have not hit the jackpot with someone creating some thing like instagram or drawsomething and being acquired by one of the big names. The second issue always lamented by entrepreneurs is lack of any funding sources in Pakistan. Over the years we have seen efforts being made to create funds which would help but what ended happening that most of these funds either did…
- 8th Layer of Networking We all know about the 7 layers of the OSI model. This is the framework by which computer networks are defined. Starting with the physical layer, going through the transport layer and finally culminating in the application layer where end user applications reside. I believe that this should be redefined to include and additional layer – the Social Layer. From the current vantage point, the Social Layer lies right above the Application layer – hence it is served by the Application layer. The 90s witnessed a boom in what is now referred to as web 1.0. This consisted of static applications hosted over the web. Static applications meant that…
- Pakistani IT company TenPearls launches car racing game w... Pakistani IT industry has been progressing rapidly over the last few years. It is heartening to see that the industry players are innovating and working in different areas to establish their expertise. Recently, TenPearls, one of the leading IT companies of Pakistan, launched “Carumba!”, a 3D car racing game for iPhone and iPad. Carumba! has been designed and developed by TenPearls’ innovation labs. Launched as a free game, Carumba! allows users to earn coins during the race, and redeem them to unlock other cars and tracks or to get additional nitro boosts. It has also been integrated with Apple’s Game Center. The game has received very good response from…
- TEDx Event 2012 ‘Rethinking Pakistan’ [and my expression goes LOL and I will explain why] was the theme of the conference which took place at margalla hills Islamabad on March 31st 2011 organized by TEDx, lets just summarize here what TEDx is; before we further dig into the “theme” and happenings of this conference. TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) and ’x’ denotes the independently organized events under the TED umbrella, mission is “Ideas worth spreading” and this events basically brings together individuals, communities and organizations with the opportunity to excite dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level (geographically). The programs combine live presenters, performers and pre-recorded talks from some of the most brilliant…
- ICT Funds Final Projects ICT R&D Fund aims to provide graduating students a chance to really make their final projects counts. I have always felt that students in their final year some times product excellent products which due to lack of any infrastructure and proper guidance plus funding just go in the Universities Libraries. Seems ICT R & D fund is giving these students a chance to take their projects to the next level by acquiring funding, if you are a final year student doing a project all you need is to get this form filled and submitted through your head of department . Last date for submission for forms is 31st…
- Thiel Fellowship: right idea, wrong approach I wanted to discuss the Thiel Fellowship and sort of run the idea among our readership to figure out if it was justified or not. Bay Area hedge fund manager Peter Thiel started a Fellowship program in his name about a year ago trying to capitalize not on start ups, but the smart kids who may actually come up with the next billion dollar idea. Let there be no mistake. Innovation solves problems. Bankers, lawyers and hot shot executives are good for only one thing: managing an existing infrastructure. It is the innovators who turn existing ideas on to their heads and enable breakthroughs. Considering the point above, it…
- Pakistani retailers enters UAE using LumenSoft Candela RMS It gives a sense of pride and achievement to hear the news about Pakistani retailers entering UAE market using LumenSoft Candela RMS, a software solution primarily designed for the retail management from a small store to huge business chains. Best part is the fact that it’s a home grown solution and was completely developed in Pakistan by LumenSoft Technologies (Pvt.) Limited. The solution is currently working at 70+ chain store organizations and more than six hundred fifty (700+) stores in forty six (46) cities of Pakistan and has been awarded by (APICTA 2011, P@SHA ICT Award 2011, 2009 & 2008) In the current situation where our country’s economical conditions are…
ProPakistani
- Was this Print AD by USF Legal? First thing first. Let’s have a look at the print ad that I am going to talk about. (Clicking on ad will open the image in new window in full size) A little background of the advert: this Print ad is by Universal Service Fund, published last month in various national newspapers and magazines. Though [...]To read more, click: Was this Print AD by USF Legal? ProPakistani.PK
- Ufone Announces The Return of Wasim Akram as Brand Ambass... Wasim Akram has once again joined Ufone as its brand ambassador, said an official statement issued by the company, recalling that Akram was part of the initial team when Ufone was launched. Wasim Akram is a world famous celebrity and is one of the greatest heroes of Pakistan. He started his career as a fast [...]To read more, click: Ufone Announces The Return of Wasim Akram as Brand Ambassador ProPakistani.PK
- Send Free SMS to Any Ufone Number from Gmail Chat Read this post in Urdu After Mobilink, Ufone recently partnered with Google to offer Gmail users an ability to send free text messages to any Ufone number from their Gmail accounts or through Google Chat. Put in other words, Through this service, Ufone subscribers can get Gmail chat messages on their handsets and shall be [...]To read more, click: Send Free SMS to Any Ufone Number from Gmail Chat ProPakistani.PK
- World Telecom Day Celebrated in Pakistan Pakistan, along with the whole world, yesterday celebrated Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD). Theme for this year’s WTISD was: “Women and Girls in ICT”. Telecom day is commemorated under the banner of ITU – United Nation’s body for information and communication technology – and celebrations stretch all over the world. The purpose of World [...]To read more, click: World Telecom Day Celebrated in Pakistan ProPakistani.PK
- PTA Asks PTCL to Revert Pakistan Package Read this post in Urdu While PTCL was busy celebrating its 1st million broadband customers, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has directed the company to revert back its Pakistan Package to the terms and conditions that existed prior to 1st April 2011 with an advance notice of at least seven days to all relevant subscribers as required [...]To read more, click: PTA Asks PTCL to Revert Pakistan Package ProPakistani.PK
- Mobilink Super Engineer Contest 2012 Commencing Today The LaunchPad Ceremony for Mobilink Super Engineer Contest 2012 is being held today for the top teams in North area in Islamabad. The competition is Mobilink’s effort to bridge the gap between industry and academia by enabling students from different fields like Electronics, Electrical, Computer sciences and Telecommunication engineering to take their projects towards actual [...]To read more, click: Mobilink Super Engineer Contest 2012 Commencing Today ProPakistani.PK
- PTCL Celebrates 1 Million Broadband Customers Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) today announced that it has achieved one million broadband customers in the country, that is over or around 50 percent of broadband market share. A messages by Mr. Walid Irshaid, President and CEO PTCL, published on its official website says: With over 3 million fixed line users and 1 million [...]To read more, click: PTCL Celebrates 1 Million Broadband Customers ProPakistani.PK
- Usman Ishaq Becomes Executive Director Commercial at Zong According to reliable sources at Zong, Usman Ishaq, Director Marketing, Zong has been promoted to Executive Director Commercial on the basis of his proven outstanding performance – especially during last 8 months – since he was appointed as Director Marketing. Usman has played a key role in developing marketing strategy and providing direction for the [...]To read more, click: Usman Ishaq Becomes Executive Director Commercial at Zong ProPakistani.PK
- Chairman PTA Gets Eidi from Public Money Read this post in Urdu In a disturbing news lately, it was revealed that Chairman PTA, Dr. Muhammad Yasin has been getting an Eidi bonus for himself valuing Rs. 350,000, that’s equal to his one month basic salary. Mr. Yasin admitted this during a Public Accounts Committee meeting this week. Chairman further revealed that this [...]To read more, click: Chairman PTA Gets Eidi from Public Money ProPakistani.PK
- Virtual Money – An Emerging Idea As the World Wide Web takes over more and more of our time the concept of money and wealth and how we spend it is also changing. The internet is drastically changing the way we interact with products and services. Virtual Money is an emerging online “currency” which in the near future will become a [...]To read more, click: Virtual Money – An Emerging Idea ProPakistani.PK
Tee Emm
- Internet-based Services Think of a new Internet-based service for your locality and accept payments on your cell phone. Paypal be damned.
- The ‘voice’ of Internet ISPAK – or anything similar – is badly needed today for fixing the current content-meddling activities of PTA. Unfortunately, with the demise of conventional ISPs and the rise of voice-driven telcos as the new-age ISPs, somewhere in between, we left out the platform that could address ‘Internet industry issues’ as its prime focus. Today, we [...]
- Offline Gmail – Made for Pakistan Part of the magic that the search company has been able to cast on the human race has to do with its very deep strategic thinking bit. Email, at least a few years (months?) ago, had been the killer application on the Internet. Google targetted web based email services segment with the fast and efficient [...]
- E, bay, pay, tay, say, jeem No, I am not dead. Yet. I am reproducing Faisal Khan‘s recent open letter to eBay for the lack of paypal services in Pakistan below to show solidarity with the cause (thanks for the tip Jehan Ara). And I think it is more of a perseption (of the country) problem than anything else. Let [...]
- LDI-backed Anti-voip Move – Now More Evil There is nothing bad in an Internet world than to fear new technologies. In fact, fearing new technologies in general is a bad idea itself. Pakistan – like the rest of the developing countries – stands strong as a potential beneficiary from the worldwide ICT related businesses provided a liberal Internet policy is adopted at [...]
- India to allow Internet Telephony Update: Here is the pdf version of the press release issued by TRAI on this subject.Thanks to Wasim at TGP. Very much related to my previous post, an interesting news from India is coming – possible opening up up Internet Telephony as a service. Pakistani regulators should give Internet telephony a pro-consumer thought and, for [...]
- Internet-based LL Services Fellow blogger and friend Babar Bhatti has complained about the problems he is facing in using Braintel’s local loop services (probably from out there in US). A reader has commented on this citing a PTA ban on such operations by the local loop operators in Pakistan. The main issue here is the ability of the [...]
- PTA Meets on PKNIC Issue PTA has conducted a meeting of various stakeholders and industry representatives on the issue of PKNIC today in Islamabad. There have been a series of interesting posts on TGP on this topic since this morning and we expect a detailed unofficial minutes of meeting by one caring participant of this meeting soon.
- DST in an Internet Age Last night, Pakistani clocks have been moved forward by an hour to implement the Daylight Saving Time which is aiming at reducing some of our energy costs. DST is debatable, to say the least. Look up for the topic and you will see how many arguments exists in its favor and against. That we have [...]
- PKNIC Outage PKNIC, the entity responsible for the global top level domain of Pakistan (.pk), is reportedly down for the past 8 hours. This is the latest in the series of now very ‘old pains’ that have now become synonymous with the domain controlling body. While this do not have any immediate affect on the globally operating [...]
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