Monday, May 14, 2007 IT Business News – At a Glance
 


“"Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.”

Tom Krause
 
 
 

PSEB IT delegation with Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, High Commissioner of Pakistan at the reception given by the Pakistan High Commission in London, UK.
 
 
 

PSEB IT delegation with Mr. Mohammed Iqbal, Lord Mayor of Leeds at the Asian Influence: International trade networking event held at Leeds, Town Hall, sponsored by Lloyds TSB Bank plc.
 
 


Secretary IT ,MD PSEB & CEO LMKR during their visit to India

   

The Saudi Minister of Communications & IT Mohamed Jamil Bin Ahmed Mulla at the PSEB Pakistan Pavilion in Gitex, Riyadh



 

 

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DIDXchange tagged in Inc, a leading US magazine, as one of the Inc. 5000 Application Partners
 
- Marked deployment of DID Management System, by Advanced VOIP, at Wisecomm - an international joint venture working in Pakistan
 

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 The highest healthcare IT benchmark, CCHIT certification, awarded to CureMD
 
- Multiple investment opportunities unearthed via the Chinese IT & Telecom Delegation’s visit to Karachi-on invitation by VectraGroup
 
- Super Technologies and DIDX.net shot the launch of GroovyTel.com Phone Service for MSN and Google Talk
   
- MoU signed between CWorks, Malysia, and AZM, Pakistan, for jointly working on CMMS
   
- Expedient certification of TPS Phoenix with Sudan National Switch
   
-  Deployment of the Ultimus BPM Suite perked up administrative processes of National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA)
 
- TCS Customer Services and Support Operations came to power with ZRG’s latest IP Contact Center technology
 
-  Ministry of Health, Pakistan, and NetSol hit upon an outsourcing contract
   
- Punjab Examination Commission gave out the contract for scanning and computerized marking answer sheets to Descon Information Systems.
 
  P S E B         A C  T I V  I T I  E S
 

Marketing 
- PSEB successfully organized UK mini events in London, Manchester and Leeds with the help of Pakistan High Commission
   
- PSEB sponsored eight member companies to participate in GITEX Saudi Arabia 2007 and another ten in ‘EXPO PAKISTAN’

 Strategy
- Visit of a delegation of PSEB board members to India on the invitation of NASSCOM; expected to be instrumental in formulation of a strategy for collaboration with India in IT
- Vice President Gartner Consulting, Tony Murphy, to visit Pakistan from 14th to 18th May
 
Office Space Provision
- The Prime Minister has directed allotment of an additional thirty six acres of land to PSEB for the construction of Phase II of IT Park

Industry HR 
- The first letter of intent issued to Bearing Point for hiring of one hundred apprentices following the launch of PSEB’s apprenticeship program

Public Policy
- Technical evaluations by PSEB under way for proposals received against the formulation of Data Confidentiality Law and Framework
 
Industry Finance
- The Prime Minister has conceptually approved  PSEB's approach for the establishment of a VC Fund
 
Company Capability Development
- First QAI Pakistan official, trained under PSEB-sponsored program, has qualified to conduct CMMi appraisals worldwide after evaluation by SEI
 
Facilitation
- Thirty two new IT companies registered with PSEB in April 2007
 
- Open Source training workshops facilitated by PSEB across five cities in Balochistan
  O F F S H O R I N G / O U T S O U R C I N G


- Vietnam ready to take on India, China?
 

- Pakistan's IT Industry takes off
 

- HP Invests $100 million, Opens four new operations in Europe, Asia and USA
 
I N T E R N A T I O N A L


IT News
- Viacom and Yahoo strike Web advertising deal
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- Google to buy “DoubleClick” for $3.1 Billion
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- Apple hits the 100-million mark with iPod

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 Trends
-  IT Equipment Leases to Dip While Software Leases to Gain

- Outsourcing Industry Undergoing Major Changes

- The Rise of Service-Oriented IT and the Birth of Infrastructure as a Service
 

Studies
- Worldwide IT Leasing and Financing Market Expected to Exceed $100 Billion by 2010, IDC
 
- Study Says, Cost is Biggest Concern of WAN Outsourcing
 
- PC Market Returns to Double-Digit Growth on Strong Results in Europe and  Asia/Pacific

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