Friday, March 9, 2007 IT Business News – At a Glance
 


"Things may come to those who wait, but only things left by those who hustle"
Abraham Lincoln

 

  

Mr. Awais Leghari, Federal Minister of IT&T addressing NCR IT Excellence Awards ,held on 17th Feb 2007, Isl.



MD PSEB addressing PSEB Media Event held on 20th Feb 2007, Islamabad.
 

 

 

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Seventh NCR and Teradata National IT Excellence Awards 2007
 
- Organix IT Canada and Si3 Pakistan signed Rs. 1.8 Billion MoU to secure Pakistan with intelligent surveillance
 
- Hong Kong Call Centre Association -HK CCA & ACCO -Pakistan signed MoU

 

  
-  Contract awarded to Acrologix to automate multiple departments of Punjab Government
   
- Soft Hand, Pakistan successfully completed initial phase of DISCUSS Product of Neasi Weber International, USA
   
- TPS at the forefront of EMV migration with EMV certification at UBL Qatar
   
- Handheld Designed in Pakistan Unveiled
   
  P S E B         A C  T I V  I T I  E S
 

Marketing 
- Meetings held with the Pak-China Joint Working Group and Trade Counselors Delegation
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PSEB Media Event attended by over 100 senior journalists

Strategy
- Meeting of IT Industry Statistics Committee held with SBP
Office Space Provision
- Report of  consultant consortium under review

Industry HR 
- Training program launched for Computer Graphics, Animation and Gaming Industry
Public Policy
- Recommendations submitted to PTA on VoIP usage and its legality ....
- TORs for proposed Data Confidentiality Law under consideration
 
Industry Finance
- SBP supported the idea of Government backed VC Fund
 
Company Capability Development
- CMMi L2 consultancy completed at 14 companies
Facilitation
- Twenty nine  IT companies registered
- OSRC team represented Pakistan at three international events in Malaysia, Indonesia and India
  O F F S H O R I N G / O U T S O U R C I N G


- Fear over India call centre fraud - BBC News
 

- Outsourcer Keane USA Confirms it will be bought by Caritor
 
- Down To Business: Outsourcing Customers Send Mixed Signals
I N T E R N A T I O N A L

 


IT News
- SAP acquires Pilot Software
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- Mono Brings Visual Basic Programs to Linux
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- IT Security Branches Out

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Trends
 - The IT Professions: 2010-what experts think the IT field will look like in four years
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- 2007's Top Picks: Technology

- Small Player Scores Big Open-Source Win

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Studies
- Outsourcing Not Slowing Down: Study
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 - Getting Clueful: Five Things You Should Know About Fighting Spam
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- IT Confidential: Is There Anything That Can Be Done About E-Mail?
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