
P@SHA commisioned a study in the last quarter of 2007 which would serve as a State of the Industry Report for the Pakistan IT & ITES sector. The Executive Summary is available as a download.
According to Chris Morrison of Venture Beat, startups like Fuser and Orgoo have changed the face of email by centralizing communication, in one simple interface.
InfoTech Lahore announced commencement of work on a landmark project of “Automation of Ghana Stock Exchange” on a turnkey basis.
The P@SHA Industry Report 2008, conducted by UK-based Research & Consulting firm Technomics, shows that the top 5 markets that Pakistani IT are...
Pakistan has been recognized by Gartner as a top tier outsourcing destination...
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Posted on 11 May 2008
NetSol Technologies Inc. have announced the successful implementation of its LeaseSoft solution for the portfolio management of Venture Finance's new block discounting division through its UK division. Continue Reading
Posted on 11 May 2008
Saudi Pak Bank, which spans across 21 cities of Pakistan with 50 online branches, in line with its customer-centric policy, has inked a deal with TPS for Veritas Cluster Server, a solution which will provide disaster recovery and business continuity for the bank’s enterprise transaction switch, Phoenix, to cater to the requirements of Saudi-Pak Bank for e-Banking facilities to the customers and the operational staff. TPS will provide industry's leading cross-platform clustering solution, for minimizing application downtime and ensuring high-availability of Saudi Pak’s mission critical services with ideally zero data loss. This robust and reliable solution also guarantees data consistency and integrity at primary as well as disaster recovery site. Continue Reading
Posted on 09 May 2008
On 17th April 2008 a group of P@SHA companies met with the team from the Business Support Fund in Karachi. The BSF has been set up by the Government of Pakistan with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank. The purpose of the BSF is to assist in the improvement of the competitiveness of SMEs and to enhance their revenue-generating capacity and profitability. BSF provides matching grants for the use of business support services. The grants will be provided after the completion and acceptance of agreed activities. The meeting was followed up in the next week by one-to-one sessions between companies and the representatives of BSF to pursue particular ideas. Similar meetings are on the cards for Lahore and Islamabad in May. Continue Reading
Posted on 09 May 2008
On April 8, 2008 a P@SHA-Intel workshop was conducted in Karachi at a local hotel. It focused on non-traditional opportunities in the field of information technology. The facilitator was Vickram Crishna, CEO of Radiophony, Mumbai who said that he believed that the role of ICTs (information and communication technologies) in the Development process is obvious, and that traditional arguments that food, medicine and education should be provided before we move on to other enabling areas were based on a trickle-down and command-control philosophy. Continue Reading
Posted on 22 April 2008
KalSoft Pvt Ltd. a leading integrated IT solution provider and Bank Alfalah have signed an agreement according to which KalSoft would be executing the complete IT integration project for Bank Alfalah, one of the most progressive institutions in the country with more than 200 branches in 74 cities. The agreement was signed by the representatives of Bank Alfalah and KalSoft Pvt Ltd. Khurram Kalia CEO KalSoft in his statement said that this initiative is a rapid response to the customer’s demand of quality services and the information and integration challenges the corporate sector confronts every day. He said that the Solution is targeted for all banks that have Temenos or other MQ Series Compatible CBA and are looking for a Middle-ware solution. Continue Reading
Posted on 22 April 2008
Karachi: Atlas Bank Limited, member of the Atlas Group, announced the decision to procure and implement the Siebel Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution from Oracle Corporation. In doing so, Atlas Bank will become the first bank in Pakistan to implement the solution across the board and cover for all customer-management areas within the bank’s various business units. The solution is being implemented by eAccess Solutions, a subsidiary of Access Group and the local Certified Partner for Oracle’s Siebel CRM solution. Siebel CRM will provide Atlas Bank a 360-degree view on its customers at all touch points, from the contact center to the branch, from Credit Origination to Collection, from marketing to sales and service and will make Atlas Bank a truly customer centric organization. Continue Reading