KARACHI ( TAHIR REPORT ) National Data Consultant (NDC) and Temenos Group AG jointly hosted the 5th annual NDC & Temenos User Group at the Movenpick hotel in Karachi, for the banking community in Pakistan. The event was an open forum for customers, users, partners and industry peers to shareRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) All over World observed Computer security day on November 30 of each year. On November 7, 1988, the world experienced the worst computer virous outbreak known as Jerusalem. This virus is activated whenever the 13th day of the month is a Friday. On this yearRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) HP INC-USA, a leading global player in IT and Computer industry has hinted to bring more investment in Pakistani computer industry after the current political turmoil in the country is over. Yousaf Jamal Senior Vice President Pakistan Computer Association (PCA) said this on his returnRead More →
LAHORE ( BMZ REPORT ) Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) officials said that Plan9, the board’s technology incubator, had held its 5th launchpad on Tuesday. They said the initiative had been taken to motivate young entrepreneurs with creative ideas to establish businesses. Launchpad is a two-day pitching event where theRead More →
By Naveed Siraj Tall gas cylinders stand like sentinels behind anxious devotees who tend to motherboards riven by wires. Fluorescent tubes protrude from the machines, seeming to feed their depths with elaborate drips of sickly neon. Liquid nitrogen spills into makeshift sinks crowded with whirring components, coolly billowing fog overRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Pakistan’s IT industry has been growing steadily and its export figures crossing over 2 billion dollars a year in revenue, up from less than a billion dollars a few years ago and the current growth rates indicate that the industry will exceed the 11 BillionRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) An official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) surprised members of the parliamentary committee on electoral reform when he told them that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were just as prone to fraud — if not more so — as traditional polling methods. ECP’s DirectorRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) Universal Service Fund Company’s (USFCo) 36th Board of Directors Meeting was convened on Wednesday November 19th, 2014 in the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, Islamabad. The Chairperson Board of directors USFCo, and the Minister of State for IT & Telecom; Mrs. Anusha Rahman chairedRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) “We have to enhance the level of Interaction between Government and indigenous IT companies. Therefore PSEB is directed to establish an “Interactive communication portal” to ensure an effective liason with eleven hundred plus IT companies, which are already registered with PSEB”. Minister of State forRead More →
ISLAMABAD( BMZ REPORT ) Finance Minister Ishaq Dar says a draft law is being prepared to subvert cyber-crimes and terrorist financing. Addressing the International Branchless Banking Conference today, he said the draft will soon be presented in the Parliament for proper legislation. Highlighting the significance of branchless banking for theRead More →
LAHORE ( HAFEEZ REPORT ) Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a global leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, semiconductors and telecommunications, today announced that it won 36 prestigious International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015 Innovation Awards. CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow held by the Consumer Electronics Association® (CEA)Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( BMZ REPORT ) On the direction of the Minister of State for IT Miss Anousha Rehman, National Information Technology Board (NITB), Federal Ministry of Information Technology formally handed over the PSDP IT Project Titled “HMIS at Tertiary Health Care Level at Sheikh Zayed Medical Complex (SZMC), Lahore, toRead More →