ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Pakistan Information Security Association (PISA) is organizing an International Conference – “Cyber Secure Pakistan 2013” on Saturday. At Cyber Secure Pakistan ’13, Additional Director General of FIA, Project Director NR3C and Secretary Ministry of IT & Telecom will grace the event with their presence. We are expecting dignitariesRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Dr. Sania Nishtar, Minister for Education & Training (E & T), Science and Technology (S & T) and Information Technology (I.T) called on Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso at Prime Minister House this afternoon. The Premier while talking to Dr. Sania Nishthar said that both Science andRead More →
ISLAMABAD IMEWE Seg-1 repair has been completed and cable has been powered up for the traffic, as reported by IMEWE, post repair system performance has been verified. Repeaters performance and splice loss all are as per the acceptable values. Reportedly, the shunt fault was located at 116.7 KP from MumbaiRead More →
ISLAMABAD (MEDIA REPORT) The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has developed a software that will be provided to 500 returning officers for sharing the exact vote count of candidates from each polling station all over the country soon after the counting process is completed. “It will help ensure free andRead More →
ISLAMABAD – Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), the leading data analytic solutions company, has announced the winners for 11th Teradata National Information Technology (IT) Excellence Awards at an awards ceremony held in Islamabad. Twelve Awards were given to the best of the best in the information technology industry. Mohammad Tariq Malik, chairman NationalRead More →
ISLAMABAD (SPECIAL REPORT) The Election Commission of Pakistan Monday shut down its website after it experienced overwhelming traffic following the uploading of nomination papers of candidates aspiring to contest the general election. Around 50,000 people were visiting the website per minute which slowed it down, Geo News reported. The PakistanRead More →
ISLAMABAD National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has devised electronic voting software for facilitating overseas Pakistanis to cast their votes in the upcoming elections-2013, Geo News reported on Sunday. NADRA Chairman, Tariq Malik said that the Supreme Court would be briefed tomorrow about this electronic voting mechanism. Talking to GeoRead More →
Karachi Oracle has introduced a complete refresh midrange and high-end SPARC server in line with advance businesses need of computing power to discover growth and opportunities and turn social streams into market intelligence. The new SPARC T5 and M5 servers are installed in Oracle Solaris with world’s fastest microprocessor. Oracle’sRead More →
ISLAMABAD Seacom said it had completed reprioritization and reallocation of capacity for its customers and approximately 75 percent of customers were fully restored as of 11.00hrs GMT on 27 March. After a break in its own subsea system on 22 March, the African operator suffered from additional disruptions to serviceRead More →
ISLAMABAD /LONDON Spamhaus has been under attack since adding a Dutch hosting organisation called Cyberbunker to its list of unwelcome internet sites. Photograph: Piotr Pawinski/Alamy Hundreds of thousands of Britons are unsuspecting participants in one of the internet’s biggest cyber-attacks ever – because their broadband router has been subverted. Spamhaus,Read More →
The economy of Pakistan showed modest recovery during FY2012 and performed better than last year. The GDP growth has been estimated 3.7 percent during FY2012 compared to 3.0 percent previous year. Growth in FY2012 was primarily driven by consumption expenditure whereas investment in the country remained low at 12.5 percent Read More →
The power of connectivity is not a good or bad thing in itself but it has the power to be used for both. With the advent of social media, the power of connecting and sharing ideas which can transform societies and cultures is now a reality. It allows for cooperationRead More →