Archive for February 21st, 2008

Startup Insiders Series: A Story Of Determination And Success

Published by Babar on February 21, 2008 under Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, ICT, Information Technology

It is always pleasant to write about a trend, revisit that topic a few months later and report progress. A few months ago I wrote about how views about entrepreneurship are changing in Pakistan. I mentioned some success stories. with the emphasis that the successes are neither incidental nor anomalies. The Startup insider series is a solid evidence of the positive momentum and shows the resilience and determination of a small group of dedicated leaders such as Jawwad, Jehan and Osama. See the list below and look up some of them on the web.

You can read all about it at Green & White, where Osama Hashmi has blogged about all the events, starting from Karachi to Islamabad to Lahore. These events, first of their kind, have drawn tremendous crowds and sparked the entrepreneurial spirit of many. Here’s the description of upcoming event, on Feb 24 in Lahore. Theme is: Who is my customer?

Startup Insiders is coming to Lahore again on the 24th of February. This time the event is supported by LUMS and will be held at the LUMS Campus itself.

An incredible panel is aggregating together again, and this times fans of Jawwad wont be disappointed:

  • Faisal Qureshi, CEO, Kolachi Advanced Technolgies
  • Zia Imran, CEO, VahZay Pvt Limited
  • Jawwad Farid, CEO, Alchemy Technologies
  • Salim Ghauri, President & CEO, Netsol Technologies
  • Osama Hashmi, CEO, CDF Software
  • Jehan Ara, President
  • Fahd Bangash, CEO, Amaana
  • Zafar Khan, CEO, Sofizar

PTA Consultation Papers

Published by Babar Bhatti on February 21, 2008 under ICT, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Telecommunications

PTA Papers PTA has asked for bids for consulting on three important topics (see below). which will have far reaching impact on Information and Communications Technology in Pakistan. Feb 25 is the deadline. some of the industry veterans had been asking for local Internet Exchange peering for a long time and it is good that finally there is some activity. PTA has taken the lead even though some of the topics are not limited to telecommunication. Regardless, if the right groups participate, this should benefit the IT industry in Pakistan as a whole. See complete information at this page on PTA website. Follow the links below for the details ((pdf documents) for each paper.

  1. Local Internet Exchange Peering Points
  2. Strategy for Public Data Warehouses
  3. Digital Signature Infrastructure

This is the page on PTA site where all consultation papers are listed.