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MoU
signed with Microsoft to improve civic services  |
KARACHI
(March 10, 2006): The City District Government Karachi
(CDGK) and Microsoft Corporation have signed the
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help developing
cutting edge e-governance services and solutions
to improve upon the existing civic services to the
Karachi's ever increasing urban sphere. |
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| Benefits
of IT growth must reach common man: adviser |
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KARACHI
(March 08, 2006): Muhammad Noman Saigol, Adviser to CM
Sindh on IT, was the chief guest at a seminar on "Prospects
and Potential of BPO in Pakistan," organised by College
of Management Science of PAF - Karachi Institute of Economics
and Technology on March 1. Habib Bank Limited and National
Bank of Pakistan cosponsored this seminar.
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| Call
to strengthen linkages between industry and academia |
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ISLAMABAD
(March 03, 2006): Minister for Information Technology
Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Thursday called for
strengthening linkages between industry and academia
to pave way for the production of top quality human
resource that formed the core of a knowledge-based
economy. |
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| IT
industry gradually getting recognition |
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ISLAMABAD
(March 02, 2006): Minister for Information Technology
Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari has said that Pakistan's
IT industry was gradually getting recognition with
many companies notching up international awards
and bringing laurels to the country. |
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| NetSol
awarded KPO automation contract |
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LAHORE
(March 02, 2006): NetSol Technologies Ltd, a developer
of proprietary software applications and provider
of information technology (IT) services, is awarded
with Karachi Patent Office software development
and IT services contract. |
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| Aptica-awarded
Media Bank gets foreign offers |
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KARACHI
(March 02, 2006): A Pakistani-based software company,
Media Bank, after receiving top prize in the Media
and Entertainment category of the Asia Pacific Information
and Communications Technology Awards (Apicta) 2005,
has drawn extensive interest from foreign companies
seeking at marketing the product in the region.
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| KalSoft
gets US award |
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KARACHI
(March 01, 2006): The KalSoft Private Limited -
one of the leading enterprise IT solution providers
become the first Pakistani company that achieved
CMMI-SW - Maturity Level-3 of United States based
Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Carnegie Mellon
University. |
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| CDA
directed to expedite work on S&T park |
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ISLAMABAD
(February 25, 2006): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz
has directed Capital Development Authority to expedite
work on establishment of Science and Technology
Park in sector I-12 to develop a suitable space
for knowledge/technology-based companies and incubators
for new enterprises. |
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| $8
billion BPO business awaits Pakistan |
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KARACHI
(February 24, 2006): $8 billion business is awaiting
Pakistan if the local call centres actively market
themselves for capturing information technology-enabled
services (ITeS) that India is unlikely to go on
with any more. |
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| NetSol
signs agreement with McCue |
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LAHORE
(February 24, 2006): NetSol Technologies, a developer
of proprietary software applications and provider
of Information Technology (IT) services, has signed
a software development and IT services agreement
with Burlingame, California-based McCue Systems
Inc, a leading provider of lease and loan portfolio
management software for banks, leasing companies
and manufacturers. |
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