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$1.5 bln spent on telecom and IT in Pakistan in 2007: Small and medium businesses in Pakistan invested more than $1.5 bln on ICT (info-communications technology) in 2007, AMI Partners said. Only 14% of SBs in Pakistan have adopted computers at present. by AM; Tags: Information Technology, Telecommunications, Pakistan, Smb/Sme, Telephony, Strategy, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Management, AM; Blog posts 2008-03-23
Pakistan on the YouTube black hole: Never mind: Having neatly knocked YouTube off the net for several hours, exposing a key vulnerability in the BRG system and creating a small tumult within Pakistan, the government has now changed course and removed the block on YouTube, AP reports. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority told Internet service providers...; Tags: YouTube Inc., Pakistan, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Government, Gender And Diversity, Fax, Channel Management, Human Resources, Marketing, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-02-26
YouTube shut down reveals some serious net security weaknesses: It isn't often that the world of political repression interferes with our ability to watch home videos of cat tricks, but in a bizarre turn of events that's what happened over the weekend. Google-owned YouTube is a favorite target not only of copyright holders, who complain the...; Tags: Security, YouTube Inc., Pakistan, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, BGP, Networking, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-02-25
Pakistan removed from the Internet: 4:30 PM Eastern US. The telecom company that carries most of Pakistan's traffic, PCCW, has found it necessary to shut Pakistan off from the Internet while they filter out the malicious routes that a Pakistani ISP, PieNet, announced earlier today. Evidently PieNet took this step to...; Tags: YouTube Inc., Pakistan, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-24
Pakistan declares war on YouTube: What could at first have been just one of those days on the Internet where some newbie engineer accidentally announces a spurious route and takes out a segment of the network has turned into an international fiasco. But no, Pakastan has ordered all ISP's to block YouTube. From Yahoo...; Tags: YouTube Inc., Pakistan, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-24

Pakistan takes out YouTube: Like I said in a recent post, the Internet is a series of tubes. Sometimes that helps route around malicious legislation and regulators, sometimes it causes big problems. Like today at 2 PM eastern when someone in Pakistan announced a more specific BGP route announcement for the block...; Tags: YouTube Inc., Pakistan, Internet, BGP, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Security, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-02-24
Photo: From Pakistan to California: Zamir Haider, a visiting journalist from Islamabad, Pakistan, takes in the sights in downtown San Francisco.; Tags: Pakistan, photograph, California; Image galleries 2007-03-28
Networking Skills in the Middle East and Pakistan: Will an Increasing Shortage Hinder Growth in the Region?: This white paper, based on a data survey of over 120 CIO-level respondents in seven countries in the Middle East and Pakistan region, and IDC's proprietary IT skills model, shows that organizations face an increasing shortage of people with networking skills. Demand for networking skills clearly outstrips supply in the...; Tags: Network, Middle East, Pakistan, International Data Group, Networking Skill, Networking, Wireless; White papers 2006-05-01
Native Suite (zip): MS Word 2000/XP add on to write Sindhi Pakistan, Urdu Pakistan and Farsi Languages. It is first time to make it possible to write Sindhi unicode base one windows 98 English version before this pplz use Windows 98 Arabic version to write Sindhi or Urdu but they cannot share day...; Tags: Window, Pakistan, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Construction, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows; Software downloads 2005-12-01
Wausau Financial Systems Assists Pakistan With National Identification Program: Beginning in 1998, through a special legislative ordinance from the President of Pakistan, a National Database and Registration Authority NADRA was established to build the national security and protection of the country's borders. Over time, NADRA would become the largest and most sophisticated centralized database of information in Asia for...; Tags: Pakistan, Wausau Financial Systems, Storage, Business Intelligence, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies
The Political Economy of Growth Without Development: A Case Study of Pakistan: Pakistan has had respectable per capita growth over 1950-99, intensive involvement by donors and international agencies ($58 billion in foreign aid), and has a well-educated and high-achieving elite and Diaspora. Yet Pakistan systematically underperforms on most social and political indicators - education, health, sanitation, fertility, gender equality, corruption, political instability...; Tags: Harvard University, Pakistan, Vertical Industries, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance; Case studies
Net Access Case Study: Union Texas Pakistan: Union Texas Pakistan was at the time, the only Union Texas office within the entire Union Texas umbrella to have it's Intranet up and running before anyone else. UTP Offices in Pakistan now have access to Standard Operating Procedures Manual within their Intranet cloud. In addition, UTP has also attached...; Tags: Internet Access, Pakistan, Intranet; Case studies
Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Achieves High Availability for Critical Applications: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan SECP was established in 1999 by the Government of Pakistan. The SECP wanted to install a powerful, reliable, secure, and scalable database platform on which to run critical business applications and gather and store business data in a central location. The challenge was...; Tags: Oracle Corp., High Availability, SEC, Pakistan, Databases, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Hardware; Case studies

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Brown rice, white rice, now GREEN rice: A major rice grower in California is looking to sell green rice. "Green" as in solar-powered. Of course, like all crops, rice needs sun to grow and ripen. Now Far West Rice, Inc. of Cypress, California, is going to harvest, mill, store, move and bag rice using...; Tags: California, Plant, PPM, Government, Food & Beverage, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-06-17
Risking Another Frontline Disaster: Risking Another Frontline DisasterNatural monopolySounds like a natural monopoly. Regulate it as such.RE: Risking Another Frontline DisasterSeems like another non-elected regulator and two elected pols are gaming the system for their "constituents" benefit, at the expense of "the people." Also seems like the WSJ believes everything must revolve around profit...; Tags: H-1B program, H-1B visa holder, H-1B, H-1B visa; Discussion threads 2008-06-06
International MP3 Songs (gadget): Introducing the Amazon International MP3 Song Gadget. The MP3 Song gadget lets you play music samples in Africa, Australia & New Zealand, Caribbean, Cuba, Celtic, Compilations, Europe, Far East & Asia, General, India & Pakistan, Latin Music, Middle East, North America, Pacific Islands, Reggae from Amazons DRM-free catalog of over...; Tags: Song, MP3, Sidebar Gadgets, Digital Music, Digital Media, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Security, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-05-29
The panelist's nightmare: What do you do if you are moderating a panel and you are the smartest and most interesting person on the podium? Do what Faisal Rehman Malik, a TV anchor from Pakistan did at the Innovation Journalism conference at Stanford University-- talk the entire time about your...; Tags: Panel, Conference, Panelist, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-05-22
ClearCube Spins off VDIworks: ClearCube Spins off VDIworksChanges...againClearcube has changed directions so many times any potential customer should run when they hear the name, maybe that is why they are spinning of another division.It seems as if the VC's haven't wised up yet, they are giving more money to the same team who has...; Tags: Sales strategy, Team management, ClearCube Technology, ClearCube Spins, VDIworks; Discussion threads 2008-05-07
QICT Improves Visibility and Control Over Financial Data With Integrated System: Qasim International Container Terminal QICT is a modern international terminal based at Port Muhammad Bin Qasim in Pakistan. QICT wanted to ensure visibility and control over financial data across the organization and better assess working capital requirements and speed up the completion of cash forecasts. The challenge was to create...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, QICT, Qasim International Container Terminal, Financial Accounting, Finance; Case studies 2008-05-01
RSA finds new malware enhanced phishing technique: RSA finds new malware enhanced phishing techniqueShocked!Gee, you forgot to mention which operating systems are susceptible to this thing.The magic 8-ball says it's only one...the usual one...every time...and of course it being the case 100% of the time is not because it's built like crap...it's because it's "popular"...hmmm...the only way...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Spam, SECURITY, phishing technique, RSA Security Inc., phishing, malware, magic 8-ball; Discussion threads 2008-04-21