TechLahore

I just received a message from the folks over at FiveRivers who have produced this wonderful documentary on innovation & entrepreneurship in Pakistan. It’s really worth watching, and I love the underlying message: the notion that we can redefine our perceived identity with our hard work and achievements. I can certainly sign up for that, and [...]

Pakistani game developers are increasingly in the news. It seems that over the past couple of years, an entire sub-industry has been created out of thin air. Given the political and economic context, this is nothing short of remarkable. Prior to the new all-star lineup featuring companies such as Mindstorm Studios, Pepper.pk, TinTash, Tkxel and [...]

I just have a good feeling about 2011. I think it’s going to be a great year. I’ve thought a lot about where the optimism is coming from, and I don’t think it’s all subjective. Very important things happened in 2010, such as the incredibly pivotal visit by the Chinese Premier to Pakistan, Pakistan’s establishment [...]

Ah, it’s that time of year again! And how quickly it comes. It seems like yesterday that I wrote the predictions reproduced below, but look, three hundred and sixty five days have passed already. We must continue the tradition we started in 2007 and built upon in 2008… so here we go! I was right [...]

I just got back from GITEX Dubai a few days ago and still have to share my views on that show with you. I saw plenty of interesting stuff, so I do intend to do a couple of posts on that topic… But, to tide us over in the meanwhile, here’s some good news about [...]

Last year, I listed out a set of predictions and just recently I evaluated how they turned out. But on to more important business: what’s 2009 going to be like for Pakistan, for the IT industry and for the world at large? There are lots of very important trends unfolding before our eyes and they can [...]

The PSEB, when it was headed by Yusuf Hussain, had announced plans to build a software park in Chak Shehzad, on the outskirts of Islamabad. Purpose-built IT space was becoming a problem in the city because the previous two IT towers under PSEB management had been completely consumed by burgeoning tech companies. The Chak Shehzad [...]

Pakistan’s software and IT exports are now in excess of $1BN, and the size of the IT industry, which was reported to be about $2BN last year, has grown to $2.8BN. This was reported by The Daily Times in an article based on a PSEB study and an interview with Pakistan Association of Software Houses [...]

AutoPlus ERP Software, developed by Pakistan-based Acrologix, is being implemented by Chinese auto-manufacturer, Qingqi. This ERP software was developed under a PSEB (Pakistan Software Export Board) program that seeks to promote the use of locally developed software in a variety of different industries. As the first step, five verticals were chosen for which low-cost ERP [...]

BASIS, for those of you who don’t know (a group that included me until 5 minutes ago), is the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services. It’s an industry group and the Bangladeshi equivalent of our very own PASHA (Pakistan Software Houses Association) or India’s NASSCOM. Anyway, a Bangladeshi newspaper, the New Nation, came out [...]