Brocade in Pakistan: Athar Moin
Athar Moin heads Brocade’s operations in Pakistan. He stopped by the WebStudio to talk about trends in technology buying as he sees them now. Take a listen to this CXO! Want to watch other CXO’s talk about their challenges and tell their stories? Click here! If you want to recommend someone else to be featured on this show, contact us! …
Ad: Relief4Pakistan
Find out what Relief4Pakistan is doing for the fund raising and relief efforts with MercyCorps. This fundraising activity is geared towards communities in the US who wish to donate small units of funding online. Share the Wealth!
HCI is a Viable Career Option: Shoaib Taimur
Shoaib Taimur is a graduate and recently returned back to Pakistan on a job hunt. Because he had an interest in Human Computer Interaction, in this episode of CC, he talks about what HCI is and what kind of a career he sees for himself vis a vis the local market. More about Campus Conversations? Click here! Share the Wealth!
Ad – Google Pakistan Flood Relief
Are you aware of what Google is doing for the Flood Relief efforts in Pakistan? Share the Wealth!
Changing Trends in IS: Saad Rizvi, NetSol Technologies
There are a number of trends changing rapidly in the local scenario of Information Security. Saad Rizvi from NetSol Technologies, a Critical Threat Sponsor for the upcoming CSO Perspectives and Compass Awards, explains what areas he sees these trends being established. If you liked this video, feel free to share it through your blog or website. Need something clarified? Go …
Blog Beat: Ep9 – The Bread People
Not referring to the company, rather the roadside small shops that actually make the bread… for a purpose. People who can, do. Those areas and businesses across Pakistan who have not been directly impacted by the flood waters, are working to help in what ever way they can. And this includes businesses big and small. During a recent trip to …
The Entrepreneurship Culture in Students
Azhar Rizvi, CEO of the Tech Angels Network and one of the founders of the MIT Enterprise Forum in Pakistan, talks to Shafaq Tariq about what it takes for students to become entrepreneurs. More about Campus Conversations? Click here! Share the Wealth!
Acer Pakistan Signs Actor Adnan Siddiqui as Brand Ambassador
Acer Pakistan’s Country Sales Manager, Zahid Mahmood signs Actor Adnan Siddiqui as the tech company’s new Brand Ambassador. Share the Wealth!
Oracle hosts a CIO Executive Dinner Discussion
Forward-looking organizations are embracing continuous business transformation as their new mantra by never stopping in their quest to become more efficient, responsive and innovative. Discover how your organization can harness the power of next-generation technologies to drive continuous transformation and leapfrog the competition in all these areas. Join us for Your Roadmap to the Future – an exclusive discussion on …
Blog Beat: Ep 7 – Help In A Box
In this episode of Blog Beat, we’re talking about a flood relief initiative called Help In A Box. Everyday at approximately 3pm, about 200 people, young and old, gather at the Imperial grounds on Main Sh-e-Faisal in Karachi to be part of a human assembly line. Their mission? To pack and ship 100,000 boxes containing immediate nutritional aid, in a …
Blog Beat: Ep6 – Szabist, Solar Lamps, Ushahidi, Google
In this episode of Blog Beat, we’re take a look at a student initiative that has collected close to Rs.700,000, an idea about solar lamps and some important sites that you may want to bookmark if you’re following the Flood Relief work being done across Pakistan. Gul Zaib Shakeel is the General Secretary of the SZABIST Student Council. And speaking …
Showcase: The Electronic Arm
Here’s a video of a student who had designed a limited yet functional electronic arm – This video was recorded amongst other projects at the FAST-NU Procom 2010. Are you thinking of practical applications for the Arm in industry terms, then listen to what this young student has to say! Leave your comments for us? Liked this episode? Rate it, …
Blog Beat: Ep 5 – PASHA and NED Students
In this episode of Blog Beat, you’ll hear about two relief drives: the first is the voice of Jehan Ara, the President of P@SHA and the second is a group of students at NED , who are organizing a collection drive for Relief Aid, which will last until the end of this month. The NED students who’s voices you will …
Blog Beat: Ep 4 – Relief4Pakistan featuring Mahnaz Fancy and Kalsoom Lakhani
After the floods began their devastation, Co-Founder of SAJA, Sree Srinivasan sent out an email with several appeals from people who were coordinating relief efforts. That’s how I got in touch with Mahnaz Fancy who went ahead and coordinated a conference call with Kalsoom, herself and me over Skype so we could record this podcast and get the word out. …
BlogBeat: Ep 3 – Ongoing Flood Relief Campaigns
Help In A Box Collection location: Imperial Lawn on Main Sh-e-Faisal in Karachi HELP FLOOD VICTIMS OF PAKISTAN info@helpfloodvictimspk.com +92.300.2991150 +92.300.2684365 +92.313.7771666 Flood Relief Efforts – Disaster Management Training Session Sahana Foundation IBA Flood Relief Campaign Here’s the link to the list of items that IBA students are collecting Call 0322-2966062 Share the Wealth!
BlogBeat: Ep 2 – SA Relief Efforts
The MotorSports Club of Pakistan and OffroadPakistan collected enough funding to take 6 trucks full of relief goods valued at more then Rs.2.4 Million: They had basic food supplies, food hampers and tents and water bottles along with ready-to-eat-biryani. The plan was to identify a location and set up a camp with shelter of the 70 tents they had and …
BlogBeat: Ep1
We’re starting off a new show on the CIO WebStudio that spends a minute or so looking at what blog are covering what kind of news. This week, we take a look at a few of the Flood Relief blogs. Please note, there are a lot more out there and we’ll get to them in the next few episodes, but …
Time to Give Back: Qazi Fakhir Jamil
Qazi Fakhir Jamil is the CEO of Converge Technologies and has this message to share with all of you. Share the Wealth!
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