Pakistan has taken up seriously the growing menace of piracy that has been hurting the productive sectors and causing a loss of Rs 10 billion revenue every year, said Chairman of Anti-counterfeit and Infringement Forum Aamina Saiyed here on Thursday.

Speaking at a workshop, on “Countering software piracy as a social and economic Issue,” organised by Microsoft to create awareness, she said that the menace was not confined to a specific sector and appallingly critical medicines used in intensive care were also either pirated or fake.

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NetSol Technologies Inc on Tuesday announced the company that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Ciena Solutions LLC, a leading provider of SAP integration management services headquartered in Los Angeles, California with a branch office in San Ramon, California.

NetSol will acquire Ciena Solutions for combination of cash and restricted stock. Ciena Solutions is profitable and experienced double-digit growth in revenues and profits in the past year.

Commenting on the occasion, of NetSol Technologies Chief Executive Officer Salim Ghauri said the acquisition of Ciena Solutions marks another major milestone in our growth strategy and provides an entry into one of the largest markets for information technology solutions and services within the industry.

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Pakistan’s first and the largest state-of-the-art software house, Systems Limited participated in the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX)-2008 held at the World Trade Center U.A.E recently.

The five days exhibition commenced on October 19 and was attended by a large number of owners, CEOs, CIOs and Directors of private organisations and highly placed government officials from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Europe, Far East, Asia and Australia.

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Sindh Minister for Commerce and Industries Rauf Siddiqui has said that the renowned Japanese IT firm DTS would invest 50 million dollar in the Information Technology (IT) Park project, besides providing 1,500 jobs.

“The government is committed to extend all out support to the foreign investors, especially Karachi is open to foreign investors in all sectors,” he said while addressing a foundation stone laying ceremony of the firm at SITE Superhighway, Ahsan Abad on Thursday.

He said the company would invest 50 million dollar in the IT sector of Pakistan in five years. The government is working on a road map of investment plan and with the implementation of the plan, more Japanese investors would attract towards Pakistan, he said.

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Ovex Technologies, one of Pakistan’s leading companies in providing business process outsourcing and IT solutions, is participating in GITEX Dubai 2008, the world’s foremost technology event held annually in the UAE capital city.

GITEX Dubai is among the world’s top three technology events and will be held from 19-23 October, 2008. This flagship event has placed Dubai on the map internationally as an emerging global technology hub and it continues to be the most important gateway to the Middle East ICT market, a spokesman of the company said.

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The Pakistan Telecommunication Ltd (PTCL) has increased its reliance on modern technology by introducing new IT software to facilitate customers with quick information/connectivity providing efficient services.

Walid Irshad, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PTCL stated this here on Wednesday while addressing the signing ceremony of Enterprise Agreement for Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure Optimisation between PTCL, Ufone and Microsoft. He termed the agreement a “milestone” and said that this strong technological partnership will allow PTCL and Ufone to benefit from the Microsoft’s innovative products.

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Sindh Minister for Information Shazia Marri has said that the officers of the Information Department would be provided with training of computers and information Technology so as to enable them to discharge their professional duties more effectively. She said this while addressing the officers of the Information Department here on Monday.

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Pakistan ranks 62 in the world in the 2008 Information Technology (IT) industry competitiveness index, falling two place; from its 2007 ranking of 60 in the index. In comparison, most neighbouring South Asian countries were ranked more favourably; for example India ranked 48th, Sri Lanka ranked 54th and Bangladesh ranked 60th.

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Senate Standing Committee on Interior has asked the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to make sure immediate end to sale of pre-activated SIMs (PAS) to arrest the menace of increasing crime.

The standing committee has summoned Chairman PTA, Chairman Nadra, Ministry of Information Technology and Ministry of Interior to assure the end of sale of PAS within four weeks, said Senator Talha Mehmood, Chairman, Senate Standing Committee on Interior here on Monday.

“We were informed that activation is taking 20 days and the committee asked the concerned authorities to prepare a plan for quick verification of SIMs”, Talha Mehmood said while addressing a press conference.

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Present era requires expertise in the field of Information Technology (IT),’ The Acting Governor of Sindh, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro said this in the inauguration of the AR Saleh Mohammad Computer Learning Centre. The Centre at the AR Saleh Mohammad Government Model Primary/Secondary School in Lyari has been established by a social welfare project of the Kalia Group called Ko-Ordination Group (KRG).

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Leading organisations in Pakistan are giving importance to Oracle, a software programme, to effectively address the important business issues, including compliance to regulatory requirements; data security; enhanced business efficiencies, disaster recovery and business recovery.

“With our experience of having served Pakistani enterprises for more than 10 years, we have come to understand their main points,” said General Manager, Technology Sales for Oracle South Asia Growth Economies West, Farhan Ibrahim,.

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The size of Pakistan’s Information Technology & IT-enabled Services industry stands at two billion dollar annually with a 50 per cent growth rate. IT Exports stand at one billion dollar according to a Research Study commissioned by Pakistan Software Houses Association (PASHA)

This was stated by Jehan Ara, President PASHA, while talking to the Media during a one-day Career Expo for IT students and professionals organised by PASHA in a local hotel. However, she said that, Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) claimed a higher figure with 2.8 billion dollar industry size and 1.8 billion-dollar exports.

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