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The state of IT innovation in Pakistan Jehan Ara President Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT&ITES (P@SHA) The only way to predict the future is to invent it – Alan Kay Mindstorm Studios: Cricket Revolution A multiplayer PC Game – APITCA Winner
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The state of IT innovation in Pakistan Jehan AraPresidentPakistan Software Houses Association for IT&ITES (P@SHA)
The only way to predict the future is to invent it – Alan Kay
Mindstorm Studios: Cricket RevolutionA multiplayer PC Game – APITCA Winner
TPS Pakistan: IRISNext Generation Transaction & Channel ManagementClients: 110 banks in 28 countries (APICTA Winner)
Title: Paiker Launch Party Tags: launch paiker Olympics Comments: Go Paiker GO! Who are all these people? Your photos and videos PixSense: PixSense PSPClients: Telenor, Vodaphone,Telcos in China, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia – APICTA Winner PixSense PSP enables mobile subscriber to intuitively upload & organize media from anywhere and share it with anyone – with one click
Aerocar Rugged, inexpensive, heat & dust resistant biometric ATMs with Open Source software
Netsol: LeasesoftEnd-to-end Leasing & Finance Solution – APICTA WinnerClients: BMW, Mercedes Benz, Toyota, Daimler Crysler
Mixit TechnologiesTrading platforms/order routing solutionsClients: Nasdaq, etc. & 250 US brokerage houses
ScrybeGroundbreaking technologyInvestment from Adobe Inc & LMKR
Folio 3: Secretbuilders.comVirtual World of LearningSimilar to “Second Life” – learning through playing
Jaadu VNCSells for US$25 on the Apple App StoreDeveloped while doing his PhD
IkonamiClients: UK National Health Service & affiliated hospitals
EtilizeContent Management SolutionsClients: Walmart, Apple, Google,eBay, Microsoft, Amazon
Alchemy TechnologiesRisk Management & Basel II SolutionsClients: Major Banks
Cambridge DocsXML Publishing Engine (xDoc View) for Microsoft, Adobe and other business documents
TechlogixDelivering BPM SolutionsClients: General Electric, States of Illinois, Arkansas & New Mexico, Viisage Technology, Nestle
Systems LtdInsurance, Mortgage & Loan Processing Solutions, Apparel Solutions Clients: Most of the mortgage US banks; Liz Clayborne
SofizarFrom US$800,000 to US$30 million in 3 yearsSEO, SEM, Detecting Online Fraud, Analytics
Regional recognition1 Winner at APICTA in 2006 & 20073 Winners at APICTA in 20082 Winners at APICTA in 2009
So there is no doubt There is a lot of innovation taking place in the Pakistan IT sector
Is everything hunky dory? ABSOLUTELY NOT!
Some of the challenges Insufficient quantity of quality resource Experimentation missing Lack of Access to finance Market Access Lack of Clustering & Knowledge Sharing
More challenges Lack of understanding of potential of IT sector amongst policy makers Gaps in Regulation Packaging & Branding Image of Pakistan
There is 17 year old Zayd EnamWinner at APICTA 2009 in Melbourne
And many more kids like Zayd Enam out there who just need an opportunity to show us what they can do!
Thank you president@pasha.org.pk http://www.pasha.org.pk http://jehanara.wordpress.com