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Pakistan's IT industry growing leaps and
bounds,
claims PSEB
(Pakistan Monitoring Desk) - Feb
20, 2007
Mr. Yusuf Hussain, Managing Director,
Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB)
said that IT Industry in Pakistan is
rapidly growing at the rate of more than
57% per annum. He expressed these
remarks while addressing a press
conference on Tuesday in Marriott Hotel
Islamabad.
According to him IT Industry in Pakistan
is growing by leaps and bounds and we
are having more than 125 ISO and CMMI
certified companies which is the biggest
achievement. Besides 950 companies are
registered with PSEB and they are doing
tremendously great job to bring
Pakistan’s IT Industry in the limelight
nationally and internationally. After
India, Pakistan is next in line among
other outsourcing countries because of
competitive HR and Infrastructure cost.
International IT Research Companies like
IDC and Lehman Brothers also assert that
Pakistan is prospective IT outsourcing
destination.
He urged the parents to encourage their
children to join the IT field for their
future study rather than going for
traditional education like commerce and
other subjects. Marketing & PR, Industry
HR Development, IT Park, Strategy &
Research, Industry Finance, Public
Policy & Facilitation are identified as
strategic areas of PSEB, which need more
work.
Analysis:
It seems
that Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB)
is getting proactive now in not just
doing but also in letting people know
what PSEB is working on. It is a good
step by PSEB to hold media briefings
(press conferences etc) as in this way
general public as well as investors gain
more awareness about Pakistan's IT
industry. The new leadership in PSEB is
being very active in improving the
board's image
PSEB is
also partnering with different
organizations and new collaborations are
being formed in this regard. Recently PSEB in collaboration with Microsoft and
Agitavi Research Corporation launched
"Software Business Accelerator" program
aiming to help out software houses in
Pakistan
Pakistan's
IT and telecom industry is experiencing
a boom this year as more and more
companies are entering into this
industry. It is expected that PSEB will
improve its role in country's IT
infrastructure and business development
which will further facilitate IT
entrepreneurs, investors and general
public.
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