Tag: Technology
Si3 – the “Accenture of Pakistan” Aims Big
Many ambitious young people in developing countries look to the West not only for higher education but to work for world-class Wall Street or Fortune 500 companies. In the late 80’s, Amer Hashmi of Pakistan, was one of those fortunate ones who got that opportunity, but always wished there could be choices much closer to [...]
Muxlim.com: A Web 2.0 Destination for Muslims
Just as the young blazing entrepreneurs of the Web 2.0 online destinations such as YouTube, MySpace, Flickr, Wikipedia etc., have built global brands in a matter of years, Mohamed El-Fatatry a young Egyptian who was born and raised in the UAE is building a similar Web 2.0 destination – but one with consideration for Muslim [...]
How To Buy A U.S. Outsourcing Company
Buying a U.S. company offers a quick and easy way for IT and IT enabled services (ITeS) firms to acquire a client base without having to undertake traditional sales and marketing efforts, efforts that can be expensive, time consuming and not always successful. Buyers can take a modestly-performing U.S. company and shift some or all [...]
Interview with Mr Abdul Gaffar: Inventor of Breakthrough Colgate Total Ingredient
Mr. Abdul Gaffar’s four patents contributed to the discovery and success of Colgate Total–considered the most significant breakthrough for dental healthcare since flouride in the 1950′s. Interviewed by Doug Berger, Managing Partner, Innovate LLC. Posted January 23, 2007 Mr. Abdul Gaffar, who did his bachelor’s degree in chemistry/ bacteriology from the University of Karachi, Pakistan, [...]
Promoting Scientific Innovation in the Muslim World
Scientific and technological research and innovation is not among the qualities that one may attribute to the countries in the Muslim World. Having missed the dawn of scientific age due to reasons beyond the scope of this article, the 50-odd countries of the Islamic world cut a sorry figure when stacked against the modern and [...]
Creating Economic Clusters in the Muslim World
In the 1980s and 1990s, Silicon Valley propelled the world into the computer and internet age and, in the process, captivated the world’s imagination as a model region for organizing economic and innovative activity. Since then, leaders around the world have tried to create economic clusters—their own versions of Silicon Valleys—around the world in an [...]
Digital Rights Management in an Era of iTunes, PDF's and SMS
Industry Expert Shahid Khan highlights global trends and opportunities for the Muslim World Traditionally, certain intellectual properties such as stories, research, music, movies, software etc. have had tangible forms (e.g. books, magazines, tapes, CD’s, DVD’s etc.) However, the proliferation of innovative digital media (cable, internet, and mobile) has rendered traditional means of leveraging and protecting [...]
The Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC): Kuala Lumpur's Cradle of Innovation
Welcome to the new Silicon Valley. Twenty years in the making, and centered in and around Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) is fast becoming a new and exciting global center of innovation for information and communication technologies (ICT). From multi-nationals such as Silicon Graphics, IBM, Intel, Reuters to domestic companies such as [...]
