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Revealed: The top 30 offshoring destinations
News In terms of political and economic environment, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam all fare poorly. Pakistan Analyst group Gartner assessed 30 countries for their suitability for offshoring to help sourcing managers who are "daunted... [11 Dec 2007]
Three-quarters of world to have mobile by 2011...
News The report also looks at the monthly average revenue per user (ARPU), with the monthly ARPU of a US consumer equivalent to the annual ARPU in rural regions in countries such as India and Pakistan. Three-quarters of consumers around the world will... [25 Oct 2007]
Offshore cost-advantage to last for 20 years
News Pakistan The annual Global Services Location List, by management consultancy AT Kearney, says that while wages in offshore locations have started to rise they will remain cheaper than 'onshore' alternatives for the "foreseeable future" - even... [19 Mar 2007]
Grid boosts efforts to fight malaria
News The international Wisdom project - which ran from 1 October 2006 to 31 January 2007, and stands for 'Worldwide in silico docking on malaria' - linked up computers in France, Italy, Germany, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan and the UK, among others. [15 Feb 2007]
$100 laptops: Rich countries to buy for poor
News Speaking to silicon.com at ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong, Negroponte said the OLPC is in discussions with Finland, which may order laptops for Namibia, that the United Arab Emirates is considering some for Pakistan, and France may sponsor laptops... [05 Dec 2006]
Hackers deface KevinMitnick.com
News Mitnick said: "The attackers from Pakistan took over that whole box. Online vandals, apparently operating from Pakistan, broke into the computer hosting Mitnick's website on Sunday and replaced his front page with one of their own. [22 Aug 2006]
Dorma bedding in Lawson ERP software
News The scope of the project covers factories in China, Dubai, Pakistan, Portugal and Turkey as well as some 120 outlets across the UK which Dorma sells to, including department stores and private label buyers such as M&S. [11 May 2006]
Debit card fraud spree linked to security breach
News Meanwhile, at least seven financial institutions in Western Massachusetts reissued debit cards last week after hundreds of customers noticed charges on their accounts from places including Barcelona, Pakistan, Romania and Spain, according to a... [08 Mar 2006]
Police investigate charity credit card data hack
News The charity now fears the hack attack will hit fund-raising for crucial aid projects in Iraq, Pakistan and Sudan. Police at Scotland Yard's computer crime squad are investigating the hacking of a UK charity website that has resulted in the theft of... [12 Dec 2005]
Police and business team up to tackle tech crime
News The working group held its first meeting today in London, with members including government and police personnel, diplomatic officials from countries including Pakistan and the Philippines, and representatives from industry including tech and... [20 Oct 2005]
Pakistan earthquake relief: Appeal to tech
News Donations for victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Pakistan over the weekend are trickling in from the US high-tech industry but so far most contributions are from workers of Pakistani descent rather than corporations. [11 Oct 2005]
US keeps keys to internet domain names
News But the more assertive tack promises to vex nations such as Brazil and Pakistan, which have been outspoken critics of the United States' influence online. The Bush administration announced on Thursday that the US government will not hand over... [01 Jul 2005]
Offshore call centre terror threats set to increase
News The assessment follows the discovery by police in New Delhi of diaries belonging to members of the Pakistan-based Kashmiri separatist movement Lashkar-e-Taiba showing scouting missions to survey some of Bangalore's IT and call centre operations as... [09 Mar 2005]
Terrorists target India's offshore IT firms
News A police raid has uncovered plans by a Pakistan-based group to target India's booming offshore IT and call centre industry. Police in New Delhi captured two and killed three members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba group at the weekend after an hour-long... [08 Mar 2005]
5 years ago... BT Cellnet bars calls to India and Pakistan
News 04.10.99: BT Cellnet customers have been prevented from making international calls to India and Pakistan throughout the weekend. This comes after the mobile operator uncovered fraudulent activity on its network. [04 Oct 2004]
