The growth in Pakistan’s IT and Telecom sectors in the past few years warrants recognition at an international level. With much aggressive work in so many verticals, every contribution towards growing the industry makes a difference and each member of Pakistan’s various industries helps us to achieve more progress, better and faster.

Keeping this in mind, IDG is launching the local edition of its flagship publication, CIO, the world’s largest Technology Business Leadership Brand. Working with the local players and markets to push information and successes that we experience across Pakistan, the pages of CIO Pakistan hope to provide the industry with the kind of support and coverage it deserves. August 5, 2008 will mark the formal launch of CIO Pakistan,

a business unit of the International Data Group, its other products and platforms along with IDG-endorsed Technology Pioneer Awards at the Karachi Sheraton Hotel.

CIO ‘Technology Pioneer Awards’ will acknowledge the top business professionals for work done to enhance Pakistan's technology industry in the last 10 years. A CIO panel reviewed the prospects and analyzed them with respect to their effect on their industry and decisions were based on operational activities, practices, creativity and innovations in all aspects, their achievements, and how the candidates benefited their industry and country. The award categories are:

    * Pioneers in Telecommunications
    * Bringing Global Technology Brands into Pakistan
    * Pioneers in the Local Industry
    * Pioneers in Contributing to IT Education in Pakistan
    * Taking Technology Global: Building Pakistan’s Image Abroad
    * Pioneers in Innovation
    * Inspiring Innovation
    * Pioneers in Governance
    * Recognizing Special Contributions to the local Industry
    * Youth’s Achievements in Technology
 

The event has been organized by CIO Pakistan in conjunction with Terrabiz Group.

 
About CIO Pakistan

Serving Chief Information Officers and other IT leaders, CIO.com, CIO magazine, CIO Executive Programs, CIO Custom Solutions Group and the CIO Executive Council are produced by CXO Media, an award-winning business unit of International Data Group. CIO Pakistan is a business unit of the International Data Group and is being launched in Pakistan as a monthly magazine. CIO is the world’s largest Technology Business Leadership Brand. For more details, please visit www.cio.com or www.ciopakistan.com

 
About IDG

A leader in technology media, events, and research, IDG has a network of more than 450 websites and more than 300 publications in 85 countries, focusing on business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment, and video games. IDG is one of the largest networks of technology professionals in the world and its most notable brand is CIO Magazine. Established in 1987, the CIO brand is a leading information source for top tier IT Executives, and Chief Information Officers in the industry. The publication caters to a C-level corporate readership all over the world and delivers award winning content that assists management decisions such as case studies and a strong peer network. To date, CIO has received more than 150 editorial and design awards including the Grand Neal Award in 2003 and 2004. For more details, please visit www.idg.com