Pakistan's Progress In Information And Technology

[Bouncer]

Which is the biggest IT company and by this I mean a Pakistani company?

Not sure, I hope other members correct me if I am wrong. Netsol, Systems Limited, TRG, Axact are the biggest I think.

 

[Reviewer21]

@Bouncer Thanks mate. Must watch this video guys of Axact this company seems promising.

 

[Bouncer]

@Bouncer Thanks mate. Must watch this video guys of Axact this company seems promising.

Yes Axact was growing very fast few years back, not sure about current situation.
Thanks for the video, this guy is amazing!

 

[Jazzbot]

Not sure, I hope other members correct me if I am wrong. Netsol, Systems Limited, TRG, Axact are the biggest I think.

Next Bridge, C-Docs, I2C are biggest companies I know in Lahore with over 3000+ employees each.

 

[Bouncer]

Next Bridge, C-Docs, I2C are biggest companies I know in Lahore with over 3000+ employees each.

I2C is that payment processing systems company, right?
I think they are based in the US. There are lots of very good companies like this one which have back offices in Pakistan but their HQ are in US/EU/Dubai etc. I didn't mention them because they are not Pakistani companies so to speak.

 

[Jazzbot]

I2C is that payment processing systems company, right?
I think they are based in the US. There are lots of very good companies like this one which have back offices in Pakistan but their HQ are in US/EU/Dubai etc. I didn't mention them because they are not Pakistani companies so to speak.

These are Pakistani companies with marketing offices in US/EU etc. Like many furniture and other companies have their plants and factories here in Pakistan but show rooms in Dubai etc.

Since our local IT market is still year behind western countries, the major source of IT projects is still Western Countries. So these companies are bound to have marketing offices in those countries. This is almost similar to india, phillipines and bangladesh.

 

[Samlee]

These are Pakistani companies with marketing offices in US/EU etc. Like many furniture and other companies have their plants and factories here in Pakistan but show rooms in Dubai etc.

Since our local IT market is still year behind western countries, the major source of IT projects is still Western Countries. So these companies are bound to have marketing offices in those countries. This is almost similar to india, phillipines and bangladesh.

@Armstrong @Talon @Alpha1 @Slav Defence

Making being there possible
Altia Systems Inc.
Altia Systems is an award winning venture-backed company based in Cupertino, California. PanaCast® is a unique product that enables anyone on desktop or mobile to receive an interactive, real-time Panoramic-HD 200 degree field of view video stream that replicates the human panoramic perspective. Follow @panacast1 on Twitter® for further information.
Leadership Team
Aurangzeb Khan, Co-Founder, President & CEO
Aurangzeb developed the company's vision, business plan and strategy in late 2010 / early 2011, and worked with Atif and Lars to develop the PanaCast® solution, raise the Series A round from investors with great entrepreneurial and early investor track records, and has helped grow the team with exceptional talent. Altia Systems’ products and solutions enable people to connect immersively via panoramic-HD video, using the PanaCast® system with the devices they already own, in a natural and intuitive way.
During 2009 – 2010, he was President & CEO at Everspin Technologies, Inc., a VC-funded spin-off focusing on MRAM ICs. In 2008, Aurangzeb co-founded Citius Consulting, a high-technology management consultancy with two public/private company CEO colleagues.
Earlier, he was co-founder, President & CEO at Altius Solutions and, following the merger with Simplex Solutions, EVP/GM of the SoC Design Foundry business at Simplex, contributing to a ~$300M IPO in May 2001 (NASD: SPLX). After Cadence Design Systems acquired Simplex in June 2002, he served as CVP/GM of Design Services business at Cadence.
Aurangzeb held senior engineering and general management positions at Cirrus Logic, Tandem Computers (now part of HP) and Fairchild. He helped deliver several industry-first systems and SoCs to market, including the Sony Computer Entertainment GS®I-32 and PlayStation®-2 Graphics Synthesizers, the Cirrus Logic 3Ci™ SoC and the Tandem Computers NonStop™ Himalaya™ and Cyclone™ series of massively-parallel servers. Several of the SoC and systems products received industry leadership recognition and delivered $200M to more than $1B in annual revenues.
Aurangzeb received an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Engineering Management from Stanford University, executive education at the Stanford GSB, a double-major B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and Nuclear Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and a B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics from Government College, Lahore, where he stood first in class and received the Academic Roll of Honor.

@Armstrong @Talon @Alpha1 @Slav Defence

Contributions of Silicon-Valley Pakistanis to High-Tech Revolution

Silicon Valley is home to 12,000 to 15,000 Pakistani Americans. Thousands of them are working at Apple, Cisco, Google, Intel, Oracle and hundreds of other high-tech companies from small start-ups to large Fortune 500 corporations. Pakistani-Americans are contributing to what Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee describe as "The Second Machine Age" in a recent book with the same title.
Pakistani-American Ecosystem: Pakistani-American entrepreneurs , advisers, mentors, venture capitalists, investment bankers, accountants and lawyers make up a growing ecosystem in Silicon Valley. Dozens of Pakistani-American founded start-ups have been funded by top venture capital firms. Many such companies have either been acquired in M&A deals or gone public by offering shares for sale at major stock exchanges. Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs (OPEN) has become a de facto platform for networking among Pakistani-American entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. It holds an annual event called OPEN Forum which attracts over 500 attendees. OPEN Forum 2014 is scheduled for Saturday, May 10, 2014, at the Santa Calra Marriott.
Putting it in context of the global Pakistani diaspora, there are 5 million to 6 million people of Pakistani descent living outside Pakistan, making up the world's 7th largest diaspora . Of these, the US alone has 410,000 Pakistanis , according US Census 2010. California state has 47,000 Pakistanis, about a quarter of them in Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley Pakistanis are enabling the 2nd Machine Revolution which is expected to be similar in scope and transformational impact as the First Machine Revolution, also known as the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century.
Second Machine Revolution: Silicon Valley is driving the second machine revolution which is similar in global scope and transformational impact as the First Machine Revolution, also known as the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century. Much of Asia and Africa, including what constitutes Pakistan today, were left behind and colonized after the last industrial revolution that was driven by inventions like the steam engine and the printing press. This time, however, Pakistanis are in the forefront of the current machine revolution, contributing to the exponential growth in high-tech enabled by semiconductor technology as predicted by Moore's Law, named after Intel founder Gordon Moore.
Here are a few examples of how doubling of computer chip densities every 2 years is changing the world: \
1. Smartphones are now as powerful as huge mainframe computers of a decades ago. Pakistani-American chip technologists at Intel (Microprocessors) and other companies (SoC chips) have contributed to it. Intel (Riaz Haq) , AMD and Raza Microelectronics (Atiq Raza), OpenSilicon (Naveed Sherwani), Muhammad Irfan (Whizz Systems).
2. Ability to communicate 24X7X365 is now taken for granted around the globe. Pakistani-Americans at Intel (Ethernet), Cisco (routers, switches) and other companies have driven it. Intel (Sikanadar Naqvi), Cavium (Raghib Husain), Wichorus (Rehan Jalil), VPNet (Idris Kothari, Saeed Kazmi), Cisco and PLUMgrid (Owais Nemat)
3. 3D vision is enabling computer games (XBox Kinect) and self-driving cars. Pakistani-American Nazim Kareemi's Canesta's 3D chips have made these possible.
4. Cloud Computing is supplanting WinTel era PC computing, enabling much more mobile work using small portable devices like smartphones and tablets. Many Pakistani-Americans are making it happen.
Fireeye (Ashar Aziz), vIPTela (Amir Khan), Elastica (Rehan Jalil)
Moore's Law on Exponential Growth Personal Computer Revolution Intel (Riaz Haq), VIA Technologies (Idris Kothari, Saeed Kazmi), SandForce (Sikandar Naqvi), AST Computers (Safi Qureshi in Irvine)
Communications Revolution Intel (Sikanadar Naqvi), Cavium (Raghib Husain), Wichorus (Rehan Jalil), VPNet (Idris Kothari, Saeed Kazmi), Cisco(Khali Raza, Owais Nemat, Raghib Husain), PLUMgrid (Owais Nemat)
Cloud Computing Fireeye (Ashar Aziz) , vIPTela (Khali Raza, Amir Khan), Elastica (Rehan Jalil)
Big Data Oracle (Sohaib Abbasi), Obama Campaign (Rayid Ghani)
Artificial Intelligence Canesta (Nazim Kareemi)
Education: Khan Academy (Bilal Musharraf, Ali Hasan Cemendtaur), Chegg (Osman Rashid)
Consumer Apps Streetline (Zia Yusuf), Kiwi (Omar Siddiqui)
Business Apps Convo (Faizan Buzdar), Infonox (Safwan Shah), Vertical Systems Inc (Saeed Kazmi, Idris Kothari)
TV Entertainment HBO Comedy Silicon Valley (Kumail Nanjiani), Jadoo TV (Sajid Sohail), Triple-Oscar-Winning Computer-generated Imagery (CGI) for Hollywood hits Frozen, Life of Pi and The Golden Compass (Mir Zafar Ali).
Venture Capital Sequoia Capita (Aaref Hilaly), CMEA Capital (Faysal Sohail, Saad Khan), Alloy Ventures (Ammar Hanafi), ePlanet Ventures (Asad Jamal).Positive Media Coverage:The mainstream media and the tech press have noticed the contribution of Pakistani-Americans in the Valley. I was recognized in 1980s by the PC magazine as a person of the year award given to the Intel 80386 microprocessor design team. More recently, there have been positive stories about Pakistani-American entrepreneurs in Forbes and other publications. A Forbes story recently acknowledged that Pakistan is among a dozen countries which are birthplaces of some of the most successful Silicon Valley companies funded by Sequoia Capital, a top venture capital firm credited with early investments in Cisco and Google. Another recent article called Silicon Valley Pakistanis a "model minority" .



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[Samlee]

GAME-CHANGING HIGH-TECH PRODUCTS FROM INCEPTION TO PROFITABLE COMMERCIALIZATION
Global, technologically focused & innovative leader who is passionate and tenacious about developing products that enhance lives and have a global impact. Takes leading-edge products from roadmap and concept to prototype and implementation in a broad range of industries with novel sensor, processing and networking applications. Leads creative teams to remarkable collective achievements that far exceed stakeholder expectations by establishing a shared vision and then leading “from behind” to foster creativity and initiative.

Selected Results:
• Award-Winning Product Design:
Drove the award-winning (Demo Mobile 2013) Panacast camera from concept to production for ubiquitous desktop/mobile video conferencing.

• Industry-Changing Innovation:
Enabled company to be the top contender in the automotive imager space with delivery of automobile rear vision camera technology, today used universally.

• Revenue Generation:
Delivered three imager SOCs (industry firsts) in the mobile, 2D barcode scanner and automotive space in six years, delivering over $400M in revenue.

• Mass Manufacturing:
Developed a multi-imager capture platform for 1MP-50MP camera family, and established the process for mass production with a contract manufacturer in China.

• Innovation and Creativity:
Holder of 12 US patents in a variety of technology solutions across multiple industries.
Atif Sarwari's Experience
CTO
Altia Systems Inc.
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry
August 2011 – April 2014 (2 years 9 months) Cupertino, CA 95014
Venture-backed start-up designer of end-to-end ubiquitous video conferencing systems.

• Developed the company's overall solution & technology architecture, and products
• Spotted world class talent and built grounds-up engineering team
• Defined architecture, managed cross-functional teams and delivered the award-winning (Demo Mobile 2013) Panacast camera within the first 3 quarters of company's inception
CTO
Arktan Systems Inc.
Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Security and Investigations industry
June 2008 – July 2011 (3 years 2 months) San Francisco, CA 94104
One of three co-founders of this start-up designer/OEM of Panoramic Cameras for the home and automotive market. Technology sold to Altia three years after company inception.

• Drove family of 4 camera SKUs and 3 camera solutions from concept to production
• Defined architecture and developed a multi-imager capture platform for 1MP-50MP Camera family
• Negotiated and sealed technology licensing deals
• Developed and nurtured key partnerships with optics/sensor/SOC/ASSP/ASIC suppliers
• Established the process for mass-manufacture
• Evangelized company to business and technical community
H/W Design Manager
Micron Technology
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; MU; Semiconductors industry
September 2002 – February 2008 (5 years 6 months) San Jose, CA 95134
Led chip development based on ability to productize Photobit (CMOS imaging) technology for this global, leading-edge semi-conductor technology company.

The position involved leading a team that took a Marketing Requirements Document (MRD) all the way to proven Silicon. In a span of under a year (an aggressive schedule), a team of very talented individuals, defined architecture, delivered specification, completed front-end design entry/synthesis/physical implemention/tapeout and finally validated the product. These products were industry firsts (CMOS imaging devices with integrated image-processing) and ushered the company into the prized automotive imaging space.
Atif Sarwari's Publications

• Automotive Scene Viewing CMOS Camera-on-a-Chip with NTSC/PAL
  • International Congress of Imaging Science
  • May 23, 2006
  Authors: Atif Sarwari, Steinar Iversen, Mark Seiders, Mike Brading
  • A CMOS Image Sensor with Global Shutter and Extended Dynamic Range
    • International Congress of Imaging Science
    • May 23, 2006
    Authors: Nikolai Bock, Alexander Krymski, Atif Sarwari, , N. Tu, Ken Hunt, M. Cleary, N. Khaliullin, Mike Brading

Atif Sarwari's Patents

• Integrated CMOS imager and microcontroller
  • United States Patent US7106367
  • Issued September 12, 2006
  Inventors: Atif Sarwari
  A method and apparatus providing a CMOS imager with an integrated controller on a common integrated circuit substrate. Also integrated on the common substrate are, a serializer circuit including a dynamic arbiter under the control of the microcontroller core and a set of extended special function registers through which data is passed to allow the microcontroller to control the CMOS imager and the...more
• Methods of fabricating integrated imager and microcontroller
  • United States Patent US8149307
  • Issued April 3, 2012
  Inventors: Atif Sarwari
  • Method of controlling image quality of an integrated CMOS imager and microcontroller
    • United States Patent US763000
    • Issued December 8, 2009
    Inventors: Atif Sarwari
  • Data download to imager chip using image sensor as a receptor
    • United States Patent US7497825
    • Issued March 3, 2009
    Inventors: Atif Sarwari
    An imaging device having a CMOS photosensor array for capturing images is described in which the array is also used to input programming and/or data used to control the imaging operations. The data-input can be based upon variations in light color, value, intensity, and patterning, or any combinations of the foregoing, for the download of information to the device.
  • Region-based auto gain control and auto exposure control method and apparatus
    • United States Patent US7538801
    • Issued May 26, 2009
    Inventors: Shane Ching Hu, Atif Sarwari
    An apparatus and method for performing automatic exposure and gain control while minimizing oscillations as well as providing a good response time, for example, a lag time or a settling time of about one frame. The automatic exposure and gain controls are performed not only on the image as a whole but on a weighted region of interest. If the contrast in the image exceeds the dynamic range of the...more
  • Embedded memory system and method including data error correction
    • United States Patent US6956577
    • Issued October 18, 2005
    Inventors: William Radke, Atif Sarwari
    A system and method for accessing a memory array where retrieved data is stored in a memory and upon the writing of the data in its modified form, the originally stored data is updated with the modification prior to being written back to the memory array. In this manner, a new error correction code can be calculated prior to writing the data without the need to access the memory array again.
  • Synchronized multiple imager system and method
    • United States Patent US8253815
    • Issued August 28, 2012
    Inventors: Atif Sarwari, Naveed Alam, Khurshed Mazhar
    A synchronized multiple imager system includes a plurality of imagers having pixels arranged in rows and columns. The pixels generate pixel data responsive to light directed onto the imagers. One or more respective sensors are coupled to the imagers. The sensors sense the pixel data from the columns and output a vertical raster stream representative of the pixel data in the columns, thereby...more
  • Embedded memory system and method including data error correction
    • United States Patent US6741253
    • Issued May 25, 2004
    Inventors: William Radke, Atif Sarwari
  • Integrated CMOS imager and microcontroller
    • United States Patent US8179468
    • Issued May 15, 2012
    Inventors: Atif Sarwari
  • Synchronized multiple imager system and method
    • United States Patent US8717448
    • Issued May 6, 2014
    Inventors: Atif Sarwari, Naveed Alam, Khurshed Mazhar
  • Data download to imager chip using image sensor as a receptor
    • United States Patent US7187049
    • Issued March 6, 2007
    Inventors: Atif Sarwari
  • Multi-imager video camera with frame-by-frame view switching
    • United States Patent US8754941
    • Issued June 17, 2014
    Inventors: Atif Sarwari, Naveed Alam, Khurshed Mazhar

Both Aurangzeb Khan and Atif Sarwari Are Shining Stars For Pakistan in Silicon Valley.I Wish We Had More Like Them In The West

 

[saim bhatti]

investment on information technology is good thing. In future Inshallsh Pakistan also improve in other technology sector because technology is the necessary for success.

 

[PakDevs]

Assalam O Alaikum
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[SarthakGanguly]

Assalam O Alaikum
EveryOne ! Guys me and my team Developing a PC Game based on Pakistan Army So Can anyone please help me i need some new Camouflage |Uniform High Quality Textures

Which engine are you using and who will be the enemy?

 

[PakDevs]

 

[PakDevs]

Using CryENGINE and Against Terrorist

 

[HariPrasad]

Best Luck to Pakistan.

 

[narcon]

Why Pakistan's IT exports are dismal?

Pakistan IT Exports Grew by 98 % to USD 1.25 Billion During Last Five Years :