Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is about to offer a decrease in fares to its destinations all around the globe applicable from 22nd January till 30th June, 2012.
Destinations offered include; Dubai/Abu Dhabi (PKR 30,650), Manchester (PKR 66,290), London (PKR 65,100) and New York (PKR 92,750) for all return tickets on Coral Economy Class.
For Pearl Business Class return tickets, the destinations include Dubai/Abu Dhabi (PKR 65,650), Manchester (PKR 224,470), London (PKR 207,100) and New York (PKR 281,740).
You can get this offer by bookings from 29th December to 9th January 2012 and only a limited number of seats will be made available.
Microsoft is going to launch its Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) programme in Karachi.
By the Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) programme Microsoft is authorizing local firms with a host of business productivity solutions.
Kamal Ahmed, Country General Manager, Microsoft Pakistan mentioned that,
“Microsoft businesses need the right platform and tools to optimise productivity and attain maximum output from their workforce.”
The programme presents the chance for users to experience first-hand of how Microsoft technologies can help them communicate, collaborate, create and manage information more efficiently within their organisations.
The SpareBank 1 alliance has signed a pact with Telenor as dealer of the alliance’s total requirement for telephony. The contract worth is NOK 62 million per year.
Telenor has been offering communications solutions to SpareBank 1 since 2007. The joint venture has now been reinforced with a new contract that runs until the end of 2015.
Vidar Horne, Purchasing Director of the SpareBank 1 group, mentioned that,
“We have found that the mobile area has been through a period of dramatic development in recent years, both with our customers and internally. We now have many employees who use smart telephones at work. This means that both data traffic and speech are important to us. We look forward to developing into a more mobile business in partnership with Telenor.”
The bank alliance is currently using Telenor’s Proffnett communications solution and has also started running a pilot version of the Mobilt Bedriftsnett mobile solution.
He further added that,
“We have had a rather mixed portfolio of subscriptions among our employees. This will now be streamlined by having one common subscription with fixed prices”
Major commitment:
According to Abraham Foss, head of the corporate market at Telenor Norway,
“The banking and finance industry has a major requirement for good communications solutions in order to serve customers. SpareBank 1 is an important customer for Telenor and we are very pleased to take on further challenges in our strong position in this industry.”
The new structure of the contract unlocks chance sfor optimisation and new working platforms.
Foss further added,
“We see exciting development potential for modern, interactive solutions. We intend to meet expectations in terms of both technology and customer service.”
Another distributor, ABM Data Systems (ABM), has been declared by Toshiba (Digital Products & Service Group)in Pakistan.
By appointing ABM Data System, the aim of Toshiba is to enhance the resellers’ network footprints in Pakistan.
ABM will work as Toshiba’s authorized distributors & Service supplier in Pakistan.
By this appointment, Toshiba is committed to fulfill the demands of mobile business professionals and tech savvy consumers; the Toshiba notebooks will definitely attract a large number of people in Pakistan
ABM Data Systems is in computer business since 1983. Company claims to have over 220 channel associates and corporate patrons across Pakistan. ABM operates with branches (Karachi/ Hyderabad/ Lahore/ Islamabad) with its 4 service centers in all major cities of Pakistan.
Mr. Sarfaraz Ali Khan, CEO, ABM Data Systems, mentioned that,
“It is an honor to have this appointment. And to keep the level of commitment intact, ABM has established a strong team of sales and post-sales set-up to facilitate customers’ needs. Warranty and after-sales claims can also be processed easily from any of ABM offices across Pakistan in Lahore, Islamabad, Hyderabad and of course, Karachi. Buying a Toshiba notebook and accessories becomes more easily accessible now.”
According to Max Lee, Regional Manager of Distributor Business for South Asia, Toshiba Singapore Pte Ltd, Digital Products & Services Group,
“We chose ABM for their high business credibility in the market and their reputation for being the leading IT solutions provider with more than two decades of industry experience.”
Mr. Max Lee concluded that,
“Given Toshiba’s technology achievements and expert craftsmanship in our products, customers will naturally realize great brilliant and fully thought-through innovations when selecting from the wide range of Toshiba notebooks.”
Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) is going to hold a 2-day road show in Karachi.
The aim of this road show is to allure he Pakistani businessmen, entrepreneurs and investors to take advantage from the business opportunities accessible at RAK FTZ and develop their business in the county.
The road show will be organized at Pearl Continental Hotel on 23rd to 24th November . The potential investors will be briefed about investment options at RAK FTZ through which Pakistani entrepreneurs targeting rising markets can set up offices in the UAE. RAK FTZ representatives will be present in order to give details the convenient set-up solutions and licenses options the free zone has to offer for different types of businesses.
RAK FTZ CEO, Oussama El Omari, in his current statement mentioned that so far, as many as 469 investors have registered with the free zone from Pakistan and the number of investors is still rising from around the globe.
El Omari also mentioned that further reinforcing its impressive success in 2011, RAK FTZ registered 413 new companies in the third quarter of 2011. This represents a major enhance of 38.6% over the same period last year, when 298 new companies registered.
Techlogix has declared its collaboration with AuraPortal by co-presenting an Educational Webcast Series on “Get BPM Right, the need for an implementation methodology”.
Techlogix declared a strategic enterprise with AuraPortal, global provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software, to sell and support AuraPortal’s BPMS Solution.
Techlogix plans to carry Business Process Improvements (BPI) to organizations from different verticals. Complementing each other, with an expertise in BPMS product development held by AuraPortal, and the same in accomplishment and on-time, on-spec application deployment performance renowned of Techlogix that will permit both to bring an efficiency and operational discipline to the patron companies.
Commenting on the same, Kewan Khawaja, Co-CEO of Techlogix observed that,
“As BPM practitioners, we are excited by AuraPortal’s holistic approach towards building next-generation applications. In combination with AuraPortal’s seamlessly integrated platform modules, we intend to use our fine-tuned implementation methodology to deliver quick ROI to enterprise customers”.
