Umair Javed (CEO) talks with TechLahore and Jehan Ara of CIO Pakistan on Mobile Development Industry
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Recently, our company was interviewed by a local technology evangelist (www.techlahore.com) about how technology numerous startups had started growing in various cities across Pakistan. We’ve linked to the interview on TechLahore’s page. Umair Javed talked about how the small startups are changing the face of the software industry in Pakistan and what are the new trends that software developers should be focusing on. It’s a great read for companies who are looking for some direction regarding mobile platform development.
TechLahore is a great website if you want to remain ahead of what’s going on a local front for technology in Pakistan. They’ve covered some great startups and are looking to find more companies to talk about.
Switching gears, recently Umair Javed and Jehan Ara got together to have a talk about the overall IT industry and discussed upcoming trends in the Pakistan IT landscape. Before launching into the details of the interview, we’d like to give a quick introduction to Jehan Ara.
Jehan Ara is one of the leading figures in bringing the IT revolution within Pakistan. As the current President of P@SHA (Pakistan Association of Software Houses Association), she has passionately campaigned for the causes of software houses to the international IT industry. She actively contributes to major IT events in Pakistan and is a wonderful person for supporting entrepreneurial IT initiatives and companies such as ours.
Jehan Ara interviewed Umair Javed about the direction our company is taking and the developing trends in the Pakistani IT industry. Jehan and Umair talked about how there are very few companies involved in the mobile application development domain within Pakistan. In addition to this, they also emphasized the overall need for academia to work on producing graduates that were well-versed in cutting-edge technologies. There were some insightful questions as well about how startup companies should approach the IT industry. They specifically spoke about how the industry needs to look at producing a product rather than just traditional services. Another area that got some talk time was the growth potential in the gaming industry; it’s a hot area that’s getting a lot of attention thanks to the mobile revolution across the world.
These were just a few tidbits of the things that were discussed; check out the full interview below:
The Space of Mobile Apps: Umair Javed, TkXel
Have a look through both interviews and talk to us about the trends discussed for mobile application development. Do you think that the mobile revolution has changed how the IT industry operates or is still a very fragile industry? How do you think the mobile revolution has changed IT – has it made it more accessible or created a whole new domain? Leave your thoughts or comments below.