Forbes Asia's Best Under a Billion 2021: Another award winning year for Systems limited

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 28: Systems Limited continues to dominate Pakistan’s global technology landscape in the year 2021 as it bags its consecutive Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion Award.

The list highlights 200 Asia-Pacific public companies under $1 billion in revenue, with consistent top and bottom-line growth parameters. This is the second time in a row Systems Limited has been included in the esteemed list.

The achievement is of utmost importance for the company as it stamps authority over its consistent composite scores that showcase their overall track record that includes sales and profit growth, low debt levels, and robust governance.

CEO and Managing Director of Systems Limited Mr. Asif Peer was elated on this momentous occasion, he stated, “Systems Limited has been able to deploy an inclusive ecosystem that is able to maintain tremendous performance parameters.

It’s a great honor and a privilege to lead this organization to its second consecutive inclusion in Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion”.

Mr. Peer further added, “The fact that Systems Limited was included the second time on the list speaks volumes of our approach towards customer centricity, employee ownership, inclusivity, and persistence. I would like to congratulate the entire team including all the employees, stakeholders, partners, principals, and our shareholders who remain loyal to us.”

Expressing tremendous pride in this achievement, Asif Peer envisions heights never summoned before for Systems Limited in the future, “It’s the collective effort of employees, management, and leadership guardians, that we’re able to ace this amazing achievement.”

Systems Limited holds the distinction of being one of 2 companies and being the only technology company from Pakistan to be included in the esteemed list for two consecutive years. Systems Limited was honored for outstanding business achievement as it joins the 2021/2022 Inner Circle for Microsoft Business Applications and made it to the top 1% of global Technology Partners for Microsoft Business Applications. Furthermore, Systems Limited became Pakistan’s first technology company to cross PKR 100 billion Market Capitalisation.

The Forbes Asia Best Under A Billion Award will further assert Systems Limited as the brightest star of Pakistan’s IT industry. Systems Limited’s dominance also got acknowledged by the Government of Pakistan, as it won the President IT Award.

Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion applies a mix of quantitative and qualitative criteria for screening, such as excluding companies with serious governance issues, questionable accounting, environmental concerns, management issues or legal troubles. State-owned and subsidiary companies were also excluded.

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Techaccess Pakistan becomes Huawei’s Cloud Consulting Partner

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 26: Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, announced its Cloud Consulting partnership with Techaccess Pakistan, an innovative technology and consulting company.

HUAWEI CLOUD has launched more than 220 cloud services and 210 solutions. The company works with more than 19,000 partners and has brought together 1.6 million developers. Through this partnership, HUAWEI CLOUD will provide constant cloud and intelligence support to enterprises in Pakistan.

Director Huawei Cloud Eco-system and Solutions, Farhan Ali inaugurated the ceremony, stating,“Huawei is globally a big brand that is operational in twenty-three regions of the world. Endorsing 200+ Cloud Services and Solutions, Huawei is keen for opportunities to work with local partners.”

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Gaoweijie, Managing Director Huawei Enterprise Business Group was glad to announce that, “Under this new agreement, both companies are now extending their partnership in the Public Cloud domain, combining their capabilities to better serve Pakistan’s cloud market.”

Mr. Mark Meng, CEO of Huawei Pakistan also reiterated, "Our partnership with TAP will enable HUAWEI CLOUD to provide ourclients TAP’s professional services & delivery capabilities, coupled with their market reach.”

Tariq Malik, Chief Technology Officer TAP also addressed the event and was of the view that Huawei has taken a very important step to establish a massive cloud consulting partnership Eco-System in Pakistan. Enterprises across Pakistan can manage all of their public cloud infrastructures in one place as well as ensure agility by solving organizational challenges quickly and easily.

CEO Techaccess Pakistan Mehmood Jabbar expressed his honorable views and said, "We very strongly believe in Huawei. The future of CLOUD is very much there, it is coming and going. We just have to make efforts to reach good clientage.”

The Cloud and AI Business Group further strengthen Huawei's position as a partner of choice in enabling enterprises' digital transformation journeys, by offering focused products which enable cost reduction and increased business efficiency via modern infrastructure solutions. The BU portfolio also offers a next-generation multi-cloud strategy to increase agility via the automation of service delivery.

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Huawei Public Cloud Aids CMPak Make Next-Generation Digital Solutions

 

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 24: China Mobile Pakistan subsidiary CMPak and Huawei Technologies Pakistan held a signing ceremony in Islamabad on public cloud cooperation, and officially announced that it became the official partner of Huawei public cloud in Pakistan. The release of the public cloud partnership further strengthens the cooperation between CMPak and Huawei Technologies Pakistan in industry digitalization, which was jointly announced at the event today.

In recent years, the government of Pakistan has put forward the vision of building a digital Pakistan, including network connectivity, digital infrastructure, e-government, digital skills, and innovative entrepreneurship. It advocates the improvement of city management through digitalization. By 2025, the contribution of the digital economy to the GDP of the entire country will increase from the current 3.9% to 13%. Under this trend, enterprises in various industries will transform their IT infrastructures and gradually evolve their IT services to high efficiency, intelligence, and flexibility.

Enterprises only need to focus on business domains rather than infrastructure planning (computing, network, storage, security, and O&M). The cooperation between CMPak and HUAWEI CLOUD not only adapts to the current trend, but also helps enterprises better enable digital transformation.

"This partnership is unique. Huawei has strong public cloud strength, and CMPAK has wide range of connections and enterprise customer coverage in Pakistan. This strong alliance will make full use of the joint advantage of both parties to accelerate the digital transformation of Pakistani enterprise customers."said Mr. Gao Weijie, Deputy CEO of Huawei Technologies Pakistan (Private) Ltd.

"As digital and start-ups are at the forefront of Pakistan's market, bringing the most innovative, reliable and affordable public cloud solutions to local enterprises and the public sector will bring digital convenience to SMEs and public sector companies", said Mr. Farooq Raza, Director of CMPak Govt. & Corporate Sales.

As a leading mobile operator in Pakistan's 4G network field, CMPak has dedicated to provide high-value private lines for enterprise customers and build a leading network architecture. Currently, Huawei is one of the world-class cloud service providers. It provides more than 220 cloud services and multiple zones at very affordable prices. This enables public and private enterprises to obtain the required cloud services in an innovative, agile, and reliable manner and provide the best services for target markets.

The signing between Huawei and CMPak will further deepen the strategic cooperation between the two companies in the ICT field. In the future, they will jointly build a digital service enablement platform based on the synergy of cloud and network, which will serve vertical industries such as start-ups, governments, banks, education, and the private sector in order to contribute to the economic prosperity of the region.

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Electric Vehicles and Solar Energy

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 22: With Pakistan’s first-ever and still quite ambitious National Electric Vehicles Policy (NEVP) already approved by the authorities and finally set in place to facilitate the green transformation in the automotive industry, it is time to think about the feasibility of this new eco-friendly plan. At the same time, the industry leaders, government officials, and base consumers have some questions that must be answered before taking the leap of faith for a new EV-powered Pakistan.

In this blog post by Zonergy, our experts will try to explore the core infrastructure-related issues while opting for EVs and present a viable research-oriented solution for them.

Why it is THE time to say no to fossil fuels?

According to a policy document by the Ministry of Climate Change Pakistan, hydrocarbons-powered transportation is one of the biggest causes of Greenhouse Gas emissions, accounting for a whopping 43% of the airborne emissions in the country. The air quality index in most of our developed cities usually stays below the average and we are losing precious lives, talented minds, and hardworking workforce to this deadly air pollution.

The loss of valuable human resources is then followed by a massive oil import bill of about USD 13 billion. (Just for a quick reference that equals 2,201,980,300,000 in Pakistani Rupees). This heavy oil import bill coupled with the current account deficit has always proven to be a source of disequilibrium for our economic stability and growth.

According to a report by LUMS, if our transport sector continues to grow at the same double-digit rate, the bill for oil import is expected to reach an alarming USD 30 billion by 2025. Ask yourself, are we really able to afford this loss considering the circumstances we are facing?

Electric Vehicles (EVs) - the only possible way out for Pakistan

In order for us to overcome these health, economic, and human resource challenges, we must decrease our dependence on fossil fuels and hydrocarbon-powered vehicles. We must switch to electricity-driven vehicles.

Firstly, EVs do not emit any unhealthy pollutants so their adoption by Pakistani drivers will curb harmful gas emissions to a large extent. Secondly, as the rising trade deficit is one of the major reasons behind stagnant economic growth in Pakistan, shifting to EVs will significantly reduce the oil import bill - which is certainly the largest import commodity for Pakistan. More than that, EVs carry with themselves the potential to set up a whole new manufacturing and services industry in our country, leading to the creation of multiple green businesses and employment opportunities (an estimated 3,000,000 new jobs). And all of that while uplifting the overall socio-economic situation of our country.

Talking about the momentary aspects of this transformation, if the target penetration of the first five years is achieved as planned, Pakistan will conservatively get around PKR 110 Billion yearly in savings and earnings.

Okay, so EVs are the best possible option available at the moment. Now to maximize this transformation’s benefits, we have to make sure that the electricity for EVs should not come from burning fossil fuels or hydrocarbons.

Rather, we should employ the available renewable energy technologies (like solar and wind) to our advantage and use them as our major sources of power, energy, and movement.

Electric Vehicles and Solar Energy - a match made in Heaven!

Expressing the same concern, the CEO of a notable engineering company reported in an interview that 30,000 EVs were estimated to consume 1 percent of Pakistan’s total generation capacity.

That leads us to our next question, how is Pakistan going to power all those sweet eco-friendly EVs? As a starting option, the government can surely rely on grid supply to power up the initial batches of EVs. But this model requires a lot, lot of infrastructure development and would definitely take quite a long time.

Another simpler, efficient, and quicker solution is to promote and adopt solar energy solutions to facilitate the continued use of EVs among Pakistani consumers.

Here is a quick and amazing fact before we sign off!

Fact: Only 10 solar panels can yield sufficient electric power to let an EV drive 21,000 kilometers in one year.

Final Words

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Metro installs the first ever electric vehicle charging station in Lahore

 

LAHORE, SEPT 22: In another first, METRO Pakistan reaffirms its commitment towards “Environment Sustainability” and being a responsible business by installing first ever Fast Charging Station for Electric Vehicles (EV) at any retail store in Pakistan.

The Electric Charging Station was inaugurated by Marek Minkiewicz, Managing Director, METRO Pakistan Private Limited and Mr. Ahmad Najeeb, Chief Executive Officer, Albario Engineering Private Limited (AEPL) at METRO Thokar Niaz Beg Store in Lahore.

The ABB Terra 54 presents an opportunity for the people of Lahore and those visiting to charge their Electric Vehicles in a short period with a range of available charging ports to facilitate any type of EV vehicle.

This collaboration with AEPL and ABB is another step taken by METRO Pakistan to supports the Clean and Green Pakistan initiative of the Government. METRO plans to live up to its commitment to Environmental Stability and Sustainability by providing Renewable Charging Solutions to its visitors and looking forward to add more EV Charging Stations in the coming months.

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