Microsoft has announced a major overhaul of its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, introducing new pricing tiers and significantly raising costs — with the most notable change being a 50% price increase for the popular Game Pass Ultimate plan.
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PTCL, Dell to launch Azure Services in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is collaborating with Dell Technologies to introduce the industry-first Azure Cloud Computing Services in Pakistan.
The latest service will help PTCL enterprise customers to leverage technology for reaching their full business potential.
The agreement was signed by Sayyed Muhammad Imran Ali, EVP, Digital Services, PTCL and Naveed Khan, Director, Data Center Solutions for Asia Emerging Markets, Dell Technologies, during a signing ceremony held at the PTCL Headquarters, Islamabad, in presence of senior executives from both organizations.
The upcoming Azure Stack Hub is an extension of Microsoft Azure that brings the flexibility and innovation of Cloud Computing to the Cloud Services providers in their on-premises infrastructure.
When deployed at PTCL, the Azure Stack Hub will be used to provide Azure consistent services, either connected to the internet and Azure or in disconnected environments with no internet connectivity.
Azure Stack Hub uses the same underlying technologies as global Azure, which includes the core components of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities.
On the occasion, Sayyed Muhammad Imran Ali, EVP, Digital Services, PTCL, said: “PTCL Azure Stack is a leap towards digitization, Cloud readiness and innovation. It has potential of helping SMEs and large enterprises to reinvent their customer experiences and allowing governments and academic institutions to innovate. This partnership will enable us to broaden our enterprise customers’ capabilities and ensure faster growth.”
Also speaking at the event, Naveed Khan, Director, Data Center Solutions for Asia Emerging Markets, Dell Technologies, said: “We are honored to support PTCL to extend their cloud reach in Pakistan to help businesses innovate and adopt hybrid cloud with confidence. With the Dell Technologies Azure Stack, PTCL customers can experience Azure Cloud services without moving their applications and data out of the country.”
The Cloud Computing Services will not only bolster PTCL business customers to realize their full potential but also reinforce the national telecom carrier’s long-term drive for fostering digitization in the country in consistence with the vision of Government of Pakistan for a ‘Digital Pakistan’.
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IT Ministry, Microsoft to explore investment avenues
ISLAMABAD: The ministry of Information Technology and Microsoft to explore avenues for investment in Pakistan to support employment generation.
A statement said that Country Director of Microsoft for Pakistan, Shahzad Khan, called on Federal Secretary Ministry of IT and Telecommunication Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui on Friday.
Secretary IT welcomed the Microsoft Country Director in his office, and various digital initiatives and avenues for collaboration were discussed during meeting.
Secretary MoITT acknowledged the support extended by Microsoft during COVID 19.
It was discussed during the meeting that possible investment avenues will be explored towards establishing support centers, cloud infrastructure and training programs. Such collaboration between MoITT and Microsoft will help Pakistan in employment generation.
Country Director of Microsoft appreciated the initiatives taken by Ministry of IT and Telecommunication to enhance digital outreach in Pakistan according to the vision of Digital Pakistan.
He also expressed his willingness to collaborate with Government of Pakistan on different technological initiatives.
The meeting was concluded with a note that further engagements with Microsoft will be made to explore opportunities for enhancing mutual collaboration.
The meeting was also attended by Member IT Syed Junaid Imam and Director IT.