January 27, 2022

BigPanda Announces Global Expansion and Midsize Enterprise Presence Fueled by Explosive Demand for AIOps

BigPanda Leverages Recent Investment of $190 Million to Bring in New EMEA Leader and Double-down on New Segments

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BigPanda, Inc., the leader in AIOps Event Correlation and Automation, today announced the company has opened an office in London, led by Ben Sekhon, to provide on-the-ground support for both existing and new customers across the EMEA region. In addition, BigPanda has created a business unit dedicated to helping address needs from midsize enterprises to scale IT with AIOps.

Intensified Support in EMEA
The EMEA market is on par with the U.S. in terms of AIOps demand, particularly as customers move away from aging on-premises infrastructure towards cloud and cloud-native environments. The business will be led by Ben Sekhon, a 20-year sales veteran who had a successful track record at SAP, Gigya and Experian.

“I am delighted to join BigPanda,” said Ben Sekhon, VP of EMEA Sales and Channels. “EMEA represents a huge addressable market, so the timing of this investment helps us maintain the same level of focus and quality we deliver to our existing customers while addressing the growing demand for BigPanda’s market-leading AIOps platform.”

“We’re very excited to welcome BigPanda to Europe to further build on our relationship and the high level of support the team has already provided,” said Harvey Shaw, Senior IT Director at News Corp. “The company has proven to be a vital partner, and we’re confident that its on-the-ground presence will help us accelerate our AIOps strategy.”

EU Region Platform Availability
To support BigPanda’s EMEA customers, BigPanda is also expanding its platform availability with an instance hosted in Germany. This BigPanda instance will conform to leading international security and privacy standards and address European data residency requirements to store customer data in Europe.

Addressing Demand in Midsize Enterprises
Over the course of several years, BigPanda has built a base of midsize enterprise customers. With the launch of BigPanda University and the continued focus on self-service capabilities within the BigPanda platform, the team is poised to expand its ability to deliver AIOps to the midsize enterprise.

“While a focus for most IT Ops vendors is the largest of enterprises, the reality is that midsize enterprises also need to improve app experiences by scaling through technology, making AIOps a foundational element of their roadmap,” said Isaac Sacolick, President of StarCIO, author, and digital transformation influencer. “In recent research, 70 percent report it typically takes three hours or longer to resolve major incidents, and the right solution leverages AIOps to improve IT performance. BigPanda is putting its energy in all the right places to serve this market segment well.”

BigPanda’s AIOps Turbo Pack is a customized offering that gives IT Ops teams within midsize organizations a quick path to success. It includes flexible, tiered, consumption-based licensing along with a standard set of integrations and implementation services to get them up and running in a matter of weeks. To learn more about the AIOps Turbo Pack for fast-growing IT Ops, please visit BigPanda for Midsize enterprises.

About BigPanda

BigPanda keeps businesses running with AIOps that transform IT data into insight and action. With BigPanda’s AIOps platform, businesses prevent IT outages, improve incident management and deliver extraordinary customer experiences. Without BigPanda, IT Ops, NOC, and DevOps teams struggle with a tsunami of data and highly-manual, reactive incident response processes that are poorly suited for the scale, complexity and velocity of modern IT environments. This results in painful outages, unhappy customers, growing IT headcount and the inability to focus on innovation.

BigPanda’s AIOps Event Correlation and Automation platform helps Fortune 500 enterprises such as Intel, Cisco, United, Abbott, Marriott and Expedia take a giant step towards Autonomous IT Operations. BigPanda is backed by Advent International, Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, Mayfield, Battery Ventures, Glynn Capital, Mayfield, Greenfield Partners and Pelion. Visit www.bigpanda.io for more information.

Media contact:
Sammy Totah
BOCA Communications for BigPanda
bigpanda@bocacommunications.com

January 27, 2022

All Pakistan Newspapers Society expresses profound grief over sad demise of the only son of Mr. Muhammad Naveed Akbar

Karachi, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT): Sarmad Ali, President and Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani, Secretary General of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society have expressed profound grief on behalf of APNS Office Bearers and members of the Executive Committee over the sad demise of the only son of Mr. Muhammad Naveed Akbar, Chief Executive Officer, Super Media Communications (Pvt.) Ltd., Islamabad.

The APNS offers condolence to the bereaved family and prays that Almighty Allah rest the departed soul in eternal peace and give them courage and patience to bear the irreparable loss.

For more information, contact:
All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS)
32, Farid Chamber Abdullah Haroon Road,
Karachi Post Code 74400
Tel: +92-21-5671256, +92-21-5671314
Fax: +92-21-5671310
E-mail: apns@apns.com.pk
URL: www.apns.com.pk

January 27, 2022

IoBM graduate Sami Wahid appointed as the Managing Director for Mondelez Pakistan

Karachi, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT): IoBM graduate Sami Wahid has been appointed as the Managing Director for Mondelez Pakistan. Sami, who completed his BBA (2004) and MBA in Marketing (2005) from IoBM, will oversee the business strategy and commercial offerings of Mondelez Pakistan.

Sami has over 17 years of experience in marketing, sales, and strategy. He joined Mondelez International in 2015. His latest assignment was to work as Strategy Lead for the company for the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENAP). IoBM is proud of Sami Wahid for proving his mettle in the corporate sector and becoming an inspiration for his alma mater and Pakistan.

For more information, contact:
Institute of Business Management (IoBM)
Korangi Creek, Karachi, Pakistan
UAN: +92-21-111-002-004
Tel: +92-21-35090961-67
Fax: +92-21-35090968
Email: omer.iftikhar@iobm.edu.pk, mec@iobm.edu.pk
Website: https://www.iobm.edu.pk/

January 27, 2022

Department of Electronic Engineering awarded the Best Performance of the Year 2020 by QEC, MUET

Jamshoro, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT): Determination and hard work aided us in achieving this honour. Mehran University of Engineering and Technology conducted Quality Assessment (QA) for all academic departments / directorates. The Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) conducted the evaluating process through third party and distributed the shield and certificates as per rank in its 59 MRC meeting dated 18.01.2022. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Dr. Mohammad Aslam Uqaili, Vice Chancellor MUET, Jamshoro.

The Electronic Engineering Department with great regard secured 1st position (84/100 points) in quality performance among all. The Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Taha Ali, all Deans, Academic Heads, and Office Heads witnessed this glory. The award was received by Chairperson Prof. Dr. Arbab Nighat Kalhoro by the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Mohammad Aslam Uqaili and Dean FEECE Prof. Dr. Mukhtiar Ali Unar.

This award was such an honour and was the result of the great efforts taken by the all-faculty members and staff of the department leading it to immense success throughout. Another milestone achieved by the ES department.

For more information, contact:
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology
Jamshoro, 76062, Sindh, Pakistan
Phone: +92-22-2772250-73
Email: registrar@admin.muet.edu.pk
Website: http://www.muet.edu.pk/

January 27, 2022

Last Date of Submission of Admission Forms Extended Bachelors of Science in Computer Science at HiAST

Jamshoro, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT): All the candidates desirous to apply for admission in Bachelors of Science in Computer Science (BSCS) degree program at Hyderabad Institute of Arts, Science and Technology (HiAST), Hyderabad affiliated with Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro are hereby informed that the last date for submission of Admission Forms has been extended up to Friday, February 04, 2022 which was January 26, 2022 previously.

January 27, 2022

IEEE Best STB and Chapter Award

Jamshoro, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT): IEEE USA INC. is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Annual General Body Meting 2021 of IEEE Karachi Section is held on 23rd January 2022 at DHA Sunset Club, Defense, Karachi. IEEE Professional, Graduate Student Members and invited student member attended the event. Prof. Dr. Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry, chaired the meeting. Chief Guest of the event was Engr. GP Capt. (R) Riasar Ali Changezi, Member PEC Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee and Guest of Honor Prof. Dr. Vali Uddin, Vice Chancellor, SSUET, Karachi.

Amongst 36 Universities Student Branches across Sindh, Mehran University IEEE Student Branch received “BEST STUDENT BRANCH MEMBERSHIP RETENTION AWARD”. Dr. Abi Waqas, Branch Counsellor MUET STB, Assistant Professor in Telecom Department received the award. IEEE Photonics MUET chapter wins “BEST STUDENT TECHNICAL CHAPTER” awards. Noor Fatima (20TL044) received the award. The student chapter is managed by Telecom Department and Dr. Abi Waqas is the student chapter advisor.

Dr Isma Farah, Associate Professor, Software Department received the Memento of Appreciation for serving as Chair IEEE-WIE AG. Dr Abi Waqas, Assistant Professor, Telecom Department received two plagues of Appreciation for serving as Chair IEEE-IES and Branch Counsellor in 2021. Dr. Faisal Karim Shaikh and Dr. Umair Korai received the token for appreciation for organizing IMTIC’21 Conference.