For those who do not know of Amir Husain, Amir is the CTO of Clearcube, and has won several accolades for software designed by Clearcube (Austin,Texas) and local firm Five Rivers under his direction. Amir is known for his expertise in virtualization, a field of computing that is just starting to emerge as a major component of most corporate IT structures. Amir also has several patents in the field to his name.
Amir’s recent article has been featured as the cover story on Virtual Strategy Magazine, a vertical dedicated website+magazine for enterprise scale virtualization. This is significant because it highlights that Pakistan can and does make an important and noted impact on the US and international tech market, and our individuals are recognized for it.
We have several niches (BPM, Virtualization, leasing, risk management, etc) that we excel at.
Keep the wins coming guys. Given the amazing way the politicians have destroyed this country’s image, the more we get now to combat the misperceptions the better!
Full article here:
http://www.virtual-strategy.com/article/articleview/2438/1/2/
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January 7th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
I read the article and Mr. Amir’s bio. It is quite impreszive. I had heard about clear cube and have also seen their systems at a demo event in karachi some years ago. I was not aware that the CTO of the company was from Pakistan.
Thanks for bringing this interesting article to our attention Mr. Mohtashim.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
while congratulating mr husain on his appointment, i feel the article is vague as it doesnt explain what this new field is all about?further he is supposed to hold/filed patents. patents for what?it cant be blades.
maybe the reporter doesnt understand what mr husain is trying to explain.actually i am sure of it.
further its a real shame that yet again a foreign/local is using cheap pakistani labour for their own /personal financial gain.
May 31st, 2008 at 12:51 am
I think Abbas you are looking at it totally the wrong way.
This is not Amir’s first company and he has several patents with respect to software virtualization and web technologies. Blades are commodities and do not hold any value on their own. I do agree that the report may have not understood what Amir is saying since it may have been too complex for a journalist to understand.
Also, what makes you think our labour is cheap? do you have ANY idea what successful Pakistani technology leaders make as compensation? If you want to see cheap labour, go to India and see how they hire our developers for $5/hr. A basic developer from Pakistan commands upwards of $21/hour, which in some cases is higher than the american charge out rate of $18.
I urge everyone to do some research or ask some intelligent questions before going into a classic negativity campaign.
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Dear Abbas,
As a note, I removed your two comments. Until you post with a language that follows standard netiquette,(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette) I cannot keep them online. Please repost with appropriate basic courtesy, especially if you make personal references.
Thank you.
M