Al-Taqnyah joins IFS partner network
Dubai, February 17, 2009
Global applications company IFS has announced the appointment of Al-Taqnyah Business Solutions (ABS), as a member of the IFS partner network for the GCC region and Pakistan.
This latest partner appointment is said to come as part of the IFS channel network expansion strategy which was initiated in 2008 to increase their geographical coverage within the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region.
ABS will promote and sell IFS applications and implementation services to the public and private sectors. The IFS MEA team will work closely with ABS and provide implementation and support to customers during the initial stages. In addition, ABS consultants will undergo intensive training sessions on different modules of IFS applications.
“Al-Taqnyah was selected as regional-wide VAR for several reasons such as their strong IT domain experience, dealing with Enterprise businesses and long history in the GCC market,” said Ian Fleming, managing director, IFS, Middle East, Africa & South Asia. “Al-Taqnyah is our first partner with such a wide geographical coverage across the GCC. We are confident that, with their excellent customer profile covering mid to large enterprises, Al-Taqnyah, will provide us with its invaluable logistical expertise to successfully take our leading ERP solutions to a wider range of customers across the Middle East market.”
“We are privileged to be partnering with a highly reputable enterprise solution provider such as IFS. IFS’ leading applications are an important addition to the portfolio of products we represent and is in line with our objective to provide our customers with the latest & best in advanced technologies,” said Dr Usman Zafar, managing director, Al-Taqnyah Business Solutions. “Through our partnership with IFS MEA, our customers will benefit from IFS advanced enterprise solutions which seamlessly integrate with other business software, as well as to new technologies. By using open standards, IFS gives companies the freedom to integrate leading technologies from other first-class vendors to enjoy the most cost-effective solution.”
IFS’ industry-focused applications are based around component based and vertically focused ERP application which comprises of a number of modules from enterprise asset management to finance management. IFS Applications offers companies an integrated lifecycle approach to managing assets, services, and products enabling them to control costs, manage projects, increase efficiencies in their supply chain, and measure their performance.
IFS has worked closely with leading industry partners and customers for more than 20 years to build purpose-designed business applications.
ABS, a division of ARMS group, was founded in 1990 with offices in UAE, Qatar, KSA, Egypt and other ME countries. The company assists public and private sectors across the Middle East and Pakistan by implementing integrated solutions to automate their business processes. – TradeArabia News Service