3i Infotech appoints Gridz as Master Distributor in the Middle East

Gridz is a business solutions organization, offering comprehensive IT solutions and consulting services.

3i Infotech provides a range of information technology solutions for insurance, banking & finance, capital markets, mutual funds, e-Governance, wealth management, manufacturing, and retail and distribution.

3i Infotech is SEI CMMI Level 5-compliant for its software business and ISO 9001:2000-certified for its IT Infrastructure Services and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) operations.

For almost two decades, 3i Infotech has been serving the Middle East, Africa, Russia and CIS (MEARC) countries.

3i Infotech's list of more than 500 customers includes those in the GCC countries, Africa, Mauritius, the Central Asian Republics and the Mediterranean countries.

ORION Advantage is a ready-to-deploy, single-window, micro-verticalized ERP solution package.

The package comprises hardware, operating system, database and a micro-verticalized ERP application.

It is designed for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs), customized for vertical sectors such as manufacturing, distribution, retail, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, food & beverage,and general trading and is able to save costs, time and resources from day one, in order to deliver maximum ROI.

"Today's complex global business environment requires a professional consulting partner with the expertise, knowledge and innovative thinking that will enable organizations to achieve their performance objectives and sustain business values,"

said Pankaj Chawla, Chief Operating Officer, 3i Infotech. "Gridz fits the bill aptly with its immense local domain expertise," he added.

Gridz will look at developing the channel and strengthen relationships with Value Added Resellers (VARs) and System Integrators (SI) catering to the small to medium business (SMB) segment.

Commenting on the partnership, Adnan Al Falah, Chairman, Gridz, said: "We are excited to partner with one of the largest IT companies in the region.

Our challenge is to take 3i Infotech from its current ERP-leadership position to the next level, whereby we will be providing a judicious mix of consultancy and IT solutions".

This partnership with 3i Infotech puts Gridz in a position to offer out of the box ERP solutions and a host of add-ons to assist SMBs to gain the most out of ORION Advantage and ORION Lite, by driving efficient practices throughout their organization, improving productivity and saving substantial costs in the process.