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Estarta Solutions and Microsoft help Laiki Bank save money by providing banking solution
- Jordan: Tuesday, January 28 - 2003 at 13:40
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Estarta Solutions, a leading provider of IT solutions and Microsoft, Estarta's investor completed a joint project to support Laiki Bank, a leading bank in Cyprus.
Both partners, Estarta and Microsoft successfully implemented a solution to establish a middleware infrastructure utilizing existing resources rather than more costly alternatives.
The integration of BizTalk 2000, an open standard, with native XML support and seamless interoperability with several platforms gives Laiki Bank an extensible system that can be further developed by internal resources, thus minimizing the cost of any future integration.
"Publishing of well-defined XML interface schemas will enable the different departments of the bank to utilize pre-developed services this improving code reuse and minimizing development, deployment and maintenance cost," says Ennis Rimawi, Chairman and President of Estarta. "The total cost of solution provided is one third of any other customer reviewed alternative solutions on the market today" adds Rimawi.
The need for integrating the different systems in the bank and the timeliness of such integration efforts has taken its toll on the banks resources. The solutions provided by Microsoft products, Services and Estarta have shown a tremendous boost to time-to-market. BizTalk has given the bank the ability to establish a middleware infrastructure whereby they can build it once and plug in many with minimal effort. In just 3 weeks Estarta and Microsoft were able to meet a deadline.
"After 3 weeks of effort by Microsoft and Estarta, the pilot implemented has met all of its objectives. We are very satisfied with Microsoft products, BizTalk 2002, as a messaging middleware for Laiki Bank. With BizTalk we were able to implement the agreed upon business process integration. In these 3 weeks, Microsoft Services and products enabled us to achieve this critical Enterprise Application Integration with minimal investment," says Andreas Papageorgiou, Head of Application Infrastructure, Laiki Group.
"I personally thank all those involved for the great work they have done and the commitment they have shown..., with your efforts, you have shown that MS and Estarta are partners that we can count on," says Andreas Chrysafis, Manager Network & Infrastructure Services, Information, Laiki Group.
"It is great to hear customer testimonials appreciating Microsoft Technologies, Microsoft Partners, and Microsoft Services, delivered and orchestrated by a great team, focused on bringing business value to our customers", adds Charbel Fakhoury, Regional Country Manager, Microsoft.
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Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, News EditorTuesday, January 28 - 2003 at 13:40 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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This article was updated on Wed Jan 14 2004.
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For further information on Estarta, please contact:
Faten Assaf , Estarta Solutions, Amman, Jordan
Tel: (962-6) 533 0751 or Fax: (962-6) 533 0752
About Estarta Solutions
Estarta Solutions is an international IT solutions company with offices in Amman, Boston, and Doha. Estarta focuses on IT Consulting and Implementation services and products for Businesses, Governments, and Technology Companies in the US, Europe, and the Middle East. Estarta is a 200-person company, the result of a merger between Zeine Technological Applications and ONEWORLD Jordan. Estarta's has demonstrated its capabilities by having successfully served clients such as Thomson Financial, Apple, 3Com, Siemens, several wireless operators, and Governments. For such clients Estarta's services range from product development outsourcing, to full eBusiness/eGovernment solution definition, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance. Estarta helps its clients succeed through a unique combination of a collaborative, consultative approach; technical capability; and high quality global delivery model. Estarta has domain expertise in the following areas: eGovernment, eBusiness, Telecommunications, Finance and Banking, and Transportation. Technology capabilities include Microsoft Technologies, Wireless Technologies, Java Technologies, Embedded Development, and UML. When appropriate, Estarta leverages its patent pending intelligent pattern recognition and parsing engine to rapidly create smart applications such as Cubic, an intelligent wireless SMS platform. Due to the nature of Estarta's client base, Estarta uses the most advanced technologies, tools, and quality processes to deliver custom tailored solutions. Estarta is approaching CMM Level 3 certification. Estarta's technical depth is further demonstrated by the fact that Estarta's code will be in the next version of Windows XP. Estarta's address on the World Wide Web is: www.estartasolutions.com
About Microsoft Corporation
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software - any time, any place and on any device. Microsoft opened its Dubai-based Middle East office in 1991, headquartered at Dubai Internet City and is responsible for all aspects of the company's business in the region, covering UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain Yemen, Lebanon, Jordan, Cyprus, Malta, Egypt and Pakistan. Microsoft Corporation's address on the World Wide Web is: www.microsoft.com Microsoft Middle East's Web site is: www.microsoft.com/middleeast. Microsoft, SQL Server 2000, IIS 5.0, Visual Studio.NET and BizTalk Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.
For further information contact:
Microsoft Contact:
Aimee Peters
Microsoft Middle East - South Gulf
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: 00-9714 - 3917246
Fax: 00-9714 - 3971001
Agency Contact:
Robin Duff/ Prem Ramchandran
ASDA'A Public Relations
Dubai, UAE
Tel: 00-9714-3344550
Fax: 00-9714-3344556
About Laiki Group
"A course through time and space "
Laiki's all - time objective is excellent service and outstanding quality. Our tools for the achievement of this target: human resources and advanced technology. Laiki continually invest in modern technology and in the quality of their staff who can integrate and apply it. Thus, Laiki continues towards the future with confidence.
Expansion overseas began in 1974, with the establishment of a branch in the United Kingdom. Today, Laiki Group maintains presence in 9 countries, in 5 continents.
In 1992, the first branch of the European Popular Bank (named later Laiki Bank Hellas S.A.) began its operation in Athens, which is considered a milestone in the Group's development, since it paves the way for further expansion within Greece and the whole of Europe. Laiki Bank (Hellas) S.A. incorporates a rapidly expanding network, as well as the subsidiary companies of Laiki MFMC, Laiki Leasing, Laiki Factoring, Laiki Attalos, and Laiki Life. In addition, the electronic bank Laiki eBank is operating in Greece, since 2001.
The year 2001 is a landmark for the operation of a subsidiary bank in Australia. The Group is present in Australia since 1986. At the moment, the Bank features a network of 5 branches, under the name of Laiki Bank (Australia) Ltd, and offers an extensive range of products and services.
Laiki Group also develops the operations of Laiki Bank United Kingdom by expanding the branch network, upgrading the technological infrastructure and the range of its products and services. The operation of 6 Representative Offices in Europe, America and Africa is also considered of significant importance. The representative offices of Laiki Group aim to provide information regarding the products and services offered by the Group, as well as the investment opportunities available. The representative offices of Laiki Group are located in the following countries: United States of America, Canada, South Africa, Russia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
For further information contact:
Laiki Group
11 Arch Makarios Ave.
CY-1065 Nicosia
CYPRUS
Tel +357 22812812 Fax +357 22812583
Web Site: http://www.laiki.com
Faten Assaf , Estarta Solutions, Amman, Jordan
Tel: (962-6) 533 0751 or Fax: (962-6) 533 0752
About Estarta Solutions
Estarta Solutions is an international IT solutions company with offices in Amman, Boston, and Doha. Estarta focuses on IT Consulting and Implementation services and products for Businesses, Governments, and Technology Companies in the US, Europe, and the Middle East. Estarta is a 200-person company, the result of a merger between Zeine Technological Applications and ONEWORLD Jordan. Estarta's has demonstrated its capabilities by having successfully served clients such as Thomson Financial, Apple, 3Com, Siemens, several wireless operators, and Governments. For such clients Estarta's services range from product development outsourcing, to full eBusiness/eGovernment solution definition, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance. Estarta helps its clients succeed through a unique combination of a collaborative, consultative approach; technical capability; and high quality global delivery model. Estarta has domain expertise in the following areas: eGovernment, eBusiness, Telecommunications, Finance and Banking, and Transportation. Technology capabilities include Microsoft Technologies, Wireless Technologies, Java Technologies, Embedded Development, and UML. When appropriate, Estarta leverages its patent pending intelligent pattern recognition and parsing engine to rapidly create smart applications such as Cubic, an intelligent wireless SMS platform. Due to the nature of Estarta's client base, Estarta uses the most advanced technologies, tools, and quality processes to deliver custom tailored solutions. Estarta is approaching CMM Level 3 certification. Estarta's technical depth is further demonstrated by the fact that Estarta's code will be in the next version of Windows XP. Estarta's address on the World Wide Web is: www.estartasolutions.com
About Microsoft Corporation
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software - any time, any place and on any device. Microsoft opened its Dubai-based Middle East office in 1991, headquartered at Dubai Internet City and is responsible for all aspects of the company's business in the region, covering UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain Yemen, Lebanon, Jordan, Cyprus, Malta, Egypt and Pakistan. Microsoft Corporation's address on the World Wide Web is: www.microsoft.com Microsoft Middle East's Web site is: www.microsoft.com/middleeast. Microsoft, SQL Server 2000, IIS 5.0, Visual Studio.NET and BizTalk Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.
For further information contact:
Microsoft Contact:
Aimee Peters
Microsoft Middle East - South Gulf
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: 00-9714 - 3917246
Fax: 00-9714 - 3971001
Agency Contact:
Robin Duff/ Prem Ramchandran
ASDA'A Public Relations
Dubai, UAE
Tel: 00-9714-3344550
Fax: 00-9714-3344556
About Laiki Group
"A course through time and space "
Laiki's all - time objective is excellent service and outstanding quality. Our tools for the achievement of this target: human resources and advanced technology. Laiki continually invest in modern technology and in the quality of their staff who can integrate and apply it. Thus, Laiki continues towards the future with confidence.
Expansion overseas began in 1974, with the establishment of a branch in the United Kingdom. Today, Laiki Group maintains presence in 9 countries, in 5 continents.
In 1992, the first branch of the European Popular Bank (named later Laiki Bank Hellas S.A.) began its operation in Athens, which is considered a milestone in the Group's development, since it paves the way for further expansion within Greece and the whole of Europe. Laiki Bank (Hellas) S.A. incorporates a rapidly expanding network, as well as the subsidiary companies of Laiki MFMC, Laiki Leasing, Laiki Factoring, Laiki Attalos, and Laiki Life. In addition, the electronic bank Laiki eBank is operating in Greece, since 2001.
The year 2001 is a landmark for the operation of a subsidiary bank in Australia. The Group is present in Australia since 1986. At the moment, the Bank features a network of 5 branches, under the name of Laiki Bank (Australia) Ltd, and offers an extensive range of products and services.
Laiki Group also develops the operations of Laiki Bank United Kingdom by expanding the branch network, upgrading the technological infrastructure and the range of its products and services. The operation of 6 Representative Offices in Europe, America and Africa is also considered of significant importance. The representative offices of Laiki Group aim to provide information regarding the products and services offered by the Group, as well as the investment opportunities available. The representative offices of Laiki Group are located in the following countries: United States of America, Canada, South Africa, Russia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
For further information contact:
Laiki Group
11 Arch Makarios Ave.
CY-1065 Nicosia
CYPRUS
Tel +357 22812812 Fax +357 22812583
Web Site: http://www.laiki.com
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