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Itqan and SumTotal team up to provide complete HR framework

  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, April 08 - 2009 at 12:48
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Itqan and SumTotal Systems announced today their partnership which aims to allow companies in the region to empower their employees through a comprehensive human resources framework.

To mark the beginning of this collaboration, Itqan and SumTotal have organized a joint event in Abu Dhabi being held today, to launch their partnership. The aim of the event is to discuss talent development and its influence on maximizing organizational performance.

In addition, experts have discussed the importance of automating the HR/Payroll processes, Learning management and performance management processes since it is now important that employees' objectives are derived from the organization's overall strategic objectives to ensure that the whole organization is working towards achieving a unified vision and mission.

The event took place at Hilton International Abu Dhabi (Liwa Ballroom) on Wednesday 8th April, at 9:00 a.m - 2:00 pm.

"SumTotal Systems undoubtedly provides the best of breed solution in the market, which is tailor-made for talent development and e-learning. Itqan as a leading systems' integrator is always keen on expanding its horizontal software applications to respond to unmet needs in the market,"


said Itqan's General Manager, Feras Al-Jabi.

Al-Jabi added that the proposed framework will integrate the SumTotal Talent Development Suite with Itqan's localized HR and payroll solution, eKawader. eKawader offers a comprehensive and user-friendly platform to streamline and automate all HR processes, and has the edge of being compliant with UAE and GCC labor laws.

According to Charles Stewart, SumTotal's EMEA VP Sales, the Talent Development Suite includes a learning management module that enhances and upgrades the skills of employees using the automation benefits of e-learning. This is then leveraged by the performance management module that enables users to track, measure, and sustain employee performance.

"Considering the highly competitive nature of this market, coupled with end-users' constant search for the best of the best, organizations need a streamlined tool now more than ever to sharpen and improve employees' skills," explained Application Information Systems Manager at Itqan, Qaisar Radwan. "SumTotal's solutions allow you to achieve that with great ease and efficiency."

Attendees in this partnership launch included IT managers from across the UAE, in addition to HR and Learning and Development personnel. A SumTotal customer success story in the UAE was also showcased in the event.
Feras Al Jabi - General Manager - Itqan.
Feras Al Jabi - General Manager - Itqan.
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Itqan
Itqan is the UAE leading systems integrator known for providing Enterprise clients with world-class solutions addressing their local business needs. Itqan offers state of the art technologies including: Portals & Content Management solutions, Imaging, Archiving, Document Management & Workflow Automation solutions, Healthcare Information solutions, Enterprise Resource Planning, Infrastructure solutions & Customer Relationship Management. Itqan is a member of Al Bawardi Enterprises, Established in 1984 as Al Bawardi computers.

As the market evolved, Itqan re-positioned its portfolio offerings and re-structured the organization from a hardware reseller to focus on application solutions. Today, Itqan is the preferred local systems integrator and application solutions provider for major market sector.

Quality has always been a driver to Itqan. Itqan is an ISO 9001-2008 and ISO/IEC 20000 certified company, it has received numerous quality and excellence awards such as : The Best Systems Integrator of the Year 2007 (Arab Technology Awards), the Best ICT Company (Arab Technology Awards 2006), Microsoft Winning Customer Award in 2006 & 2004, and Itqan was the first systems integrator in the region to achieve Sheikh Khalifa Appreciation certificate in 2005 - 2006, Gulf Excellence Forum Award in 2000 & Dubai Quality Appreciation Award as the IT Company of the Year in 1998.

SumTotal Systems
SumTotal Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMT) is the market leader and a global provider of talent development solutions. SumTotal deploys mission-critical solutions designed to drive learning, align goals, develop skills, assess performance, plan for succession and set compensation.

SumTotal's solutions aim to accelerate performance and profits for more than 1,500 companies and governments of all sizes, including six of the world's 10 biggest pharmaceutical makers, six of the 10 largest automotive companies in the world, four of the five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, three of the world's top five airlines, five of the six largest U.S. commercial banks and two of the world's top five specialty retailers. Mountain View, Calif.-based SumTotal has offices across Asia, Australia, Europe and North America.

For more information please call:

Rola Al-Satari
Itqan Al Bawardi Computers
Tel: +9712 6767 666
Fax: +9712 6769 595

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