Diwan opens new Baghdad office

Employing a large staff of highly qualified professionals with expertise in software, database, networking and hardware, Diwan-Raqueam will not only supply the local Iraqi market but provide world-class software and services to the international IT industry.

"Iraq has a pool of some of the most competent and motivated experts in the whole of the Middle East," said Adil Allawi, Diwan's Technical Director. He further stated, "Diwan's Baghdad office is harnessing this ability to create an Iraqi company that will compete not only in Iraq but in the world market as well. Diwan-Raqueam is already providing software and services inside Iraq to the highest international standards. An important part of the future work of Diwan-Raqueam will be research and development to create innovative solutions based on new technologies."

Ahmed Kharrufa, Technical Director of Diwan-Raqueam added, "With the type of programming skills that exist in Iraq, and now that Iraq has opened to the world, I believe Iraq will be the new software development centre in the region and Diwan-Raqueam will be at the forefront of this revolution."

Already Diwan-Raqueam has under its belt several successes. It has provided publishing software and systems to a number of newspapers in Iraq and is a pioneer in the new internet technology industry having supplied and installed over 30 new satellite internet systems all over Iraq.

The expertise also extends to the area of design and language. Diwan-Raqueam created Diwan's Mishafi typeface which is one of the most complex Arabic fonts ever developed, which won a prestigious award from the New York based Type Directors Club. Diwan-Raqueam also employs some of the most qualified experts in the Arabic language, calligraphy and design.

Diwan-Raqueam offers a wide range of services and products to its customers. It is the aim of the company to bring new technologies, especially internet technology into Iraq. The company is also willing to help other international IT organizations (for software and/or hardware) enter the Iraqi market, and thus offers to cooperate with such organizations to achieve this goal.

The company has the advantage of having an established office in Baghdad with a large staff of highly qualified professionals. Their entire staff are Iraqi nationals thus ensuring a stable operation for the company. Also the company has many people working under contract for tasks requiring a large number of human resources like data processing and entry.

The areas of possible cooperation include:
Joint-ventures especially for long term software projects development. Dealership for the supply of hardware related to the IT industry, as coordinators between companies abroad and customers in Iraq.

Diwan-Raqueam has all the necessary capital and resources for joint ventures and all other forms of cooperation. Gitex 2003(19th October - 23rd October) will be an ideal opportunity for meeting interested parties.