Jordanian STS Group raises game for IBM portal offerings in the region

The announcement marks the first time a local company in the Middle East to attain the highest certification within IBM's software solution offerings on the WebSphere middleware solutions.

"We are delighted to be IBM Premier Software Partners in the region; it is a prestigious certification that recognizes the outstanding customer service and technology expertise we provide through our e-Business software division, BusinessONE," said Ramzi Zeine, Chairman of STS, "Strong channel support programs such as these, along with IBM's powerful portal middleware technology will help us expand our reach in the market and provide a better service to our customers."

The certification process for an IBM business partner to become an IBM Premiere Business Partner involves demonstrating high levels of accomplishment in competency, commitment to IBM, customer satisfaction, as well as significant and consistent revenue growth. STS BusinessONE has deployed Websphere in its break-through secure e-payment solution, 'PayONE', that enables debit and credit card as well as bank-account holders to make online payments for e-commerce and e-government transactions safely in real-time. PayOne has since been implemented in the national payment gateways of Qatar Central Bank (QCB) and Visa Jordan Card Services (VJCS).

"STS has shown a great deal of commitment in adopting a business strategy that focuses on promoting their end-to-end solutions that run on IBM WebSphere portal technologies to small and large organizations alike," said Bashar Kilani, manager of IBM Software Group, Middle East, Egypt and Pakistan. "We are very please to have them on board as a Premier Software Partner, and look forward to working closely with them to ensure that they benefit from the education and marketing support the accreditation provides."
As a premiere member of IBM's 'Partnerworld for Software' program, STS will also receive an extended IBM support package, allowing authorized access to the IBM network partner zone for downloading and deploying licensed products that enable STS personnel to become proficient in IBM's latest products with the help of IBM's "Fly-through" advance training.