Doha 28 January 2009: In association with Microsoft Qatar, a specialized seminar Afkar Information Technology has organized to showcase experiences, ideas and state-of-the-art technology of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 in the field of business process automation and workflow.

The seminar, held at Sheraton Doha Hotel, was attended by a large group of IT directors in the public and private sectors, in addition to a group of consultants and experts in this field.

At the outset,  Partner Account Manager of Microsoft Qatar Mr. Mamoun El-Bishtawi gave a speech in which he underlined Microsoft's commitment to providing the local marker with the-state-of-the-art technologies in the business automation field, which aim at expediting  the implementation of business, reduction  of production cost,  and enhancing  competence and efficiency, stressing that  Afkar is the local partner leader in implementing SharePoint as Business Process Automation and Workflow platform for large group of customers in the State of Qatar.

For his part, Mr. Mamoun Alereigat, Chief Executive Officer of Afkar, the gathering's organizer, underlined the importance of utilizing the advanced technologies to develop the production process and simplify the day-to-day operations. Business automation plays special importance especially after the international financial crisis which caused many sectors to think seriously about rationalizing expenditure, Alereigat said adding that business automation was one of the objectives which the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) has been endeavoring to achieve and to promote their benefits to both the public and private sectors likewise. Alereigat explained that Afkar has a long-standing experience in this field that enabled it to carry out a set of pioneering projects achieving maximum paperless experience.

Alereigat added that Microsoft offers integrated experiment which enables them store their data and documents in SharePoint, search it and automate business processes, he also explained that Microsoft technologies in this domain are appropriate to most of sectors in the Qatar and very much cost effective., Mr. Alereigat said that the ictQATAR came at the top of the list of customers.

Concluding,  Mr. Alereigat underlined the significance of technology exploitation for serving the public and private sectors and for achieving qualitative leap in services and products quality to record levels. This matches the policy of the State of Qatar which is geared towards building a diversified economy based on knowledge and use of all means to realize advanced global ranks especially in the oil and gas sectors.

Microsoft Qatar Information Technology consultant Mr.  Abdul Qader Khan presented  a package of products delivered  by Microsoft in the context of the electronic operations  expansion of their application worldwide, explaining  that Microsoft  provides a new environment for applications upgrading  based on the SharePoint.

Successively, Mr. Samir  Al- Magaddam and Mr.  Sinan Al- Akhrass, from OryxDev.net shed light on the technological privileges of the SharePoint and the family from Office system for business automation, explaining that it is easy to develop applications by SharePoint as a platform.  ''We have shown that the adoption of such software from Microsoft is of great benefit to both government and private institutions ,'' he said.

At  the seminar's closing session Mr. Mohammed Al- Youssuf ,  from ictQatar  presented a case study of  ICT EA Portal developed on top of SharePoint and enable 85 government bodies,  in addition to Mircosoft  and ictQATAR to automate their relations and  to implement all procedures related to the enterprise Licenses agreement between the State of Qatar and Microsoft  in an easy way.

In October 2007 Microsoft Qatar chose Afkar as its  SharePoint  technologies favorite  partner in Qatar , and in June 2008 Microsoft  chose Afkar as the  favorite  partner in customers service. Afkar is the sole Qatari company that won the status of a golden partner and the information worker specialization under which applications based on and linked to SharePoint. Furthermore, Afkar enjoys an excellent reputation in the local market with its list of customers including major government ministries in the State of Qatar as well as major oil and gas companies. The list also includes major Gulf authorities and companies.

Afkar has gained a long-standing experience in the implementation of advanced internet sites, intranet system and automation works based on Microsoft   SharePoint. That is also coupled with the achievement of the highest degree of interaction among the employees, the directors, the company customers and partner.

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About Afkar
Afkar Information Technology Ltd was established in 1997. It enjoys wide reputation in the local market. It also became able over the past period to export information solutions to the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It has a qualified working team and has a plan for expansion in the local and regional markets.

For further information please contact
Mr. Allam Qaddoumi.
Tel: +974 4426611
Mob: +974 5791142
Fax: +974 4425455

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