(Manama, 31 July 2011) - Al-Amthal Group, a leading Bahrain-based technology and information services provider with offices in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, today announced that its Optimum ERP product has received the Microsoft Certification for Windows Server 2008 R2, making it the fifth Worldwide and the first GCC developed product of its kind to receive this certification.  Optimum ERP is a robust suit of business solutions addressing the Financial Management, Trade Management and Human Resources Management needs of organisations across multiple industry sectors.

The Certified for Windows Server 2008 R2 designation is designed for line-of-business and mission-critical applications and demonstrates that Al-Amthal's solutions meet Microsoft's highest technical bar for stability, security, reliability, availability, Windows fundamentals, and platform compatibility, giving customers increased confidence in the application from the outset. In addition, the certification has also earned Al-Amthal the Hyper-V designation, which demonstrates that its solutions have passed Microsoft's mission-critical standards for a virtualized environment.

Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Hani Awachi, Managing Director at Al-Amthal Group, said: "We are delighted to announce that our flagship Optimum ERP has received this prestigious and internationally recognized certification. What is even a greater source of pride is that this it is the first locally developed product of its kind to receive this certification. This goes a long way towards underscoring the strength, reliability and security of our solutions and the benefits they offer the world class organisations we serve. Al-Amthal Group is dedicated to meeting the needs of our customers and working with them to achieve optimal results and maximise business potential. We thank our clients for their ongoing partnership and their confidence in our products, which has helped us to win this certification. We are hugely proud of this achievement and the ongoing hard work and dedication of our team, whose experience and know-how continues to underpin our growth across the region and our ability to effectively service an expanding list of blue-chip companies across the GCC and broader Middle East region."

Khaleeji Commercial Bank BSC (KHCB) one of the leading bank have been running a host of Optimum management products in our office for the last two years and the system has proved its huge efficiency and reliable in dependence on it procurement and payments, fixed assets, human resources management", added a spoke person from Khaleeji Commercial Bank.

Al-Amthal currently provides it state-of-the-art technology, software and web solutions including Optimum ERP to a broad range of large-scale enterprises including a significant number of financial institutions, other private sector companies as well as government and semi-government organisations. In addition to serving larger businesses, Al-Amthal's solutions including, Optimum ERP, are also flexible to scale-down for small to medium size businesses in a cost effective manner.

Building on its ongoing success and strong demand for its products and solutions, Al-Amthal expects to further expand its regional network with the opening of an office in Oman before year-end 2011.

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About Al-Amthal:
Al Amthal Group is a Bahrain based company that completed a successful decade of providing technology solutions to organization in the GCC and other counties. It currently has two overseas branches - Al Khobar for the KSA market and Doha for the Qatar market - with a plan to open other branches in other GCC countries before end of 2011.

Al-Amthal Group's flagship product is Optimum Solutions, an Enterprise Resource Programme (ERP) that enables businesses to streamline and create precise flow in every aspect of their infrastructure, thus helping them to make timely and informed decisions, increase efficiency and productivity and most importantly gain an edge over their competitors. Optimum ERP is made up of different parts (business solution modules) that integrate and automate business processes with each other. Optimum is an online, real-time, document driven state-of-the-art system. 

Whilst Optimum Solutions has been well received by large scale enterprises such as banks, Government, Semi- Government and Trading organizations, Al-Amthal is offering SMEs a cost effective accounting and business software packages.

Through its subsidiaries EC-Net and NC-Link, Al Amthal offers Website Development, Graphic Design services and business hardware products such as Servers, Networking Infrastructure and Time Attendance machines.

Behind the success of Al Amthal is a team of professionals with expertise in the areas of accounting, IT and training from diversified industries.

For more information, please visit: www.al-amthal.com

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