25 July 2012
To provide solutions that automate health, safety, quality and risk management

Abu Dhabi: Leading systems integrator and IT Solutions provider ITQAN Al-Bawardi Computers is pleased to announce its partnership with leading software provider, EtQ.

Following the decision to expand its service offering into Enterprise Quality Management, and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Software, ITQAN Al-Bawardi Computers signed with EtQ (Excellence through Quality) earlier this month to be the first Middle Eastern partner to EtQ, and among the first providers in the region in providing these sorts of innovative solutions.

Already an experienced software solutions provider in its own right, ITQAN has spent the last 28 years serving clients all over the UAE with its own specialized software offerings as well as offerings from its wide network of world renowned partners.

EtQ boasts some of the world's leading solutions for identifying, mitigating and preventing high-risk events through integration, automation and collaboration. EtQ is the first company to provide a flexible application development technology for creating and accessing custom vertical industry applications for use with a Web-browser client. Their wide portfolio of integrated software solutions includes Quality, EHS and Compliance Management Systems, with best-in-class modules for a variety of industries, particularly their core competencies in Quality, EHS, Food and Beverage, Aviation and Life Sciences.

"We are excited about the prospects of this new partnership," stated Feras Al Jabi, General Manager of ITQAN, "ITQAN and EtQ will collaborate to provide customers in the UAE with some exciting solutions for the betterment of and compliance to corporate quality, health and safety standards."

"EtQ is a customer-focused company that has achieved success through a dedicated focus on understanding the requirements of our customers and responding with software products that help our customers better achieve their business goals" said Glenn McCarty, Chief Executive Officer of EtQ.  "We know ITQAN shares these values, which was a  major contributing factor in choosing ITQAN as a business partner. "

Says Imad Shuwaikih, Technical Services Practice Manager, ITQAN, "The level of market readiness in UAE and the region for automating the health, safety, quality and risk management is becoming incontestably high." He goes on to explain, "Many organizations (governmental, semi-government and private) are looking to improve their operations, production and compliance environments as they have become key to organizational success. Introducing EtQ to the market is an important step that ITQAN is taking to ensure clients' enablement to comply with all environmental, health, and safety standards."

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About 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 sectors.

Quality has always been a driver to ITQAN. ITQAN is an ISO 9001-2000,  ISO/IEC 20000 and ISO 27001 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.

Website: www.itqan.ae

About EtQ  
Founded on March 4, 1992 by former lead auditors of Underwriters Laboratories, EtQ has always had a unique knowledge of Quality, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and FDA Compliance processes, and strives to make overall quality operations and management systems better for businesses. This year, EtQ celebrates 20 years of excellence and continues to be the leading Quality, EHS and Compliance solution provider for identifying, mitigating and preventing high-risk events through integration, automation and collaboration. EtQ encompasses a wide variety of industries, providing solutions for Quality, Food and Beverage, EHS, Aviation and Life Sciences. EtQ uses best in class integrated modules and enterprise application integration to manage and measure Quality, EHS and FDA Compliance processes and execute organizational change. EtQ's solution, Reliance, is an enterprise suite of modules designed to foster operational excellence in businesses with modules and utilities such as Risk Management, CAPA, Document Control, Employee Training, Supplier Rating, FMEA, Customer Complaints, Audits, and many more. EtQ has been providing software solutions to a variety of markets for 20 years. For more information, please visit http://www.etq.com.

EtQ is a trademark of EtQ Management Consultants, Inc.  All other product names and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

For more information please call:
Rola Al-Satari
ITQAN Al Bawardi Computers
Tel: +971 4 3354200
Fax: +971 4 3354100
Email: rola.satari@itqan.ae

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