Sharjah, August 25 2010 - Leading systems integrator ITQAN Al-Bawardi Computers successfully wrapped up a complete infrastructure overhaul for Maritime Industrial Services Co. Ltd. Inc. (MIS), a leading contractor in the energy-related construction and services industry.

The project entailed a complete migration of MIS' previous infrastructure platform to a bundle of Microsoft's technologies, which include Microsoft's messaging system, IT management tools, data security and protection controls.

"This project illustrated the collaboration between MIS and ITQAN and the level of co-operation and professionalism shown by MIS during this project was remarkable and pushed us to give our 200% percent to make this implementation a success. Despite some obstacles and challenges that inevitably came up during the implementation phase, MIS' IT team was supportive, and placed its complete trust in ITQAN," commented ITQAN's General Manager, Feras Al-Jabi.

According to Al-Jabi, ITQAN had a major task to undertake given the level of complexity and sophistication of this venture. "It was like rebuilding a house again while still keeping its components intact, in a sense that every aspect of their older infrastructure had to be removed and replaced with another technology, all while migrating the data smoothly and fluidly."

"MIS has more than 900 employees who need to access this system, covering five offices across the country. Without an efficient centralized structure that manages these users, and in most cases remotely, proper IT administration would be literally impossible," said Ossama Bader, MIS' Vice President, IT, Human Resources, and Admin.

Bader added that MIS possesses a huge amount of engineering, drafting and other departmental documents that needed to be shared by employees, and with the growth and development of the company over the years the system needed to be significantly enhanced.

"ITQAN has planned an optimum design that ensures the highest levels of security, reliability and stability, explained Bader. "MIS is rapidly growing, and this was a necessary step to support our strategy for growth. We are pleased with what ITQAN managed to accomplish, and we hope to see this relationship continue in the future," said Bader.

"This project comes in line with our strategic focus on the oil and gas sector, and an ever-present goal of ours is to constantly partner with major players like MIS.  ITQAN's presence in the oil and gas vertical is unmatched in terms of the number and diversity of the projects completed for organizations in this sector. Our roots and history further prove that too, seeing that we are part of Al-Bawardi Enterprises, an organization that served the oil and gas sector since the 1980," added Al-Jabi.

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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 and ISO/IEC 20000 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 Maritime Industrial Services Group
MIS is a Panamanian registered company with its major fabrication base and shipyard in Sharjah, UAE and has approx. 4,500 employees. The company was founded in 1979 and has over 30 years of profitable operating history. MIS provides integrated onshore and offshore engineering, procurement, fabrication, maintenance, construction and shipyard services including oil, gas and petrochemical processing equipment, marine, structural and new-build offshore jack-up drilling rigs, site installation, construction, commissioning and shipyard services, professional, technical, operational and safety services. Reported revenue for Q1-2010 audited results (period ending 31 March 2010) is USD 92.4 million with a net profit of USD 7.8 million.  MIS trades on the Oslo Stock Exchange's main list under the ticker symbol MIS.

For more information please contact:
Rana Said,
Corporate Communications Director, MIS
Tel: +9716 5285345 ext. 723
Mobile: +97150 462 5069
Rana.Said@mis.ae 
www.mis.ae

For more information please call:
Rola Al-Satari
ITQAN Al Bawardi Computers
Tel: +9712 6767 666
Fax: +9712 6769 595
Email: rola.satari@itqan.ae

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