Indus International and SGA Integrators Deliver Competitive Advantage to Southern African Markets.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1998--Indus International (Nasdaq:IINT), the world's leading provider of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM (1) (Enterprise Asset Management) The management and control of the information technology assets within the enterprise. The asset management repository includes a description of the asset as well as contract information pertaining to its acquisition. ) software and services, and SGA SGA abbr. small for gestational age Small-for-gestational-age (SGA) A term used to describe newborns who are below the 10th percentile in height or weight for their estimated gestational age. Integrators have signed a partnership contract to bring the benefits of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solutions to the Southern African market. The agreement comprises the full suite of Indus International's products and services, including EMPAC EMPAC Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (R), a universally recognized best-in-class product, for organizations seeking EAM solutions. SGA's Managing Director, Rob Gillespie said, "SGA has built a very strong relationship with Indus International over the last year and we believe that the Indus product offering is the market leader in Enterprise Asset Management solutions. We are excited and very positive about taking Indus to market in Southern Africa
"It is as important here to have the ability to use and empower 'previously disadvantaged' local organizations for implementation and first line support of products and, to this end, we have entered into a partnership with Choice One Consulting under the new government's BEE (Black Economic Empowerment Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is a program launched by the South African government to redress the inequalities of Apartheid by giving previously disadvantaged groups (black Africans, Coloureds and Indians) economic opportunities previously not available to them. ) Policy. "Choice One Consulting has already begun work on their first joint venture under the SGA banner, implementing EMPAC(R) for a large transportation corporation," said Rob Gillespie. Indus International's Managing Director, David Pitt said, "Indus International is focusing on a number of sectors in Southern Africa such as Telecommunications, Energy, Transport and Process industries. "We have chosen SGA because they are a very positive and energetic partner on the ground, are local to this market, and have an understanding of the different cultures and political processes which surround all business dealings undertaken in this growing country." "Southern African enterprises have rapidly identified Enterprise Asset Management as a key opportunity to improving business efficiency. SGA's commitment to regional development provides Indus with a strong professional partner able to put our systems into action and deliver the business improvements our Southern African clients are seeking," added Pitt. Large organizations in the region have recognized the need to become more competitive on a global scale and the pending privatization privatization: see nationalization. privatization Transfer of government services or assets to the private sector. State-owned assets may be sold to private owners, or statutory restrictions on competition between privately and publicly owned of some industries, like the Metrorail transport system, is fueling the drive for change on a national level. Companies are buying state-of-the-art products and working in conjunction with other organizations. As competitive pressures have sharpened sharp·en tr. & intr.v. sharp·ened, sharp·en·ing, sharp·ens To make or become sharp or sharper. sharp across all sectors in Southern Africa, industry has turned to Enterprise Asset Management to optimize return on investment in expensive plant and systems by ensuring they operate at peak performance. About Indus International Indus International is the largest provider of Enterprise Asset Management solutions in the world. The Indus Solution Series of products and services enables its customers to reduce cost, increase capacity, ensure regulatory compliance and improve their overall return-on-investment and competitiveness. Indus' Solution Series includes unique capabilities for capital intensive industries such as Utilities, Natural Resources, Telecommunications, Process Manufacturing The manufacturing industry that uses process control systems. See process control. , and the Public Sector. Headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , the Company provides software and services to over 300,000 users in more than 40 countries. Indus operates Customer Solution Centers in San Francisco, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (ä`b  thä`bē, zä–, dä–), Arab. Abu Zabi, sheikhdom (1995 pop. 928,360), c. , Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. and the Philippines. Indus International has partnered with leading providers of software and services, such as Oracle and PeopleSoft, giving our customers an integrated and flexible solution. Visit Indus International's web site at http://www.indusworld.com. About SGA Integrators SGA Integrators is a well established software distribution and support organization with a focus on the enterprise asset management, electronic document management and workflow sectors. SGA has partnered with leading providers of software and services, providing our customers with the best possible set of tools to be used to achieve an integrated and flexible solution. See SGA Integrators' web site at http://www.sga.co.za. |
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