ISSUE 2
VOLUME 1
2011
Team Quest Partnership
egabi launching Testing
Services Unit
egabi CSR Activity
Times
Team Quest Partnership
ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF ORGANIZATIONS AND
INDIVIDUALS IN EGYPT, AFRICA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST
“egabi Times, a periodical newsletter aimed to maintain communication with
egabi’s customers, update them with the latest news and market trends.”
Word from the MD
As Egypt witnessed an exceptionally delicate political and economic situation, which
has impacted not only the national economy but all sectors within the economy,
Accordingly We have to work towards rebuilding Egypt, we can start with ourselves
as corporate institutions through emphasizing our work commitment
We would like to assure that business at egabi will be as usual.
egabi launches Testing Services Unit
New Testing Team has been structured of a
qualified ISTQB certified staff (International Software
Testing Qualification Board). The team consists of 6
members who are in charge of testing and
documentation of software developed by egabi.
As a start the testing team has successfully
completed the implementation of Testing Process
Improvement Guide (TPIG) within an agreement
with ITIDA-SECC, which includes the latest
worldwide approach and international standards of
software testing, it is Compliant with Testing Maturity
Model Integration (TMMI Level 2). Representing SW
Quality Control Model, Amlak Project phase 1 was
selected as a pilot project to implement these
standards; egabi achieved 88% in TPIG assessment
which was conducted on December 2010.
egabi CSR Activity
As a part of egabi’s ongoing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
activities, egabi organized a blood donation campaign at its premises.
The campaign was organized in collaboration with Egyptian Red
Crescent, in cases where blood donations are needed for emergency
surgeries, egabi supported this activity by encouraging employees to
donate blood at business places during their working time, more than
60 employees took part in this activity.
egabi will continue to expand its Corporate Social Responsibility
initiative while growing and intend to make further contributions to
make the community and society a better place to live.
Access Bank of Nigeria
egabi
Solutions
implemented
Fernbach’s
Flexfinance product IFRS (international Financial
Reporting Standard) at Access Bank of Nigeria.
Access Bank of Nigeria is the first financial institution
in Nigeria to successfully adopt the international
Reporting Standards since the Nigerian Accounting
Standards Board (NASB) issued an implementation
roadmap for Nigeria’s adoption of IFRS, which set
January 2012 a deadline for compliance for publicly
quoted banks in Nigeria.
egabi joined hands with Access bank to meet their
challenge, the bank was able to fully convert its
system to IFRS on the 4th of January 2011 well ahead
of January 2012 compliance date set by the government and was demonstrated of its pioneering role in
the Nigerian financial services sector.
egabi Solutions Announces MENA Reseller Agreement with
TeamQuest® Corporation
The partnership enables TeamQuest to expand relationships
throughout Middle East and North Africa, where customers
are seeking services and software solutions that provide a
quick return on investment. The TeamQuest suite of
products helps companies get the most out of their IT
infrastructure while ensuring the availability and reliability of
enterprise systems.
"egabi understands the complexity of issues in the data
center, and has a successful track record of providing
services and solutions to premier customers in the region,"
said Alf Benson, Regional Sales Director EMEA, at
TeamQuest. "We have been impressed at the speed which
egabi integrated and enhanced their service offerings with
TeamQuest solutions and brought it to market with their
existing and new customers."
About TeamQuest
TeamQuest Corporation is the global leader in IT Service
Optimization (ITSO), specializing in Capacity Management
software. TeamQuest helps IT organizations consistently
meet service levels while minimizing costs and mitigating
risks. By combining performance data and business metrics,
TeamQuest software enables IT organizations to provide
accurate, objective information as input to critical business
decisions. Companies around the world trust TeamQuest
software to help them proactively improve service delivery
and support best practices.
SECC-ITIDA/Microsoft
Initiative
egabi participated in SECCITIDA/Microsoft Initiative which
aimed to raise the technical and
competition capabilities of the
Egyptian companies to cope
with the latest international
standards and techniques,
accordingly we are honored to
announce that egabi solutions
has been selected as one of the
top 5 companies in the initiative
based on the commitment,
participation, and process
improvement implementation.
Alf Benson
Regional Sales Director EMEA
Bankplus overview
BankPlus is an integrated, feature-rich Core Banking Application covering Commercial, Corporate
and Islamic Operations supporting both Centralized/Decentralized implementation models.
Serving business operations, BankPlus covers both front and back end allowing the management
inclusive overview of the banks’ statements accurately and promptly.
This complete Banking Solution offers numerous benefits ensuring fast and precise decision making,
time saving, effort and cost reduction.
Using the latest technology tools, this web enabled application is based on:
Oracle Developer Suite 10g
Oracle Application Server 10g
Oracle Database 10g & 11g.
Heba Helmy
Projects Development Manager
Heba Helmy joined egabi as of January 2011 as Projects Development Manager, MS.
Heba possess almost twenty years of experience in the IT Consulting Services Industry
Prior to joining egabi MS. Heba worked for five years at IBM, as well as possessing ten years
experience with Oracle Consulting Operations in Egypt and Africa.
As egabi’s Projects Development Manager, MS. Heba is leveraging her experience in the
field to lead a strong PMO team capable of supporting the company’s engagement in
large projects and commitment to high quality deliverables to its customers.
In addition, Ms. Heba has intensive industry experience in the Financial Services and
Telecommunications Industries.
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