Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 12 | Page 96

GITEX 2016 SPECIAL FOCUS SOFTNET Focus Softnet will be showcasing its next generation ERP-in-cloud product - Focus 8 Ready for Cloud. The company will also be presenting its latest versions of Focus 8 incorporating WMS (Warehouse Management System) and MRP (Material Requirement Planning) modules. RED HAT Red Hat will demonstrate at GITEX how the company’s open source technologies are helping accelerate business transformation by enabling all these trends. Hybrid cloud remains a focal point for Red Hat at GITEX. Hybrid clouds deliver strategic advantages to the business by redirecting resources from lights-on to innovation. They enable faster business service development and deployment and help organisations respond more quickly to opportunities and threats. Hybrid clouds reduce risk by allowing ongoing compliance and runtime management. For this, interoperability is key and this means taking a hybrid approach to managing a cloud, as enabled by open source software, open standards, open application programming interfaces (APIs), and other aspects of openness. Red Hat’s entire cloud portfolio is built around this open hybrid cloud management approach. The company will highlight the cornerstones of its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions portfolio, including Red Hat OpenStack Platform, Red Hat CloudForms, and Red Hat Ceph Storage. For organisations looking to efficiently develop, deploy and run applications in hybrid cloud environments, Red Hat will showcase its container and application development portfolio consisting of Red Hat OpenShift Container Portfolio, Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio, and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. “With the coming together of digital technologies and business transformation in the region, we can no longer afford to ignore the huge possible gains for business as the migrate to ERP on the cloud. Global research and survey findings point to significant improvement of key performance indicators such as reduction in total cost of ownership, improvement in bottom line margins, better returns from IT spending, by adoption of ERP in the cloud. We believe it is time for Focus Softnet to be driving this discussion in the region amongst its current target customer base and prospective customers,” said Ali Hyder, Group CEO of Focus Softnet. Focus 8 is the company’s flagship new generation ERP that fully integrates a comprehensive business intelligence tool and provides real-time, multidimensional posting of transactions which results in real-time reports. Also on display will be Focus Softnet’s Focus i, a mid-tier ERP solution with integrated business intelligence tools, and complete range of Focus ERP solutions, including financials management, supply chain, and other modules. In addition, Focus Softnet will demonstrate vertical market capabilities through Focus CRM Suite, Focus Retail Management Suite and Focus INSTA healthcare solution. Other mainstream solutions on display include Focus CRM Suite with sales and service, facilities management, property management, Focus Retail Suite, Focus Point of Sale, Focus Restaurant Management Systems, amongst others. Location: Hall 7 Location: Hall 6 96 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com