Another feather in the cap of Eastern Software Systems

ESS wins intranet portal development contract from Botswana Govt. Agency

New Delhi, December 10, 2008 – Eastern Software System (ESS), India’s premier ERP Company offering cutting edge technology solutions and services to clients worldwide, has announced that it has won a prestigious contract from the Directorate of Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), an operationally autonomous law enforcement agency of Botswana within the Ministry of Justice, Defense & Security, Govt. of Botswana, to design, develop and implement its official website and a comprehensive intranet portal. The solution will be delivered through a Content Management System developed on LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) technology.

According to Anil Bakht, Managing Director, Eastern Software Systems, “This prestigious contract from the DCEC, Botswana will showcase our abilities to develop and deploy intricate portals and intranet, which can contribute to enhancing overall productivity and control communications costs effectively. This success will go a long way in reinforcing our credentials and capabilities amongst other Government agencies and private organizations in Southern Africa, which we will aggressively target during the next few months.”

While the DCEC website will be used for services provision and information sharing with external customers, the intranet will act as a central repository of information that DCEC users need on a day-to-day basis.

The various branches of DCEC include Prosecutions, Investigations, Intelligence, Corruption Prevention, Public Education, Administration and Human Resource, Performance Management System and Training of internal and external staff. ESS’s implementation will result in enhanced productivity for all the DCEC’s branches due to inherent benefits of intranet deployment that include cost reduction, speedy communications and better process flow, enhanced productivity and effectiveness, cross-fertilization of ideas, idea triggers, enhanced controlled and easy accessibility to information.

This prestigious contract further re-emphasizes ESS’ position in the customized web solutions domain as it was awarded to ESS in the face of stiff competition from global web development companies. DCEC evaluated several proposals including those from the large-sized web solution providers and selected ESS as the preferred service provider after a careful scrutiny of its capabilities, track record and delivery capabilities.

ESS is a leading provider of custom web solutions and applications and offers cost-effective solutions specifically tailored to the immediate needs of an organization while being fully upgradeable to meet its future needs. ESS employs the latest web technologies to develop bespoke solutions for businesses working in a diverse number of industries. The ESS development team has proven expertise in creating all kinds of web solutions, which include but are not limited to Web 2.0 applications, B2B applications, B2C e-commerce solutions, web portals, e-learning applications amongst many others.

Rated amongst the top 10 ERP companies in India by Frost & Sullivan, ESS has time and again successfully outbid international majors for prestigious ERP implementation and customized web applications development projects both in terms of price and features. ESS also ranks amidst top 10 home-grown software product brands from India.

About Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), Botswana

The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) was established in September 1994 along the lines of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) of Hong Kong, after benchmarking against other countries. It has adopted the ‘three-pronged strategy’ which has proved to be effective and now internationally accepted as an effective tool in the fight against corruption. These are investigation, corruption prevention and public education. Among its main achievements are its successful orchestration of a campaign among the general public against corruption and a high conviction rate of investigated cases.

About Eastern Software Systems (ESS)

Eastern Software Systems Pvt. Ltd. [ESS] was founded in 1990 and is today a premiere IT products and services provider. ESS primarily operates in the following domains: Enterprise Solutions, Application Development and Support, and Total IT Outsourcing. ESS is primarily known for its ERP “ebizframe” which is the largest selling Indian ERP today. ESS is assessed at SEI-CMM Level 5 [the highest level attainable for process capability maturity] and is also certified ISO-9001:2000. ESS offers its products and services in over 25 countries including India, S.E. Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America. ESS employs a large group of highly talented technical staff for serving its large client base. For further information on ESS or ebizframe, please visit http://www.essindia.com

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