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Global giant Microsoft in strategic deal with Mobitel
Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel, the National Mobile Services Provider
recently entered into a ground breaking strategic partnership with
Microsoft Sri Lanka by signing an Enterprise Agreement and adopting
the global software giant’s most preferred offering for corporate
customers.
Through
this long-term partnership Mobitel, a leader in the local ICT industry,
will gain a significant competitive advantage to stay ahead in the
highly competitive telecommunication industry, which will support
the company’s ever expanding business objectives.
Mobitel will have assured access to a host of Microsoft’s innovative
and up-to-date software products and solutions, including Microsoft
Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 to enhance personal productivity,
Windows Server 2008 for Directory Services and Infrastructure security
together with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for improved
Messaging and Collaboration capabilities. In addition, by deploying
Microsoft’s System Management Server 2007, Mobitel will be
equipped to manage their software and hardware assets, improve security
and patch management, as well as increase productivity by using
automated software deployment technologies.
Applauding the partnership Microsoft’s President, South East
Asia Mr. Chris Atkinson said, “Mobitel, as an ICT solutions
provider who sought world-class products for their technology needs,
has selected Microsoft as their technological and strategic partner.
This partnership ensures that they will be on par with other major
telecommunication entities around the world in terms of adopting
the latest technologies and integrating them with the existing ICT
infrastructure of the company giving them a clear competitive edge.
We are delighted to partner with Mobitel and provide them with the
most up-to-date communications and technological solutions to serve
their customers better”.
Furthermore this agreement will also provide Mobitel’s staff
members with home use rights for Microsoft Office tools allowing
them access to the latest technologies including software tools,
technical support, employee training via e-learning and updates
on the latest technological developments from the comfort of their
homes.
Speaking on the importance of this agreement, Mr. Suren Amarasekera,
CEO of Mobitel said, “We have been using and also evaluated
a variety of offerings from a host of solutions providers worldwide
over a long period of time, but ultimately decided to partner with
Microsoft because of their current product portfolio as well as
the future solutions roadmap.
Microsoft
has become a leader in providing solutions to the telecommunications
industry worldwide and we felt that in order to be on par with world-class
organisation ourselves, we needed to partner with an already established
giant. We are excited that this partnership will provide us with
the much needed capabilities to reach out and serve our customers
better, thus, enabling Mobitel to further strengthen our status
as a next generation telecommunication solutions provider”.
Microsoft’s Office SharePoint Server 2007 will provide Mobitel
with integrated document management and version control capabilities.
To further enhance the user experience of the end-users, Mobitel
will utilize SharePoint portal services to create dash boards on
which the users can share internal business information and indexes.
The infrastructure security of the existing network will also be
enhanced via a comprehensive Active Directory design and a security
assessment exercise, which will provide Mobitel with a high level
overview of their security infrastructure and recommendations on
how security can be further improved.
Highlighting the bold initiative taken by Mobitel, Microsoft’s
Country Manager for Sri Lanka Mr. Sriyan de Silva Wijeyeratne said,
“Mobitel has proved itself to be a leader not only in the telecommunication
industry but also in the business landscape of Sri Lanka by becoming
a responsible and license-compliant organisation. Microsoft has
invested billions of dollars on research and development to ensure
that our platforms are enterprise ready both in terms of scalability,
reliability and security.
The
solutions and services provided by Microsoft offers a dependable
platform for industries ranging from telecommunications to hospitality
and healthcare to manufacturing; Mobitel partnering with Microsoft
Sri Lanka is a testament to the trust that other entities across
the globe have placed in Microsoft’s solutions and services”.
Mobitel has selected Ceylinco Micro Technologies (CMT) as the Microsoft
partner to implement and support Microsoft technologies under this
agreement. CMT, a subsidiary of Ceylinco Group, is a Microsoft Gold
Certified partner for Advanced Infrastructure, Information worker,
Networking Infrastructure and Security and also a Partner advantage
partner for Microsoft Services.
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