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IT Market in Qatar 2012-2016 - Research Report

Research and Markets, the world’s largest market research store, published a report "IT market in Qatar for 2012-2016" on November 2013. The analysts forecast the IT market in Qatar to grow at a CAGR of 10 percent over the period 2012-2016. The IT market in Qatar has also been witnessing increasing demand from SMEs. They mentioned about Argus Technologies among the leading players in the Qatar market. The report is available http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4vhrkq/it_market_in

Commenting on the report, an analyst from the team said: “There are more than 23,800 private companies in Qatar, among which more than 70 percent of enterprises are SMEs and rest are large enterprises. Since large numbers of private companies are SMEs, any increase in IT uptake will lead to an increased investment in the IT market in Qatar. However as of now, SMEs do not have the maturity and capacity to adopt IT for competitive advantage and they have mostly deployed basic IT solutions. But these companies have started to invest into tablets, customized software applications, and maintenance and support services. Also, SMEs are becoming aware of the fact that IT solutions help them gain a competitive edge over their competitors, and IT provides business automation which leads to improvement in overall business productivity. Furthermore presence of smaller vendors offering solutions at lower cost will help SMEs increase their IT uptake.”

According to the report, the IT market in Qatar has many drivers, one of which is the increase in government support to improve the IT infrastructure in the country. The government has begun a number of initiatives that have a positive impact on the IT market in Qatar. For instance, the government has increased its spending on implementing e-governance and liberalizing telecom policies.

Further, the report states that one of the major challenges is that the Software segment has confronted extensive piracy and vendors in this segment have suffered huge losses. However, the government is implementing solutions to curb software piracy in the country, which has led to a reduction in software piracy by almost 10 percent in the last few years.

The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors.

Mentioned companies are as below:

- Hewlett-Packard Co.
- IBM Corp.
- Microsoft Corp.
- Oracle Corp.
- Accenture plc.
- Acer Inc.
- Al Rabban Computer Technology
- Almana Computer Services WLL
- Apple Inc.
- Argus Technologies
- Capgemini S.A.
- CA Technologies Inc.
- Cisco Systems Ltd.
- Delta Computer
- Dell Inc.
- E-Solutions Middle East
- Epicor Corp.
- Fujitsu Ltd.
- iGate Solutions
- Infosys Ltd.
- Lenovo Group Ltd.
- Logic Information Technology Co.WLL
- Qatar Datamation Systems
- Qatari Computer Systems
- and Stratiss Qatar.

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Wearable Technologies next stage of Mobile computing

You just imagine a day without using your smart phone! If you forget phone when leaving your house, have you ever felt panicky? I think yes you feel so…nowadays without smart phone, our life become worse. Smart phone helps not only for calls, it is helping us for time, alarm, calendar, emails, camera, Google search, music player, social medias everything by a single swipe. It become a very common tool for mobile computing. Now what you think about the next stage of mobile computing? In the last few weeks I noticed several reports about Wearable technologies and I think wearable smart devices are supposed to be the next stage of mobile computing. Google Glass & Smart Watches are the most discussed 2 devices.

 

 

 GOOGLE GLASS

·         It behaves as wearable computer

·         This gadget can perform various day to day tasks, without you ever moving your hands

·         Connects with mobile devices via Bluetooth and wi-fi

·         Record videos, take pictures and can be shared on social networking websites or emailed

·         Google Glass will show you text messages as well as emails you receive and allow you to reply to them via voice commands

·         Find information - you can ask questions to find the result and the device will provide appropriate replies on the small screen in front of your eye

·         Show maps - The widely used Google Maps are integrated into Glass

·         Live video sharing - If you are attending a family function you can share the feed with your friends and family in real-time

·         Integrates Google Search  - It will keep track of your daily habits, such as when you leave for office or the route you take. It will give you alternate routes if there is traffic on the way

·         It allows the wearer to hear audio without the need for in-ear headphones – sound waves are instead delivered through the user’s cheekbones and into the inner ear

 

 

SMART WATCH

·       Samsung's recently released Galaxy Gear smartwatch, Apple's iWatch smartwatch and

Pebble smart watch

·       Connectivity with mobile and smart watch gives you notifications & helps for mobile tasks

·       With easy reach, you are able to check several features, including time, messages, and music control

·       Calls always within reach and never miss a call; you can answer and make calls from your wrist.

·        Read email, SMS and other notifications on your Smart Watch

·        Quick snapshots to create lasting memories

·        Touch less voice memos

·        POP3 and other email plugins are available at Google Play Store

·        Vibrates gently for every calendar notification in your phone

 

 

·        No need to check your phone to see if your Facebook friends are up to anything

 

 

 

How BPM differs from an ERP

Here in this blog I would like to explain about BPM, Business Process Management and how it differs from an ERP. ERP is focused on integration of information across business functions (like HR, Procurement & Sales) by sharing a common database. Whereas BPM is a business practice focused on enterprise level workflows and aimed at optimizing, improving and automating business processes. We can describe BPM as a process-intelligent layer that may or may not integrate with ERP.

 

To explain about ERP, consider an example business activity – Sale of ‘n’ Qty of product ‘X’ to the customer ‘Y’.

A basic ERP is made up of 3 things:

1. a set of data capturing / representing facts about the company (stores data of sale – Qty n, Product X and Customer Y)

2. a set of rules governing what to do when the facts happen (inventory updates when sales like stock Qty reduces when sales)

3. a mechanism & medium to communicate with business users (such as an ipad to display an invoice)

 

Now to explain BPM, consider an example business process – Set of activities

A Purchase Order from customer receives by a Sales Dept; Preparing Delivery note from Store Dept; Sales invoice from Accounts Dept.

BPM is made up of 3 things:

1. a set of rules to govern activity in a business process (a flow sequence or specific rules, see the above example)

2. a place to store "state" -　that is　for every item in the process, where is currently is according to the rule described in point 1 (as per above example to know whether you are waiting for delivery note or finished it or on the invoice)

3. a mechanism to communicate state to the business user and provide instruction on what to do next. Also a place to intercept system activity and trigger a human response.　

 

So you can think of 2 options for your business:

1. Implement an ERP having BPR capabilities and customize to suite your business processes; develop embedded workflow to manage your business process – in this case, change management is costly and lack of BPM other functionalities & features

2. Implement ERP and BPM – here change management faster. Also BPM can integrate with ERP and having capabilities of DMS fully integrated with OCR and Barcode modules.

 

All reputed ERPs having embedded workflow and　the system has the facility to manage the business process to a certain extend. However, if you’re looking for the flexibility that comes with changing processes, this is very expensive and is faster in BPM, that is why SAP providing BPM adaptors to meet the customer expectations. BPM also covers processes that fall completely outside of ERP systems such as Correspondence Management, Project Management, and Action Tracking.　

 

In brief, BPM plays an important role in making an ERP system agile and adaptable to the dynamic needs of the business. Even though BPM is getting more popularity; still it is in the 'nice-to-have' zone.

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Argus Networking Services

The bulk of your infrastructure expense comes after installation in the form of maintenance and management. New problems, such as capacity and performance issues, can easily arise without continuous, expert assistance. When you outsource your network management and monitoring to Argus, we take complete responsibility for maintaining your network at peak levels of performance. Our experts continuously manage and monitor your network systems, solving problems before they impact your business, and your internal IT staff can stay focused on their core responsibilities.

 

Network Management Services

 

Argus  Network Monitoring Center is staffed and equipped to remotely monitor and manage your network systems and devices. We are equipped to manage all Cisco devices (routers, VPN concentrators, network IDS, PIX firewalls, and switches). We can also manage Check Point and Sonicwall firewalls. Our monitoring center takes responsibility for OS updates, bug fixes and patches, and changes made to the device (user rights, access rights, and passwords).

Link-State Monitoring

When you outsource your network management to Argus, our certified network experts will monitor your infrastructure 24/7/365 and rapidly detect, diagnose, and resolve any issues that threaten or impair performance.

Our center provides active link-state monitoring for any network device that is IP addressable and can accept an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) trap, including:

Hubs

Routers

Switches

Access servers

RMON probes

Ethernet/TR/WAN

Firewalls

Intrusion detection devices

VPN devices

Integrated access devices

File servers

Workstations

UPS appliances

Network printers

We continuously monitors connectivity and availability and begins troubleshooting any device problem immediately upon detection.

Incident Escalation and Online Report

The Monitoring center utilizes GFI network monitor and its related software to escalate link-state disruptive events throughout your organization as well as to the necessary carriers. Escalation activities are customized to meet your individual needs and organizational structure.

All information is stored in a database from which you can generate logs and historical data at any time through a secure portal/GUI. For each monitored device, we provide comprehensive statistics on availability, status, and detailed incident reporting (including time/date stamp and escalation details).

 

Review of ICT Landscape in Qatar

ICT QATAR is working with telecommunications operators and others to accomplish faster, more secure networks, ramping up connectivity, and ultimately boosting overall ICT access and usage among households and individuals, businesses, government agencies, and other important sectors in Qatar.

The report Qatar’s ICT Landscape 2013:Households and Individuals, published by ICT Qatar recently,  highlights many encouraging developments in the country’s ongoing quest to build a competitive knowledge-based economy that will benefit all its people. From climbing mobile, Internet, broadband, mobile broadband, smartphone, and tablet computer penetration rates and the rise of multiple device ownership to citizens’ increasingly sophisticated everyday online habits and the country’s highly connected youth population, it’s clear that technology is an increasingly integral part of life for people in Qatar.

Looking at the most recent data from 2012, several clear trends emerge: People in Qatar Are More Connected Than Ever Before. Today, on average, a household in Qatar owns three mobile phones, two computers, and one smartphone, and people are using these technologies to access the Internet in ever-greater numbers. In fact, between 2008 and 2012, computer penetration among individuals more than doubled, while Internet use soared to 69.3 percent, up from 38 percent, over the same four-year period. The progress is even more impressive among mainstream individuals, with a rise in computer penetration to 89 percent and continued growth across all other basic ICT infrastructure areas, including mobile phones, now at a near-universal 99.5 percent. Internet penetration for this group also increased significantly to 88 percent—a rate that is among the best in the Arab region, on par with ICT-advanced countries like South Korea and the UK, and just a step behind leaders such as Norway and Sweden, which have 93 percent and 90 percent Internet penetration, respectively.

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Importance of Search Engine Optimization

Having a web site is not just a commodity for businesses nowadays, but a must. A company or a professional without a web site is like a salesman without his business card. The website needs to be your profile and face of your company. Once you have done a website, you   obviously need some visitors to the site so that you can get some clients or sell your products. So what options do you have to bring in those visitors? How do you get ranking high on Google? The answer is - an effective SEO provider can offer you the same.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a way of ensuring your website appears high in the search engine results. Most people never look beyond first page of the Google and over 40% only click on the top 3 results. An effective SEO guarantees your business that your site will show up in the first page. That means if it listed in first page, you are more likely to gain that new customer or client. Even if there are bigger names out there, you can beat them in Search engine rankings by an effective SEO.

SEO helps visitors find their website using the targeted keywords and phrases that best describe your business products and services

What matters most in Search Engine?
1. Which websites link to you
2. Number of websites linking to you
3. Google Page Rank (PR) of the website linking to you
4. Anchor text used in the link linking to you
5. Number & type of links linking to the website links to you
6. Whether or not the websites linking to you are deemed by Google as authority website

For more reading you can have a look at the article

The Ultimate List of Reasons Why You Need Search Engine Optimization

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HRMS - Employee Preliminary Status

I would like to discuss few points in relate with Human Resource functions,  which is specific to Qatar. A business owner,  should know certain formalities, must be done in order to legalize their employees stay in Qatar. Once a staff arrives in Qatar, a medical test is to be performed by the concerned authorities. The medical test is compulsory for all forms of residency permit and this must be done during the first week of being in Qatar. Medical unfit employees will not be granted approval to stay and will be requested  to leave the country. In addition to the medical check, the employee must pass a criminal records check by the Finger Printing process. If medical is approved and criminal records are clear, then the employee can proceed to obtain his/her work residency.

If an organization delays their employee’s Medical Check/ Finger Printing/ Residence Permit (RP) more than the specified period, they will got penalty for each day. For a business enterprise, it is very important to track each and every employee arrivals in Qatar and their status on Medical/Finger until completes their RP process. So a Business owner should be vigilant always to do the things by the HR person on time without delay.  

The employee initial HR procedure until RP can be shows as follows:

Argus HRMS provides easy options to manage  employee preliminary HR status whether they completed Medical/ Finger/ RP with date and comments. As a default the newly joined employee on pending status,  need to carry out all those procedures like Medical, Finger, etc. The HR user will get the corresponding reminder to do the needful on time as per the parameter settings. On completion of each procedure, he can update in the system to go further procedures.

The Argus HRMS helps an HR person to handle his/her normal duties with the help of very user-friendly forms and reports.  That means, he or she can utilize his major daily hours on other important HR tasks. More over, the return on investment (ROI), may with in few months as per your volume of transactions, it may be in terms of either saving your staff daily hours or saving the emigration penalties.