Info-tech solution provider SAP has made a best business bond with the business solution maker Soltius and both multinational bodies, who are doing business in Bangladesh, organised a seminar called 'SAP Overdrive' at the Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre. "Business at the Speed of Thought" was the main phrase of the seminar, which was designed according to the requirements of Bangladeshi IT and business entrepreneurs.

The spectacular Power Point presentations by several international and national speakers encouraged the audience into adopting SAP info-tech in their business. Large portions of the audience are small and medium enterprise owners; and half of the profit made by SAP comes from such business houses.

Moushumee Basu Roy, Regional Director, East, SAP India said in the seminar, "The telecommunication landscape has been changed in the country dramatically in recent years. We are witnessing a brilliant economic growth and market potential. The rising sectors of the country like logistics, manufacturing, telecom, garments and textiles, pharmaceuticals, constructions, infrastructure, insurance, banking so on need info-tech for sustaining in the competition."

She said in her Power Point Presentation, "SAP has gone beyond the periphery of technology, using its info-tech is a journey to explore all sorts of domains in businesses. To grab the global opportunities and streamline operations, business houses in the country are seeking software solutions. The 35 years old SAP has earned the goodwill of more than 38,000 customers and more than 120 countries run SAP applications. Its broad range of solutions for enterprises of all sizes and over 26 vertical specific solutions is well poised to be preferred by software solutions vendors in the country."

SAP initiated the capture of the Bangladesh enterprise solution markets with a lot of convictions and experiences. Already Aktel, British American Tobacco, Aventis Pharma, Novartis, BOC Bangladesh Limited, Young One and MGH are partners of SAP for software solutions.SAP started its operations in our neighbouring country India in 1996. Headquartered in Bangalore; SAP India also has offices in Mumbai and New Delhi, and various marketing associates in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Its Asia Pacific headquarters is in Singapore, with APA offices in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines and Taiwan.

Bruno Burbach, CEO, Soltius Infotech declared, "Bangladesh born German citizen Farooq Siddique was given the charge of conducting the Bangladesh chapter of Soltius. Now we realise that a big market is waiting for us to unfold. My company has unique experience in implementing business solutions in the country. It offers customers end-to-end solutions and services that provide a faster time-to-market and lower total cost of ownership."

He further mentioned, "Our offering is not limited to just software solutions, we also carry out consulting as we have a pool of motivated and creative people picked from diverse backgrounds. There are many educated and expert people in the country who can be involved in consulting work. They are able to customise software according to the needs of local businesses. Building competence is one of our targets. We are very much committed to this country, as we have shown earlier in other countries. Our hope is soon we will be a big company in the country."

Soltius, pronounced sol-shus, is inspired from SOL a Latin word for Sun. Sol is also the Sun Deity in Roman and Scandinavian mythologies. Soltius is a global company that provides innovative business solutions to customers working with them as business partners - providing system integration and outsourced IT services. Soltius develops, implements, hosts and supports integrated, customised, industry-specific enterprise and eBusiness solutions. Headquartered in Singapore, Soltius has over 900 professionals worldwide and has operations in Australia, Bangladesh, China, France, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, US and UAE. They are operating as partners in the Philippines, South Africa and UK.

Sufi Faruq Ibne Abubakar, Head of IT, Aktel, said, "Soltius speaks about the life of people and, of course, their dependence on technology related to businesses. We are successfully running SAP technology since 2006. Soltius Infotech Bangladesh Ltd has helped us in the successful implementation of SAP solutions. Their hi-tech tools have supported us in streamlining operations and promoting control over the entire business process of our mobile phone company."

M A Matin, Director IT, IFIC Bank Ltd, said, "Info-tech is one of the requisites for accelerating management. It is also great money and time saver. Given the appropriate technology medium, even small enterprises can accelerate more innovation, while upgraded IT infrastructure can bring better agility in business growth and trained workforce can quickly adjust to the use of new tools in business."

Soltius can provide a wide range of diverse industries the benefits of it services and solutions. Its in-depth industrial experience, coupled with the ability to provide efficient and cost-effective integrated technology solutions through the offshore capabilities, means it can offer companies of all sizes substantial improvements in the efficiency and performance of enterprise and e-Business environment.