Moni George speaks to Qatar Today: From Mobile to Cloud

 
Mannai is Qatar's largest Systems Integrator and the leading organisation in the region that provides end-to-end, reliable IT solutions, by partnering with the likes of Oracle, Microsoft, SAP and ESRI. They help these partners to fine-tune and customise their products to meet the needs of the local enterprises. Moni George says, "Our Company has really grown in the last 10 years, from 120 employees to over 700. We have made acquisitions in countries like India and Jordan to serve this country. We are focusing a lot on the cloud because we understand this is what the market wants; it brings down the cost-of-ownership and eases maintenance issues. It's a win-win situation for the customer and vendors like us."

"ERP is the largest selling solution today, followed by BI. As a company, we have made tremendous investments here, created many verticals which addressed the needs of the market. We have developed an ERP solution called ManERP, which is being leveraged by about 25 customers. We have a team of developers in India who are working specifically on this."

"Regarding mobile applications, we have been diligent enough to start with the banks, which use our applications to supply their customers with fund transfer functionality on their mobile-devices, as well as the ability to check their balance. Banks and financial institutions were the first to embrace this technology, but now government departments are also leveraging it. Perhaps the greatest success we've had in providing quality e-solutions was the development and implementation of the Self-Service Payment kiosk, developed for the Ministry of Interior. The aim was to improve the time-consuming, traditional payment transactions, by providing a 24/7 self-service kiosk that would facilitate most of the e-services provided by the Ministry, including issuance of exit-permits, traffic violation settlements and visa renewals. The users are verified through their Smart Cards, IRIS Scans or Biometric fingerprints, and can also pay for the services used, on the spot, through the integrated MOI payment solution within these terminals. These kiosks have been placed at Malls, MOI branch offices, and other such strategic locations within Qatar," he added.
 
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