Technology

e-wis introduces Master Card technology to EPF

By Gamini WARUSHAMANA

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e-wis, a leading ICT solution company in Sri Lanka has introduced Master Card technology to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), the biggest fund in Sri Lanka.

Government institutions are gradually transforming with the ICT to enhance efficiency.

The government has pumped money on e-governance and e-Sri Lanka programs to introduce ICT to government institutions. This project comes under the e-governance program.

The EPF automation project launched parallel to the 50th anniversary of the fund is gathering information of employees.

The Solution Specialist of e-wis, Gayan Samaraweera said that the technology introduced in this project is far superior.

This is the first time that the Master Card technology has been introduced for identification purpose in Sri Lanka - one of the biggest government sector projects. The project launched early this month would take six to eight months to complete the data base, Samaraweera said.

All the employees’ data including fingerprints and a photograph are stored in the central database.

NEC software, the world’s best fingerprint matching solution and Cross Match finger print scanner are used in the identification purpose under this project.

NEC, the world’s best solution has 99.9% accuracy while the German-made scanner provides 100% accuracy in scanning.

Data gathering is a difficult task because the implementing team has to visit each and every employee. At present 80 teams led by Labour Department officials have been deployed for data gathering.

The EPF Fund with over 1.2 million private sector employees is managed by the Department of Labour. At present, most of the functions of the Fund are done manually leaving room for frauds and inefficiency.

Samaraweera said under the new system, the EPF number of an employee will be his National Identity card (NIC) number.

After retirement, the employee can call over at the Department of Labour and provide his identity card number and get his money released.

In this process he may not have to produce papers and his identity will be verified by scanning his fingerprints.

This automation process also enables the Department to decentralise its functions to the districts.

The Department will also install kiosk machines to provide fund information to employees.

The employees can check their fund balance by entering their EPF number with proof of their identity by finger prints. This will help employees to check whether their employers had made the EPF contribution.

Under the new system every person gets an EPF number - his or her NIC number. This number will not be changed even if the employees change their jobs. Under the present system, the employee’s EPF number changes from employer to employer and therefore employees have several EPF accounts if they have changed jobs.

e-wis has a good track record and we have been successful in implementing mega projects in large government and private sector organisations in Sri Lanka, Samaraweera said.

We have been in the ICT industry over the past 22 years and today e-wis can provide any software and hardware solution.

We have implemented our solutions in SriLankan Airlines and at the Bandaranaike International Airport.

For the First time in Sri Lanka we hosted the examination results of the Examinations Department when the Department began to provide results online. We have also undertaken a computerisation project of the Pensions Department, Samaraweera said.

Toroid signs Microsoft Enterprise Agreement

Toroid International (Pvt) Limited has entered into an Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft Sri Lanka, which enables the transformer manufacturing multinational to deploy the latest in Microsoft technologies within the organisation.

The agreement brings along with it Microsoft expertise that will help Toroid to optimise its IT infrastructure ensuring faster return on investments and empowering it with better risk management capabilities.

Before taking the step to invite Microsoft to partner its growth plans into the future, the management at Toroid realised there was a need to consolidate the company’s IT systems and processes to enhance its performance. Thus, this strategic partnership provides Toroid access to the latest Microsoft software, thus ensuring the company stays a step ahead in the global competitive arena.

Toroid International becomes the second organisation in the Katunayake EPZ (Export Processing Zone) to sign an Enterprise Agreement directly with Microsoft Sri Lanka.

The EPZ counts some of the best known global brands’ manufacturing facilities from all spheres of industry. The very fact that an EPZ company should opt for the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement above all others reflects Microsoft’s adaptability and ability to grow with exponential business demands that Toroid is forecasting.

The agreement is specifically targeted at large scale business entities, companies having 250 or more desktops, a sphere in which Microsoft has earned the reputation for offering the best value.

Microsoft’s most preferred offering to its corporate customers, the Enterprise Agreement, simplifies licence administration by merely requiring a single transaction to acquire licences across the entire enterprise and thus helps ensure compliancy.

Apart from the technical aspects of the agreement, the highly trained and professional IT team at Microsoft is always on hand to address any troubleshooting that may arise and assist managers at Toroid to extract the best value from the licensed products.

Specifically where Toroid was concerned, the Microsoft team identified certain areas that would greatly benefit the EPZ-based company. By adopting the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, the suite of Microsoft products on offer will benefit the areas of communication, workflows, messaging and collaboration programs and document management solutions at Toroid.

PC market grows at steady pace - PC House Chief

The PC market is growing at a steady pace despite unhealthy market conditions, said Chairman, PC House (Pvt) Ltd., S.H.M. Rishan.

He was addressing a ceremony to mark the appointment of PC House as the tier one distributor to market the globally renowned Dell brand of PCs, laptops, servers and storage solutions for corporate and state sector customers.

Rishan said the partnership with a global giant will help to boost the ICT industry in Sri Lanka. We will strive to add value by adopting new techniques and processes to accommodate the best solutions.

“With this partnership PC House aims at over 15 per cent market penetration in the hardware PC category by focusing on building brand awareness and expanding the branch network”, he said.

Dell, based in Round Rock, Texas manufactures, sells and supports computers and computer related products.The company has sales operations in Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

General Manager, Director Development Market Group Dell Asia Pacific, Siva Ananthan Sundaram said PC House has shown market leadership with strong retail, distribution channels and technical support to back customers in Sri Lanka.

“We are confident that PC House’s experience and knowledge will help to expand and reach untapped markets including the SME in Sri Lanka”, he said.

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DEN Networks goes live with solutions from Duo Software

Duo Software was selected by DEN to deliver an end to end solution which encompasses billing, mediation, provisioning, inventory management, CRM and contact centre management to handle the entire process flow of DEN in terms of subscriber process requirements.

From a customer calling, to creating a subscriber, distribution of inventory, installation, and provisioning of services to generating bills, runs seamlessly throughout DEN through the adoption of Duo Software’s solutions - DuoSubscribe and DuoContact.

DuoSubscribe Version 4.9 is a highly scalable system recognised as the world’s fastest billing system for the Pay TV industry, with the capability of generating one million bills in less than 22 minutes.

DuoSubscribe’s inventory management module was used at DEN to manage the entire inventory distribution operation. DuoContact is a fully integrated contact centre solution that facilitates delivery of service through multiple channels to ensure that DEN streamlines its customer interactions across all touch points. DuoContact provides a comprehensive, intuitive and easy to use interface which enables speedy navigation and retrieval of information to deliver superior standards of service to customers.

CEO, DEN Anuj Gandhi said, “We chose Duo Software after evaluating their products in depth.

We found their solution to have all the features that will deliver the highest levels of service in terms of quality and efficiency to our customers and all our stakeholders.

Duo Software was able to deliver the best value to our subscriber management processes.”

President, Digital Initiatives and Corporate Strategy, DEN Vikas Bali said, we are extremely happy with our decision to select Duo Software as our partner for the Subscriber Management System and Contact Centre Management System.