TechWadi

 
TechWadi is delighted to welcome EastNets, a technology company based in the UAE, as the latest TechWadi Sponsor.

EastNets is indicative of the emerging Arab technology companies which are developing technologies and solutions and selling them in the Middle East, Europe and North America.

In particular, we want to thank Hazem Mulhim, Chairman of the Board and CEO of EastNets, for his support of TechWadi and our mission.
 

  Hazem Mulhim – Chairman of the Board and CEO

Having held senior management positions for the past 17 years, Hazem has proven his ability to establish and expand a business structure according to market needs. He has demonstrated the ability to build a new business, introduce new products, penetrate new markets, build various alliances and partnerships in the area, and has successfully implemented projects in various countries.
Hazem was educated in Sofia, Bulgaria, at the Higher Institute for Mechanical & Electronic Engineering. There, he earned his Masters of Science in Electronics Engineering and Medical Electronics. He also earned a Certificate of Advanced Management Program (AMP) from INSEAD, Fontainebleau in France.
 

EastNets Background:

Founded in 1984, EastNets is engaged in the provision of payment and security solutions primarily for the financial, corporate and government sectors. EastNets has strategic presence in the Middle East, Europe and North America providing services to customers across 120 countries. It is a business partner of SWIFT maintaining all five spectrums of SWIFT partnerships (SWIFT Business Partner, SWIFT Service Partner, SWIFT Business Partner Service Bureau, SWIFT Solution Partner, and SWIFT Education Partner). EastNets has other strategic global alliances offering value added payment solutions. It also develops Business Software Solutions, such as Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Anti Money Laundering Applications, SWIFT Empowerment applications, and card Issuing Software.

In the current trends of outsourcing, EastNets has a well established service bureau offering outsourced payment and financial payment solutions and services globally. In 2004 IFIC Kuwait acquired 25% of Eastern Networks BVI. Today IFIC holds board positions along with CEO Hazem Mulhim. As a strategic partner IFIC provides ongoing support to the EastNets executive team.

We are very proud to announce that EastNets Group has acquired SIDE International in 2007. The two companies had been business partners since 2002 reflecting a successful partnership which lead to strategic acquisition.

EastNets Solutions:

Business Software Solutions
EastNets™ has developed a number of business software solutions to cater for different market segments. The product lines include: AML Profiling & Filtering suits, Integration solutions, Kiosk solutions, SWIFT Empowerment with reporting, duplicate detection, recovery solutions, etc. More than 400 established customer references are using these products.
 
Partner Solutions
EastNets™ has established global valued business partnerships such as, SWIFT for financial applications, DoubleTake for high availability and Disaster Recovery solutions, and CheckFree for Reconciliation and Electronic Bill Payment and Presentment Solutions.
 
Integration Services
EastNets™ has developed integration Solutions such as en.finmeX and en.PayGate and other services pertaining to confidential transactions with process efficiency.
 
Portal Services (en.SB)
EastNets™ has established a service bureau offering SWIFT connectivity and application services, Reconciliation and AML Filtering solutions. It has also established portal services as low cost outsourced solutions for the financial and corporate industry.

Contacting EastNets:
 

 
 
http://www.eastnets.com/ 

EastNets - UAE
Tel: +971 4 391-2888
Fax: +971 4 391-8652
uae@eastnets.com
Building 2, Office G02/G03
Dubai Internet City
Dubai, UAE
P.O. Box: 500135 

Company: Questler

Sector: Internet

Country: Jordan

Website: www.questler.com

Contact: Razan Khatib

Questler is an informal learning network with a focus on individuals’ experiences and conversations as the information content from which personal and collective connections are created based on shared interests within diverse contexts.

Each quest in Questler is a mini-blog, where text, links and multi-media files can be put around several types of an informal learning experience be it a query, a discovery, an observation, research, a story or media.

Questler was founded by Razan Khatib, a web technologist & strategist, shortly after Eyad Makhoul, a technologist, Alma Khasawneh whose graduate work at RISD focused on informal learning and social change and Hassan Shahin joined forces. Questler is incubated at Spring Web Technologies and will be spun off into its own company early April 2008.

The next company in our profile series comes to us from Egypt. There have been many companies started in the Arab world to design and maintain websites for clients. eSpace however has moved beyond that to focus on actual software development for the Internet - Web 2.0 in short.

We know that many startups in the TechWadi network are building Web 2.0 services and need help with offshored development services. We hope they will look into the services that eSpace and other similar Arab tech companies have to offer.
 

Company: eSpace for Software Development

Sector: Internet
Country: Egypt
Website: www.espace.com.eg
Contact: Ehab El-Badry

eSpace started when the enthusiastic minds of computer science graduates teamed up with the experience of computer science professors to build a world-class organization that applies and advances technology for the welfare of people and the prosperity of their company. That means that even though technology is our passion, our greatest asset is our people.

We are a software development company based in Egypt and have over seven years experience in software development, specializing in Ruby on Rails, Java, and mobile technologies in general. We have great experience with scaling issues and large-scale web 2.0 applications. Our clients are spread throughout the US and the MENA region, and in the Gulf in specific.  Moreover, we are an agile company, which essentially translates to our belief that our success is entirely based on our clients’ success.

Versatility breeds the dynamic environment in which we work, introducing continuous change, when needed. Just recently, we have started developing our own web 2.0 products, ranging from social networking to Android.

The next company in our series of profiles is from Palestine. Jaffa.Net is another example of a Silicon Valley expat who went back home and founded a technology company. Jaffa.Net develops its own software solutions targeted at the unique needs of the Arab World. They have recently expanded their operations outside of Palestine in countries like Algeria.

Company Profile: Jaffa.Net Computer Systems

Sector: Software
Country: Palestine
Website: www.i-jaffa.net
Contact: Yahya Al-Salqan

 Jaffa.Net Group includes: a software and system integration company, and a Telecommunication company in Palestine established in 1998 putting quality and customer satisfaction as a major objective.

• Jaffa.Net Software portfolio of products include:
• Courts and Case Management solution (Courts.Net) that automates all court and case processes at all kinds of courts.  Courts.Net has been implemented in all the Jordanain and Palestinian Courts.
• Automatic Check Clearing System for commercial banks that makes the bank a Check21 compliant.  The image based check clearing system has been implemented in 70% of the Banking sector in Palestine including the Arab Bank, Bank of Palestine, and Housing Bank to name a few.
• Money Exchange MIS that automates all foriegn currency exchange companies and shops including  the  money transfers.
• School Management and e-Learning Portal, a Web 2.0 for the educational sector.
• Archiving Solution and Document Management System.
• Mobile Billing Solution to utility companies.
• www.weino.com a business directory and portal in both Arabic and English.

Jaffa.Net also owns the Internet Time invention world wide.  The iTime is a unique time for the Internet.

Jaffa.Net Telecommunication provides VoIP operation (termination and origination) in Palestine.  In adition, Jaffa.net Telecommunication is providing broadband solutions to homes, enterprises, and individuals.

At the recent Arab Technology Forum, we were presently surprised to see that a few IT companies from Palestine were able to attend the event and share with our attendees their experiences. It is clearly not easy these days to establish or run a technology company in Palestine - yet we have seen many Palestinian technology entrepreneurs do just that. Many of them are actually veterans of Silicon Valley and returned a while back and have been able to tap into the pool of talented Palestinian graduates. It’s that kind of “can do” spirit that TechWadi wants to encourage.

Company Profile:  PhoenixBird Information Technology & Systems Ltd

Sector:  IT Services

Country: Palestine

website: www.phoenixbird.ps

Contact: Yasser Elshantaf

PhoenixBird Information Technology & Systems Ltd is a pioneering system integrator / Turn key solutions provider that was established in Palestine and its part of International PhoenixBird which located in Germany, Canada and United Kingdom.

PhoenixBird, a company with an innovative spirit, was established with the purpose of helping to buildup IT in Palestine. Through the years, the company united experts in the fields of consultation services, management information systems, and communication networks.

PhoenixBird has been providing quality services in the following areas:
ERP application: Consulting, Implementation, Training and Support, Software Development, Consulting & project management, E-business consulting servers such as B2B and B2C, portals, Communication Systems, Help desk services, Security systems, Internet services (Web design, hosting, and domain reservation).

PhoenixBird is a member of:
Palestinian Chamber of Commerce, Palestinian Information Technology Association (PITA), Arab British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC), and Junior Chamber International (JCI)