BWI: His Royal Highness Prince Philippe of Belgium & His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Steven Vanackere, Inaugurate the India office of Ferranti Computer Systems

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Ferranti Computer Systems
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 04:09 PM IST (10:39 AM GMT)
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His Royal Highness Prince Philippe of Belgium & His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Steven Vanackere, Inaugurate the India office of Ferranti Computer Systems


Gurgaon, Haryana, India, Tuesday, March 23, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Ferranti Computer Systems N.V. today announced the formal opening of its Indian operations by His Royal Highness Prince Philippe of Belgium, together with His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Steven Vanackere. HRH Prince Philippe is in India leading a week long economic mission to promote and encourage bilateral ties and economic links between India and Belgium

Ferranti Computer Systems is an IT system solutions provider, offering comprehensive solutions to select market segments. In India, the company is focused on the energy utility markets that includes the regulated and deregulated utility industry covering gas, water and electricity. The establishment of the India office is strategic move to serve the local market and is happening at a key moment in the development of the Utility sector in India. Utility companies today need customer-oriented approaches, differentiated products and new services to fulfill the challenges of the new digital economy and to remain competitive.

Ferranti has already mapped its software solution to provide a standard blueprint for the Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (APDRP), a US $12 billion government project aimed at modernizing and IT-enabling India's entire distribution infrastructure by reforming and improving the existing infrastructure and supporting systems.

Ferranti's office in India will support local partners in selling, implementing and supporting the MECOMS® platform developed by the company, that helps streamline complex operational processes in the Utility industry. MECOMS is the only platform that is certified for Microsoft Dynamics AX in the Utility industry for the Meter-to-Cash and Meter Data Management processes.

Speaking at the formal opening of the Ferranti Computer Systems office, Richard Nijkerk, Ferranti India Chairman & Executive Director Nijkerk Group said, "We are honored to have HRH Prince Philippe and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Steven Vanackere grace our office facility and make this a special occasion." He further adds, "Ferranti and our MECOMS platform is indicative of the many successes in the Belgian knowledge industry over the past years. We offer more than 30 years experience of delivering complex mission-critical systems to the energy and utility markets. Our technical expertise, knowledge of information systems and understanding of the business processes in these markets puts us in a leadership position to offer the Indian market, the IT services they need."

Strategic Partnerships:

Ferranti Computer Systems maintains strategic partnerships with key technology providers, including Microsoft, Computer Associates, Cisco, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, Citrix Systems and Industrial Defender.

About Ferranti Computer Systems

As a leading IT systems integrator Ferranti Computer Systems offers quality IT products and services for the Energy & Utilities markets. For global reach the operations has facilities in:

-- Belgium, supporting the EU, CIS and the Americas
-- India, supporting India, Asia and the Middle East

MECOMS is the reference end-to-end Customer Information System and EDM solution that empowers utility companies to optimize their business in both regulated and de-regulated market environments. It allows companies to streamline and manage processes such as financial management, metering, contract management, CRM, billing and cash collection, and forecasting. MECOMS is certified for Microsoft Dynamics AX and is highly scalable and modular, providing the flexibility to quickly adapt to changing market conditions.

Leading market analysts Gartner and IDC have recognized the strength of MECOMS and have each published extensively on MECOMS.

For more information, see www.ferranti.be and www.mecoms.in

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CONTACT DETAILS
Sarica Rana, Ferranti Computer Systems, +91 (124) 4717878, Sarica.Rana@ferranti.in
Kruti Arora, +91 (11) 43151224, krutiarora@gmail.com

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