Awards & Achievements
Recognition Of Our Efforts
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23 October 2011: Mannai Corporation strikes twice at the Oracle Partner IT Awards, GITEX 2011
Binu MR (Head of Applications & Exadata) and Moni George (General Manager - IS) receiving the award from Alfonso Di Ianni, Sr. V.P, Oracle EMEA
Mannai Corporation's Software Division, one of Oracle's elite Platinum Partners and the largest Systems Integrator firm in Qatar proudly announces that it has been awarded the Application Partner of the Year 2011 and the Exadata Partner of the Year 2011 awards across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, by Oracle Corporation. This award was conferred upon us at the recently concluded GITEX (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) 2011, an event which is one of the largest and most important ICT events around the globe. GITEX provides a leading platform for industry innovation attracting the biggest names in the IT sector, connecting over 3,500 domestic and international IT vendors with more than 136,000 ICT professionals, held every year in Dubai, UAE. These awards recognize partners, who have demonstrated excellence in delivering innovative solutions with a proven and consistent track record of delivering outstanding IT solutions to the customers. Mannai Corporation was selected out of 1000+ partners from across Middle East and Africa for these two prestigious annual awards and was the only partner to have received two accolades out of the six award categories. It is undoubtedly a great honor for Mannai and Qatar as well as it vindicates Mannai's resolve of introducing latest Oracle business and technology solutions in Qatar while helping its customers in leveraging these technologies and in realizing optimal return from their IT investments.
Mannai Corporation stands proudly as the "Industry Partner of the Year 2010 Runner-Up" for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and "Industry Partner of the Year (2010) - Public Sector" for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, bestowed upon Mannai Corporation during last year by Oracle Corporation.
"These awards are a testimony to our commitment to transform Qatar into a leader in Information Technology amongst the nations across Europe, Middle East and Africa region, in terms of promoting, adopting and leveraging cutting edge business and technology trends and solutions" said Moni George, General Manager - IS, Mannai Corporation. "We would like to thank all our valued customers and partners for their unflinching trust and confidence in Mannai Corporation and for their continued support, which made these momentous achievements possible thus reaffirming Mannai Corporation's position of being among the 'Best in the Business of IT' in the region" said Moni George.
The event was covered in major publications including:
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26 June 2011: Mannai Corporation Recognized as 2011 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year for Qatar
Today, Mannai Corporation proudly announced it has won the 2011 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award for Qatar.The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.
"We are extremely proud to receive this award as they demonstrate the success of our IT initiatives, and our commitment to technology and innovation. The prize endorses all the hard work our software team has put in over the years. We intend to build on this success. We would like to thank all our customers for their trust and confidence in our abilities to deliver reliable, scalable IT solutions, without this we would not have accomplished this great achievement," said Moni George, General Manager IS, Mannai Corporation.
Moni George and Mohammed Qasim receiving the "Microsoft Country Partner of the Year 2011 for Qatar" award from John Roskill, Microsoft Corporate Vice President, at the Microsoft World Partner Conference 2011 held at Los Angeles.
Awards were presented in multiple categories, with winners chosen from a set of more than 3,000 entrants worldwide. Mannai Corporationwas recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services, as well as demonstrating excellent subsidiary engagement in Qatar. The Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award honors partners at the country level who have demonstrated business excellence in delivering Microsoft solutions to mutual customers over the past year. This award recognizes Mannai Corporation as succeeding in effective engagement with their local Microsoft office while showcasing innovation, business impact, driving customer satisfaction, and winning new customers.
"We are pleased to recognize Mannai Corporationof Qataras Microsoft's Country Partner of the Year," said Jon Roskill, corporate vice president, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. "Mannai Corporation demonstrates a commitment to serving its customers, and our strong partnership is core to us winning together."
The Microsoft Partner Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the past year. The awards will be presented in Los Angeles, CA in July 2011 during the World Wide Microsoft Partner Conference.
The event was covered in major publications including:
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03 October 2010: Oracle declares Mannai Top EMEA Industry Partner
Stein Surlien, Senior Vice President, Alliances and Channels EMEA, Oracle, with Moni George, Dy. General Manager - IT, Mannai Corporation at the Oracle Open World 2010, San Francisco
Mannai Corporation, an Oracle Platinum Partner and the largest systems integrator firm in Qatar, has been declared by Oracle Corporation as the Industry Partner of the Year 2010 Runner-Up in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. This was announced at the 2010 EMEA Partner Awards held at the annual Oracle Open World conference at San Francisco. These awards recognize partners who have demonstrated excellence in solution innovation, have a track record of delivering outstanding customer value and have shown commitment to specialization.
Mannai Corporation was selected out of 10000+ partners from across the globe and was one of the two Oracle partners from the Middle East & Africa region chosen for this award. It is undoubtedly a great honor for Mannai to be sharing space with the 'Best In the Business'.
This accolade comes on the heels of the 'Industry Partner of the Year 2010 - Public Sector' (Middle East and North Africa) award bestowed upon Mannai by Oracle earlier this year.
Mannai provides ICT services in and outside Qatar; services outside Qatar are provided under the brand name ManSoft.
Mannai would like to thank all its customers and service partners for their continual support that made this momentous achievement possible.
"This recognition is a testimony to our commitment to transform Qatar into a leader in the international IT industry. With this accomplishment, Qatar stands proudly amongst the nations of Europe, Middle East and North Africa in the IT sphere", said Moni George, Dy. General Manager - IT, Mannai Corporation.
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21 July 2010: ManSoft and Mannai COS Software have been appraised at Maturity Level 3 of CMMI for Development v1.2 by Nihilent Technologies, an SEI-authorized Lead Appraiser
It gives us immense pleasure to announce one of our biggest achievements in recent times. ManSoft Systems Pvt. Ltd. together with the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) arm of our Parent company, Mannai Computer and Office Software (COS) Division, have been appraised at CMMI Maturity Level 3. This is now published on the website of Software Engineering Institute (SEI), U.S.A. Please click link http://sas.sei.cmu.edu/pars/.
The assessment covered operations spread across two countries, India and Qatar. As part of a single appraisal the entire certification process took about 9 months. The successful appraisal across two countries demonstrated better implementation of rigorous practices in our delivery models. It also reinforces the fact that processes followed at ManSoft provide a focused framework to achieve higher levels of service quality, improved schedules and increased user satisfaction.
According to the Mannai management - "The successful appraisal under CMMI for Development model is important for our clients, as it demonstrates the maturity of our processes. This process maturity offers our clients benefits including standardisation of processes and service capability, predictability as well as other benefits."
This achievement strengthens our belief that we never sit on our laurels but continue to move ahead and provide preeminent value proposition in IT Service space and our CMMI assessment is further testament of our ongoing commitment for quality and efficiency. This accomplishment brings in commitment on part of ManSoft to deliver best in class services across the industry, driving overall satisfaction and desired benefits to all our stakeholders.
Our Journey towards CMMI L3
Great team effort, hard work with meticulous planning of Ms. Vinita and Mr. Prasad along with PMO team, Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG) members and all employees of Mannai COS and ManSoft lead to the feat of SEI-CMMI Level 3 maturity appraisal for both the companies. Mr. Moni George's vision and behind the scene support as the sponsor for the maturity evolution is a key contributor for this success.
QMS Definition
This vast process started when Ms. Vinita and Mr. Prasad along with the SEPG team started working on Quality Management System (QMS) by defining processes, templates, check-list, guidelines and standards. This entire activity of QMS definition was achieved in a record time of one and a half months. The first QMS was released in the month of Jan'2010. This continuously evolving framework got further refined and was rephrased as SPINE (Software Process Improvement for attaiNing Excellence). SPINE (as the name suggests) is envisaged as the backbone for all organization processes. This was followed by conducting multiple awareness sessions on SPINE (meaning of process definitions, usage of templates, checklists, forms etc.) to the stakeholders.
QMS Implementation
With the identification of Pilot projects started the journey for implementation of QMS. To keep a track on progress and ensure continuous evolution of QMS, various activities were undertaken. Organization Training (OT) functions were formed for catering to the training needs of the whole organization. Audit group started auditing projects and support functions on a monthly basis. SEPG met fortnightly to discuss the progress on QMS implementation and process improvement suggestions.
Appraisal
External audit (by Nihilent Technology) was conducted in the month of April to verify the extent of implementation and gauge the preparedness of the organization for CMMI Level 3 appraisal. A Practice Implementation Indicator Description (PIID) workshop was conducted for the teams of the pilot projects, subsequent to which, each project under the guidance of PMO, prepared their respective PIID document.
The most awaited final Appraisal for SEI-CMMI Level 3 was conducted in the month of July 2010. This appraisal was conducted by Kiran Chaudhari (Senior Manager- Quality at Nihilent Technologies) and he was ably supported by our SEI-CMMI Ver. 1.2 trained Appraisal Team Members (ATMs) comprising of Prasad Mahamuni, Narendhiran Vijayakumar, Sithick Sahubar, Shashank Vaidya, Bidya Mohanty and Dipal Bhavsar. There was offline verification well as interviews of relevant stakeholders known as Functional Area Representatives FAR members.
On 21st July 2010, Mannai Trading Company WLL (COS Division) & ManSoft System Pvt. Ltd. successfully completed the Final Appraisal for SEI-CMMI Level 3 within record time, covering all eligible verticals and projects.
Mr. Kiran, Nihilent Technologies quotes -
"The best part of Mannai COS and ManSoft is the experienced SEPG Team; since they have past experience, for them the CMMi journey was just to follow the processes and take early action on bottlenecks. Most of the project teams here demonstrate abundant enthusiasm in following a disciplined and defined process framework (The Mannai proprietary QMS Process Framework) to get the best benefits for their projects. The appraisal team was keen to understand weaknesses and the corresponding improvement opportunities to further enrich QMS. As a Lead Appraiser, it was my one of the best experiences to work with such a motivated team"
Kudos to the team - Vinita, Prasad, Hina, Hema, Sruthi and everyone who have contributed directly or indirectly towards this mega achievement.
Well said by Michael Jordan "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships".
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04 July 2010: ManSoft's parent company Mannai Corporation was awarded '2010 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award' for Qatar by Microsoft Corporation
Mannai Trading Company proudly announced it has won the 2010 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award for Qatar. The company was chosen out of an international field of top Microsoft partners as delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology. "Being awarded as the 2010 Microsoft Partner of the Year highlights our commitment to deliver the best-of-breed solutions that address the evolving business needs of our clients. We are honored by this recognition, and this will be a catalyst to our efforts in driving Cloud Computing Solutions from Microsoft in Qatar and the region." said Nabil Khalil, Deputy General Manager - Systems, IT Division, Mannai Corporation.
Awards will be presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen from a pool of almost 3,000 entrants worldwide. Mannai Trading Company was recognized for superior technology, innovation, and subsidiary engagement for the Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award. The Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award recognizes partners at the country level that have demonstrated business excellence in delivering Microsoft solutions to mutual customers over the past year. This award recognizes Mannai Trading Company for demonstrating effective engagement with their local Microsoft office in driving customer satisfaction, innovation, winning new customers, and business impact. "We are pleased to recognize Mannai Trading Company of Qatar as Microsoft's Country Partner of the Year," said Allison Watson, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. " Mannai Trading Company has demonstrated the highest level of excellence and innovation, by combining local market expertise with superior solutions and services that fulfill our customers' needs." The Microsoft Partner Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the last year. Mannai Corporation is one of the leading and diversified public companies in Qatar listed in the Qatar Exchange. Today, Mannai Corporation employs over 3,000 people within its group of companies, which broadly fall into two primary categories: Trading and Services.
Mannai Corporation's diverse range of business areas include engineering services to the oil and gas sector, automotive distribution and service, information and communication technology, home appliances and electronics, travel services, logistics, geotechnical and geological services, facilities management, trading and commercial representation. In the ICT area Mannai offers integrated solutions encompassing network, hardware and software technology.
Please visit www.mannai.com for more information.
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03 March 2010: ManSoft's parent company Mannai Corporation was awarded one of the most prestigious awards from Oracle Corporation - the 'Industry Partner of the Year (2010) - Public Sector' for Middle East & North Africa region
Mannai Corporation's COS Software Division, the largest systems integrator company in Qatar, has been adjudged the 'Industry Partner of the Year - Public Sector for 2010' by Oracle Corporation across the Middle East and North Africa operations. Mannai was chosen for this award from amongst the 1250 global Oracle Partner Network (OPN) community at a glittering award function held at 'The Park Hyatt', Dubai to commemorate the annual Oracle OPN Day celebrations. This coveted award was handed over by Judson Althoff, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Alliances at Oracle Corporation, US to Moni George, Deputy General Manager of Software Division at Mannai Corporation, Qatar.
This recognition from Oracle is an endorsement of Mannai's excellence in Oracle Technology and Applications and of the outstanding customer services provided by the company to address the growing needs of the marketplace. This achievement exemplifies Mannai's commitment towards branding and transforming Qatar as a leader in the IT industry. With this accomplishment, Qatar now stands tall among the Middle East and North African countries in the IT sphere.
