Venue: Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Dubai - Hall No 8, Stall No: B8-2
SIERRA, is participating in GITEX for the 2nd successive year and the show is scheduled to be held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Dubai from Sunday, 18th Oct 2009 to Thursday, 22nd Oct 2009.
SIERRA is showcasing its flagship product – eFACiLiTY - Enterprise Facilities Management System (http://www.efacility.in) with newly added modules & features providing more automation capabilities like scheduling & controlling of HVAC, Lighting, Security Systems via integration with popular Building Management Systems (BMS). eFACiLiTY – Enterprise Facilities Management Software is multi lingual web-based application comprising of many modules like Asset / Maintenance Management System, Facilities Booking System, Visitor Management System, Time & Attendance System, Helpdesk / Knowledgebase System and Tenant Billing System.
SIERRA also provides Microsoft SharePoint Development Services to enterprise clients and software companies and will be showcasing its SharePoint capabilities in addition to Microsoft .NET development using C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Web Services, Silverlight and WPF technologies. SIERRA’s expertise in PDA / Mobile Application development along with Web Application Development and Windows Forms Application Development will also be exhibited.
SIERRA had recently developed a tool to automate the conversion and migration of Visual Basic 6.0 code to VB.NET that can be of great use to companies using legacy Visual Basic applications to migrate to .NET very quickly and this will be available for demonstration during GITEX.
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The solutions displayed at the booth will cover a wide spectrum of domains including Facility Management, Pharma, Agro, Manufacturing, Engineering, Government, Large and medium Enterprises and more.
SIERRA has achieved Microsoft Certified Partner status and is aiming to achieve the Gold Partner Status very soon. eFACiLiTY? has been certified by Microsoft to work with Microsoft Windows 2008 Server and MS SQL Server 2008.
SIERRA prime focus during GITEX is to look for partners / resellers in Middle East and Africa regions to reach to these markets to support its existing clients and also reach out to new customers and markets.
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SIERRA achieves Microsoft Certified Partner Status
SIERRA distinguishes itself by earning Microsoft competencies in ISV/Software Solutions
Coimbatore, India – September 22
SIERRA ODC Private Limited is pleased to announce achieving the Microsoft Certified Partner status. This recognition by Microsoft reflects SIERRA's technical expertise dedicated to designing powerful, reliable, and cost effective software solutions based on Microsoft Technologies.
The Microsoft Certified Partner Program is designed to recognize companies that make both a technical and educational commitment to support Microsoft's suite of development tools.
Microsoft provides its Certified Partners with in-depth access to existing and emerging Microsoft technologies and related training and resources to help ensure that they have the technical intimacy needed to deliver quality solutions to the clients. Today, Microsoft recognizes SIERRA for demonstrating this level of expertise and welcomes it as a new Microsoft Certified Partner.
We continue to take strategic steps toward developing closer relationships with technology partners like Microsoft which will make it easier to advance our solutions for building various applications for our customers.
The designation is a result of the continued efforts by the SIERRA’s software development, quality assurance, and technical support teams to achieve additional certifications and attain higher levels of competency with Microsoft software and standards.
In addition, this designation makes SIERRA even more attractive to prospective employees who want to be part of a team developing products using the latest Microsoft tools.
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We all at SIERRA wish you a very happy, healthy, prosperous and very successful Year of 2009!
We are pleased to share with you few of our Success stories and our Thank You notes:
2008 beginning was great for us as we started working with JT International Tobacco , Switzerland which is the 3rd largest industry player to develop & maintain all their software applications world-wide which is a milestone for us. We thank JTI for showing faith in our capabilities and giving us the opportunity to work for them.
Our age old and most important Indian clients Syngenta, Novartis and Sandoz are continuing to work with us and we really feel gratified and want to thank them for continuing to work with us for the past 15 years incessantly.
We successfully implemented our flag-ship product eFACiLiTY - Enterprise Facilities Management Software for Sodexo for managing their clients across India. We thank Sodexo for their excellent support in implementing the system.
Alghanim Industries - Kuwait, Ministry of Health - Kuwait, Pacific Controls - Dubai (the first Platinum rated Green Building in the Middle East), Trade Coast - Australia were some of our key implementations of our facilities management software through Tridium Asia Pacific. Tridium has been a great partner to work with and we thank them for the same.
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Our development team is proud to have worked for Osborne Charles Group, USA under the Virtual Offshore Development Center Services (VODC) model in developing the Manufacturing module for the Microsoft Small Business Accounting software that was recently certified by Microsoft. We thank Osborne Group for having given us the opportunity to be a part of this initiative.
Our partnership with DHL has moved ahead and a few projects went live in 2008 and we thank DHL for their confidence in us and providing us the opportunities to work on projects relating to their very important clients.
ERP implementation at Maxwell Industries is a very good case study of our expertise in managing transaction processing at distributed locations while providing excellent control to the Head Office without online connectivity. We thank Maxwell for their cooperation shown in implementing the software and using it so efficiently.
Merck - India and Malaysian Agri Food Corporation are a few prominent new customers of 2008 and we thank them for starting to work with us.
Just in time for 2009! As a part of our continuous endeavor, we've rolled out a lot of new features including the below:
Simple, hassle free, one click eFACiLiTY Installer
Support for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista
New additions to Custom Report Builder & Custom KPI
Enhanced Email and SMS alerts
Improved PDA Module for Asset Tracking / Validation
The soon to be launched features include
IT Asset Management with automatic IT Assets Discovery
Silverlight / Rich Internet Application (RIA) version of the Helpdesk module
Improved Globalized and Localized features
Reports Scheduler for automated reporting
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New Products:
Resume Management Application (RMA): The resumes received via email and submitted online at your website by the prospective candidates can be managed, grouped, classified, searched and retrieved. Useful for internal use as well as HR / Recruitment Companies to manage their resume database for their clients.
Visual Basic 6.0 to VB.NET/C# (2.0/3.5) Migration Tool: Ever innovating team of ours has successfully built a tool that can migrate Visual Basic 6.0 applications automatically with absolutely no or very little manual intervention. This can save thousands of dollars to projects requiring legacy Visual Basic applications migration to the latest Microsoft .NET Framework.
New Vistas in year 2008:
Ruby On Rails (ROR) has been added to our existing arsenal of skills
eFACiLiTY is being migrated to .NET Framework 3.5 under VS 2008
Silverlight, WPF, WCF are some latest technology absorptions
Our participation at GITEX 2008, Dubai attracted over 300+ visitors showing interest in our Products & Services and we thank all of them for their interest in us and hope to work with them in the coming days.
We always believed in partnering with companies across the world to achieve sustainable growth and mutual advantages by combining the strengths of both parties. In 2008 we established synergetic partnerships with companies in Saudi Arabia, Oman and UAE.
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On behalf of all of us at SIERRA, we once again wish you a happy and a prosperous new year. We are looking forward to yet another very exciting year of business in 2009 with all your support.
SIERRA launches eFACiLiTY - Enterprise Facilities Management System
March, 2006: SIERRA launches its eFACiLiTY, the enterprise facilities management system the first of its kind in India. Malaysian Government Buildings, Putrajaya Building Complex, Malaysia and Four Point Sheraton, Sydney, Australia has already started using the software for their Facilities Management needs.
The product is unique in covering the areas of Maintenance Management primarily with well integrated Helpdesk & Knowledge base, Drawing Management, Visitor Management, Time & Attendance System, Facility Booking System, Central Alarms Management with Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
The software product is developed using the Microsoft .NET Framework and a web based system for deployment across the internet or intranet integrating several buildings / facilities of an enterprise and provide information to the facility managers via the simple internet browsers.
The product is seamlessly integrated and also 100% modular and the same can be implemented in modules as required by the organizations.
The software is also multi-lingual ready, supports Oracle 10g / MS SQL Server / MSDE (free version of MS SQL Server) and can be customized for every customer's needs unlike the general products available in the market.
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SIERRA launches eFACiLiTY - Enterprise Facilities Management System
eFACiLiTY also has PDA modules that work on Win CE, SMS / MMS Integration modules, MS Exchange / Outlook Integration modules, Oracle Directory Single-Sign-On / Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) / Microsoft Active Directory based Security Implementation, Business Card Reader integration for Visitors' Registration and Building Management System (BMS) Integration with Tridium's Niagara Framework.
SIERRA is already working with it partners to take the software across the globe and is looking for more partners who could market the product in their regions.
DiGi, Malaysia chooses SIERRA's eFACiLiTY - Facility Booking System
April, 2006: DiGi, Malaysia has chosen SIERRA's eFACiLiTY - Facility Booking System for its new office building complex that will house more than 500 office spaces with many conference halls and meeting rooms.
DiGi Telecommunications is a leading mobile communications company in Malaysia and is coming up with a state of the art facility that will adopt to the Hot-Desking concept. DiGi employees can book / reserve their work spaces, meeting rooms and conference halls via their Intranet.
The facility booking system uses integrated windows authentication & single-sign-on for ease of access and the booking interface can be launched directly from the Microsoft Outlook email client software that is managed by an Outlook Add-In developed using the Visual Studio software.
Users of the system can search for available facilities, book for one or more facilities, order refreshments, invite external & internal attendees via the facility booking system.
The system has a unique Visual Booking interface using which the users can click on the building's floor plan and choose the particular work space or meeting room by highlighting on the floor plan. The availability, seating capacity and other information is available just on moving the mouse over the various facilities.
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DiGi, Malaysia chooses SIERRA's eFACiLiTY - Facility Booking System
The system also has a Visual Designer interface using which the administrator can import AutoCAD floor plans, setup the available conference rooms, meeting rooms and work spaces by dragging and dropping the icons and linking to the facilities master. This will enable DiGi to setup its own visual booking interface for future expansion and do alterations as required.
The project is expected to go live in May, 2006 when DiGi occupies the new office premises.
Kareer.Com.My - Malaysia's Popular Job Portal hits 20,000 registrations in just 4 months
April, 2006:Kareer.Com.My is the Job Portal owned by Malaysia's leading media group, the Kempulan Utusan Group.
The job portal was launched in January, 2006 and gradually improved based on user feedback and within 4 months of its existence it has about 21,000 registered job seekers and about 640 registered employers using the website.
The recruitment portal provides the complete workflow from Job Vacancy Posting, Requesting for Resumes by searching for matching candidates and requesting them to apply, shortlist, conduct online tests using a definable questionnaire, auto short list, interview, do reference checks to final appointment.
The job seekers can register for free and post their resumes online, setup job alerts based on criteria like the industry segment, job position, location, salary range, education level etc. Alerts will be trigged as consolidated / individual emails (as and when a new vacancy is posted) and SMS alerts to their mobile phones. The job seekers while applying can answer the job specific questionnaire which enables the employer to short list based on predetermined criteria easily.
The portal administrator can perform operations like being the moderator of the site, view several statistics like the number of job postings, number of registered job seeker and activate / deactivate job seekers and employees etc.
Perfisio Solutions Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia implemented the project for the Utusan Group and SIERRA provided the solution.
Perfisio Solutions specializes in SMS / Mobile Solutions and the portal provides SMS messages on various workflows.
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