Pan Oceanic Bank Solomon Islands contracts Softlogic to be premier technology partner

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Softlogic Information Technologies, one of the premier ICT companies in Sri Lanka and a pioneering subsidiary of Softlogic Holdings, recently secured a multi million rupee project for the delivery and implementation of a core IT infrastructure for Pan Oceanic Bank (POB), Solomon Islands. POB will be Solomon Islands 4th commercial bank to provide a range of banking services to the public. Commenting on the partnership, Pan Oceanic Bank (POB) Consultant Nihal Kekulawala said: “The bank was very particular in selecting the right partner and the POB team required the assistance of Global Management Consultants (GMC) who carefully evaluated all options before selecting the right partner. Softlogic Information Technologies is regarded as one of the pioneers and innovators of the information technology industry in Sri Lanka. We are proud to partner such an organisation, a Dell Premier Partner, an Affiliate EMC partner, an Enterprise VMware partner & a Tier 1 Value Added Partner for Computer Associates in Sri Lanka who exemplified great expertise and service handling the project.” Speaking about this new development, Softlogic Information Technologies Ltd. Director/CEO Roshan Rassool stated: “As the leading IT platform based solution provider in Sri Lanka we are proud to partner with Pan Oceanic Bank and offer our enterprise solutions.” He added that the team has designed a total high -available redundant IT infrastructure that will function 24x7 with no single point of failure. This means even if there is any single device failure in the banks IT infrastructure the proposed design will function without any interruption enabling the bank to conduct its business as usual and offer services to its customers. The system also provides a comprehensive disaster recovery plan to ensure all data of the bank is protected and replicated to a disaster recovery site to resume business within a matter of minutes. He added: “We have a strong and skilful team who are capable of providing solutions to global standards. There are number of opportunities and challenges that local and international organisations currently face and must be addressed. Not only to meet today’s needs, but to prepare them for the future. Our solutions address the aspects for the enterprise and consider many issues in managing data growth, dealing with security, and training, understanding new regulations and also maximising substantial returns from their IT investments.” Softlogic Information Technologies Ltd. is one of the premier IT companies in Sri Lanka and a subsidiary of Softlogic Holdings PLC, a group of companies which has an annual turnover of over Rs. 25 billion. Softlogic Holdings PLC, rated as one of Sri Lanka’s most dynamic diversified conglomerate in Sri Lanka and has expanded and entered the key growth sectors of retail, healthcare, ICT, automobiles, travel and leisure and finance and insurance, holding authorised distributorships for a number well-known global brands.