EOH Softworx, a leading business applications provider, was one of handful of selected IBM business partners to attend a recent TM1 “Black Belt” training course.
In recognising the critical importance of a successful TM1 and integrated Cognos software deployment, IBM hosted the course, providing business partners with the best framework to supply optimum software and services.
Sunet Leimecke, EOH Softworx: Principal Consultant, attended the five-day course, and says: “It was a great privilege to be selected to share in this first Black Belt class and contribute towards the class design and structure when it is launched as an official course by IBM.”
The highlight for Leimecke was meeting the original creator of TM1, Manny Perez, as well as other leading product engineers and industry experts. “My knowledge of the advanced techniques will assist with implementations and further differentiate Softworx's service offering.” In addition, Leimecke says ample networking opportunities have allowed for easier access to a larger pool of IBM experts and business partners. “This expertise is invaluable when providing clients with leading edge technology and services.”
Business partners attending the course learned new performance optimisation techniques and are now better able to understand best practice design for large scale or high participation applications. Key learnings also included new product feature details and advanced development techniques and changes to the TM1 software.
Kevin Simon, Director: Softworx Performance Management, says this conference supports the significant IBM developments that the industry is experiencing. “Softworx now has valuable insight and knowledge that will further enhance our offering to clients. As a key business partner, Softworx values IBM's investment in us and in making Cognos TM1 a competitive product in the market,” concludes Simon.
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Softworx
Softworx is a successful South African business applications company that prides itself in being able to deliver world-class products to its extensive customer base, which includes a number of Fortune 500 companies. In addition, Softworx supports clients in industries ranging from manufacturing, retail, distribution and financial, to supporting various government entities. The company is dedicated to marketing, implementing and providing support for its range of complimentary software products to medium and large enterprises that require effective solutions to optimise their business processes.
Softworx has positioned itself as a leading provider of business applications in South Africa, specialising in end-to-end business solutions. The company prides itself on being able to deliver true value to its customers through the implementation of business solutions based on a powerful combination of leading edge products and consultancy. As a wholly owned subsidiary of EOH, Softworx has increased the number of services and products that can be offered to its customers from within the group.
EOH
EOH is a business and technology solutions provider creating lifelong partnerships by developing business and IT strategies, supplying and implementing solutions and managing enterprise-wide business systems and processes for medium to large clients.
EOH operates in the following three clusters of business units as a fully integrated business:
Technology - Through a number of subsidiary companies, EOH is able to sell, implement and support a range of world-class business applications including ERP, CRM, business intelligence, advanced planning and scheduling, e-commerce and manufacturing execution systems (MES).
Consulting - Concentrated under the EOH Consulting brand are business units offering services ranging from strategic and business process consulting, project services, change management, supply chain optimisation and education.
Outsourcing - EOH offers comprehensive maintenance and support of client's IT infrastructure and applications through the rendering of full IT outsourcing, application hosting and managed services. In addition EOH offers full business process outsourcing (BPO) services.
EOH has a presence in all major centres in South Africa and operates in the rest of Africa.
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