TAHNIAH to Formis Network Services Sdn Bhd who has been awarded a tender to undertake a project to supply, deliver, upgrade, install, configure, implement, manage, test, train, commission and maintain equipment, software and network for an integrated computerised system for the Court (e-KEHAKIMAN) encompassing 166 Courts in five selected States for a total contract sum of RM69,984,014.77.

Continuous Network Advisers Sdn Bhd (CNA) and 3Com Malaysia jointly held a seminar on 1 July 2009 at the Gardens Hotel, KL.

The seminar focused on 3Com's end-to-end solutions which included products of 3Com / H3C and Tipping Point.  3Com / H3C main products are LAN, WAN and wireless based solutions ranging for SMBs to Enterprise class businesses.  Tipping Point is an IPS device that is inserted seamlessly and transparently into the network.

We had more than fifty people at the seminar.  We had two interesting speakers: Mr Orcun Tezel (Technical Director, 3Com / H3C Asia Pacific) and Mr Tony Teo (SE Manager South Asia) who presented the solutions, benefits and direction of 3Com.

We also want to thank Originix Sdn Bhd and MTech Sdn Bhd who assisted in the setting up of the demo equipment.                        

Orcun Tezel speaking on 3Com / H3C                             Tony Teo presenting Tipping Point

            Guests at the event                                                     Guests at the event

We just got back from a simple but significant signing ceremony at our Inland Revenue Board or better known as Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri Malaysia (LHDN). The signing between LHDN and Formis Network Services Sdn Bhd (FNS) is for LHDN's server consolidation infrastructure.
LHDN was led by its Deputy Director General, Dato' Dr Shukor and Pn Rosnah binti Tahir, Pengarah Bahagian Bekalan while FNS was represented by its Managing Director, Rudi Nazaruddin and General Manager, Ahmad Zaki. Also present at the ceremony were our technology partners from Unisys

Busy signing (from left to right) are Pn Rosnah, Dato' Shukor and Rudi. Happily looking on (left to right) are Robert from Unisys, Megat of FNS, Randel and Mike from Unisys.

To the rest of the team at FNS, Congratulations!  And we certainly look forward to  many more signings to come

Press Release

Sterling Commerce and Formis to tap on Malaysia’s Enterprise and Financial Services market

Strategic Partnership to tap on Malaysia’s growing financial services market and

increased need for B2B collaboration solutions

23 June 2008, Malaysia – Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) subsidiary, today appointed Formis Computer Services Sdn Bhd (Formis) as its Strategic Partner in Malaysia. Formis will market, sell and provide after sales service and support Sterling Commerce’s suite of solutions, including the Sterling Gentran Integration Suite, Connect Direct and Sterling Control Center.

The financial services market in Malaysia is expected to grow, with the Malaysian Government highlighting Islamic Banking as one of the key pillars for growth.

Formis will be leveraging on their current customers base to market Sterling Commerce suite of products

“Malaysia is an important market for Sterling Commerce, and our partnership with Formis is a strategic step towards growing our customer base in financial services and large enterprises,” commented Dave Robinson, Senior Vice-President, International Operations, Sterling Commerce. “This is in line with Malaysia’s growing banking and financial services sector and the increased need for B2B collaboration solutions for large enterprises with the Malaysian Government, through MSC Malaysia, promoting Malaysia as a shared services hub,”

Sterling Commerce recently expanded its channel ecosystem and strategy as a step to boost indirect sales through partnerships.

Formis is the first partner in Malaysia to be appointed as part of this new strategy. Sterling Commerce will work closely with Formis and will also be embarking on joint marketing activities.

Wong Wai Wah, General Manager of Formis said, “Partnering with Sterling Commerce allows us to offer our customers a wider and more comprehensive range of solutions.  We are looking at providing solutions that will enhance B2B collaboration for our customers”.

“We already have a large pool of customers in the financial sector such as Bank Negara Malaysia, Great Eastern Life Assurance and Bursa Malaysia. Leveraging Sterling Commerce integration business solutions experience and our understanding of the local market, the partnership would allow us to draw out the core competencies for our clients; helping them optimize IT performance, manage IT complexities and improve the IT processes for greater efficiency. We see this partnership as highly complementary to our business focus and we are excited to embark on this business opportunity.”

Sterling Commerce already works with 93 percent of the financial companies in the Fortune 1000.

Dear Valued Client,

Formis Computer Services Sdn Bhd would like to invite you and your team to an important technology update on

"Supercharge your Business Processes!".

As the corporate world is rapidly growing, information distribution and data are increasing exponentially. In the competitive world, data is the most important asset to an organization. Controlled Business Processes and maintaining efficient workflow creates a differentiator for a successful organisation. Mention data and two important things come into mind - Reliability and Efficiency. Learn how HP Data Storage and ARIGOO Workflow can help you consolidate & protect data, simplify operations and increase productivity.

Register NOW, as seats are limited. Kindly reply to this email.

Thank you.

www.formis.net

Kuala Lumpur, 14 April 2008 - A signing ceremony for the Service Level Agreement (SLA) between Optimal Chemicals (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd  and Formis Network Services Sdn Bhd (FNS) was held at Meeting Room Level 9, Menara Daya Bumi which is the new HQ for Optimal Chemicals.

Optimal Chemicals was represented by En. A Rauff Bin Sarail, IT Senior Manager and En. Yusnizam Azirul Bin Yaccob, IT Senior Executive while FNS was represented by its General Manager, En. Ahmad Zaki Bin Embi and Technical Manager, En. Zulkiflee Bin Abdul Rashid

Through this SLA, FNS will be responsible to support Optimal Chemicals for their newly migrated E-mail system from Lotus Domino to Microsoft Exchange and all the entire Lotus Notes Client to Microsoft Outlook. The SLA is part of Servers and Storage System Expansion for Migration to Microsoft Project that FNS won worth at RM1.9million last year.

What else can we asked for to close our financial year of 2007/2008 than more $$$$ to come in. Congratulations to the Government Unit headed by Business Manager, Megat Mohd Najib &  his team of Account Managers, Rizlan and Sallehuddin and also to the PreSales and Sales Support team  Juzer, Mohd.Aizan, Anizah and Aiza on their recently awarded contract of

1. PC, printer & software supply to Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri worth about RM11.7 million 

2. Server Consolidation Infrastructure for Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri worth about RM10.9 million

3. Integrated Geoscience Information System for Jabatan Mineral dan Geosains Malaysia worth about RM3.5 million

4. PC & peripherals supply to Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur worth about RM1.2 million  

Hoping more $$$$$ to come in the new financial year 2008/2009.

WELL DONE ALL.

As the Financial Services Industry is rapidly growing, few things come into mind - Scalability, Performance, Availability, and Stability. Learn how HP Integrity Servers and POLARIS Finance Origination System can help you consolidate infrastructure, expand operations and generate new revenue streams.

Register NOW, as seats are limited.

 Thank you

An EMC Storage Fundamental Training was organized on Wednesday, 19 March 2008 (9am - 12pm) at the Training Room 2, 10^th Floor, Menara SMI. Following are the matters covered during this session.

- Understanding Customer Pain Points
- Understanding Storage Technologies (Storage 101)
- Introduction to EMC Storage Products
- Discussing Competitive Edge
- Quiz Session

This event was rounded up with an interesting and interactive quiz with the attendees divided into 4 groups of 4 individuals. The winners walked away with EMC premiums. All in all, this was a well received session and it was noted that the participants did indeed enjoy themselves during the Quiz session conducted by the speaker, Mr. Park. Attached are some pictures.

FST organized an event together with Jardine OneSolution (2001) Sdn Bhd for Thursday, 13 March 2008 at OneWorld Hotel. Entitled “VMware Infrastructure for Disaster Recovery”, it was targeted to educate the attendees on how VMware Infrastructure can enable one to recover from disaster so simply and cost-effectively, so much so that it may no longer qualify as a disaster. VMware enables one to recover their IT environment so simply and rapidly, and at a fraction of the cost.

In addition, VMware also unleases one’s IT environment’s hidden potential for disaster recovery by providing:

• Rapid recovery. Deliver recovery on any system without changes or conversions
• Simple recovery. Pool and share resources and consolidate the number of servers by as much as 10 times. Now and in the future.
• Cost-effectiveness. Eliminate costly one-to-one mapping of production and DR hardware.
• Ease of testing. Easily test your disaster recovery plan, without additional hardware or complex setup and cleanup steps.

Attached are some pictures.

A big round of applause to the Oil & Gas team whose now headed by the Assistant General Manager Mohd. Maaruf Abd. Vaheed, as finally the long awaited Petronas DCR (DC Relocation) and Tech Refresh Equipment and Tech Refresh  Service projects from PETRONAS (www.petronas.com.my) are now ours. 

Bringing in more smiles to the team when Fazli, Account Manager for Oil & Gas Unit brings in the Verrari project (The supply, delivery, installation,configuration, testing,commissioning, maintenance and support of high performance computing and graphic servers for PMU) from Petronas Carigali (www.petronas.com.my). 

Bigger smiles when the business in East Coast is blooming ,more projects are in, thanks to the East Coast Account  Manager, Mohd. Hasdi, we have received few projects from Optimal Chemicals (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (www.optimal.com.my)  on servers and storage system expansion for KL office relocation and also servers and storage system expansion for migration to Microsoft project.

 Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd in East Coast has also grant us an IBM Blade center project.

CONGRATULATIONS also to Erni Firdauz, FNS Telco division Business Manager and the rest of his team for bringing in more $$$. They have worked very hard to make sure the  ASON/MESH Network Systems, Next Generation SDH  Fibre Optic Systems, Drive Test Services for 3 years, IMA Cards & NMS Redundancy projects from Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad (www.celcom.com.my) reaches FNS door safely.

Congratulation once again to all for their hardworking and dedication. More $$$ this "Rat" year hopefully.

On the 18th of September 2007, HP held a product launch in Hilton Kuala Lumpur Hotel to showcase its latest model of the HP BladeSystem c3000 Family of products - the HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure, the BL680c and DL580G5.

These new products featured a smaller, denser form factor but without compromising on performance. Participants were encouraged to try the demonstration models that were on display at the event.

Next, talks were held by speakers with regard to all aspects of the servers including an interesting demo and a customer success story.

Guests from Intel, Microsoft as well as HP themselves elaborated on their latest technological developments that were designed and incorporated into the server. Participants were briefed on the latest breakthrough in processors and Microsoft's involvement in High Performance Computing as well as a look at Windows Server 2008.

Having finished the Q&A session with HP, participants were then invited to a 'Buka Puasa' dinner.

The event was well received; a sizeable crowd attended including the presales and sales team from Formis Computer Services Sdn Bhd. The participants went away having gained informative explanation of the benefits of the new products. 

HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure

                                              DL580G5 Server

CONGRATULATIONS to the Government department, headed by the Business Manager, Megat Mohd Najib & his team Senior Account Manager Salehuddin assisted by the  Pre-Sales Support, Badrul (Bad) & Aiza as we have received a LOA from Perbadanan Harta Intelek Malaysia (www.myipo.gov.my ), worth about RM3.4 million for "Projek Pengimbasan Dokumen Paten Dan Cap Dagangan". This is our first deal with MyiPO and looking forward for a better & smoooth start. Well then, this is worth for me and Bad to stay back the whole night in the office, the hard work pays brother!.

This project will be managed by our Project Manager Misrani.

We also received some new accounts from Jabatan Latihan Khidmat  Negara (www.khidmatnegara.gov.my ) for  PC supply and also from Majlis Sukan Negeri Selangor( www.msnselangor.org.my ) on installing wireless AP.  These accounts are under our new department called Security & Defense headed by the newly appointed Assistant Business Manager Akhnaz Zali whom was previously the Account Manager from Government department.

Waiting for more to come......God willing!

Formis Computer Services (FCS) won HP’s “Best Channel Contract” category during the HP Channel Partners Appreciation Day held on 1 June 2007. This award is in recognition of FCS’ achievement in signing some significant value maintenance contracts with HP.

Congratulations to the FCS team who made this achievement possible!

Mr. Wong Wai Wah, FCS’s Sr. Business Manager and Mr. Chong Kam Fook, FCS's Technical Support Manager represented FCS in this appreciation function. In the afternoon, a team building event was organised at the park nearby. The 35 participants comprising HP’s partners and staff participated actively in all the events in the spirit of cooperation and goodwill.

With the recent awarded contract of  "Membekal, menghantar, memasang, menguji, mentauliah dan menyelenggara komputer, pencetak dan perisian komputer secara sewaan " for 3 years to Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri (LHDN)http://www.hasilnet.org.my   worth about RM46.4 million, a contract signing ceremony was held at LHDN's office on 18 June 2007.   

LHDN was represented by Dr. Mohd Shukor bin Hj. Mahfar the Deputy Director General (Operation) and  Datin Noorhayati binti Ismail the Pengarah Jabatan Pentadbiran  while Formis Network Services Sdn Bhd (FNS) was represented by our Managing Director Rudi Nazaruddin and Assistant General Manager Mohd Maarof Abdul Vaheed. 

Let's hope that this project will deliver successfully and together LHDN and FNS will be more prosperous in the years ahead.

Formis Network Services (FNS) together with their network solution partner HuaWei Technologies (www.huawei.com) joined forces to organize a two days  technology update and project workshop for Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad (www.celcom.com.my). The event was successfully held at PNB Darby Park, Kuala Lumpur on April 18  and 19, 2007.  

 At this session,  participants attended are Celcom staffs who are involved in the recent awarded Next Generation SDH Fiber Optic Phase 1 project, value at RM12 million. During this event the team learned more on Huawei Technologies' solutions and concepts. In addition they also discussed the project implementation and the current progress.

It was a successful event as there was good interaction and questions raised between speakers and participants.It is apparent that apart from learning everyone had an enjoyable time. Hoping to get more from Celcom.   

The Network Engineers of Celcom enjoying their lunch at 39 Restaurant together with some FNS Managers.

 The tagline "Business In Motion", certainly fits the business model of Axway Inc (www.axway.com), a leading global provider of collaborative business solutions, with its corporate headquarters based in Arizona, USA. Axway's Director & Area Manager were in town to conduct a brief company & product presentation to their Partner in Malaysia, Formis Computer Services (FCS), on 25th April 2007. The session was attended by the Sales & Presales Team at the 10th Floor, Menara SMI.

Axway is the pioneer and leader in collaborative business solutions that integrate applications, divisions, employees, customers, partners and regulatory bodies. Their products are offered under the brand name "Synchrony".

Paul Low(on the right), the Regional Finances Services Industry Director, gave an insight into the company's history and solutions, while Richard Oon (on the left), the Area Manager, deals with the commercial aspect of the business, especially within the Southeast Asia region. Both are from the Singapore office.

With the support and guidance of Axway, FCS will definitely benefit from this industry leader to penetrate the Financial Services Industry.

To better service the businesses in MINDEF and KDN, Formis Computer and Communication (FCC) have taken in two new staff. They are En Irwan bin Ismail, Business Manager  and Account Manager Puan Shaerein binti Ismail.

Shaerein was with Microcorp Technologies Sdn Bhd and was the Account Manager of the sales team before taking up this new challenge at FCC.

Irwan has been in the IT industry since 1997 and prior to joinng FCC, he was working as Head of Sales with Meganet Communications Sdn Bhd.

The Ministry of Information of Brunei Darussalam has chosen Tera Digital Publishing for their new Editorial System. The Ministry of Information of Brunei Darussalam is responsible for producing Pelita Brunei, which is Brunei Darussalam's official Government Gazette.

Tera Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd  (TAP) is the regional distributor of TERA suite of publishing sofware. With the official order sealed on the 23rd of March 2007, it is a another great testimony to TAP's capability to be chosen as the technology partner for the core Editorial System with Brunei's Ministry of Information.

In addition to Pelita Brunei, the system will also be used to produced other publications under the  department.

The commissioning of Pelita Brunei project will mark TAP's 5th customers in the Asia Pacific Region and will add to the existing 270 over customers worldwide.

Mohamed Ma'aruf from Formis Network Services Sdn Bhd's (FNS) reported that FNS' Government Business Unit scored big time by winning an open tender to supply and lease PCs to Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri Malaysia (LHDN). The three-year lease to supply 10,000 workstations and 2,000 Samsung and Lexmark printers is worth about RM 48 million. FNS received the award from LHDN in early January. FNS won against competitors Mesiniaga, PERNEC, Solsis and Felda's Prodata among others.

LHDN, a customer of FNS since 2003 awarded FNS which partnered Hewlett Packard in this megadeal. For HP, this represents the biggest single customer deal for PC workstations worldwide. Previously, FNS supplied of Dell PC's for this customer. The winning team comprised Megat Mohd Najib, Akhnaz Zali, Roslan Jaffri, Juzer Zakri and Hasmi Amin. Well done, guys!

Reports from Mohamed Ma'aruf suggest that Formis Network Services is in for a telco boom in FY 2006/07.  CELCOM awarded two projects to FNS in December 2006, a Next-Gen SDH (NG-SDH) network for RM 16 million and Multi Protocol Layered Switch (MPLS) for RM 5 million.

FNS partnered Huawei for the two deals. Congratulations are in order for the Account team comprising Erni Firdaus, Business Manager, two Account Managers William Lim and Zurita Bahudin and of course, support from Roslan Jafri, Technology Manager. Keep up the good work!