An entourage of 12 key managers from Formis Group visited HeiTech Village 2 Data Center on 25 Feb, 2010. Lead by its CEO,  Dato’ Mah Siew Kwok, the team was given a very impressive introduction and visit of the data center, which culminated with a sumptuous lunch complete with the auspicious toss of ‘yee sang”.

En Abdul Halim, the CEO of HeiTech Managed Services Sdn Bhd expressed that the visit is not only to introduce their data center and its services but more importantly to foster a closer working relationship with Formis Group. We certainly look forward to meeting that objective and have a great 2010 together.

After 2 years absence, the Avid Roadshow was back on 26 Dec 2009.  This time we brought the whole suite of products to showcase Avid's new releases for year 2009 to our customers. The roadshow was held at Sime Darby Convention Centre. We collaborated with our local resellers DTA and Digital Aspect making the event much bigger in terms of Avid's customers spread.  The response was really encouraging and we certainly look forward to another show next year!!

Bringing together presales from the Formis group in an informal way at Christmas created a pleasant environment to get to know each other better. Formis Computer Services - Presales Division organized a lunch gathering as a gesture of thanks to those who worked with us over the past year. Each company briefly introduced their core competencies. We had the pleasure of having presales or their Reps from each company represented – FST, CNA, DGB, CLS, Tera, FNS, FSSB, ABS, FBS and ISS.

In the spirit of Christmas, this lunch was a personal sponsorship. Some home-cooked food, pizza, fruit cake, butter cake, and a Gift Exchange lightened the spirit.

More than 50 senior management staff of both ISS Group and Formis Group gathered for a half day familiarization session on 3 December 2009.

Mr Harald Weinbrecht the Chief Executive Officer of ISS led the ISS Group with a corporate overview, followed by the respective presenters representing ISS Malaysia, ISS Singapore, ISS Thailand and Cogent.

Formis Resources Berhad was introduced by its Managing Director Mr Chan Ngow while Dato’ Mah the Chief Executive Officer concluded the session with a closing remark.

The 13 active IT subsidiaries of Formis were introduced individually by its head of company or its designated presenter . It was a heavy half-a-day  in terms of number of presentations but albeit a useful and interesting session.

On 21st October 2009, FORMIS BASS Software hosted its Solutions Day at Shangri-la Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

Themed ‘ The Time Is Now - Aligning IT / IS with your business in coping with the financial crisis and the challenges beyond ‘, the event that was specially put together for the financial services industry drew fairly good response from the banking, insurance and securities sectors.

The industry experts talked on industry best practices, investing in practical solutions and the right technology to help lower costs and deliver results - more so now than ever to weather the prolonged economic downturn.

Networking was in full swing during the breaks, lunch and solutions showcase session. Some of the solutions showcased were our partners’ systems ( RMSS’ Enterprise Risk Intelligence, QlikView’s Business Intelligence, InfoConnect’s Workflow and Imaging System, Four J’s Genero, IBM and ECS ) and FORMIS BASS’ home grown insurance, securities and banking solutions.

The event concluded with a grand draw with the lucky winners walking away with a HP mini notebook and a Garmin.

The event was well received by participants. ( based on positive feedback ) On the whole, it was a successful day, in terms of turnout, presentation and opportunity to meet and network with participants from the Financial Services Industry.

A big THANK YOU to our partners and sponsors RMSS, Qlikview, Four J’s, InfoConnect, IBM, ECS and Avnet for making this event possible.

Check out Bernama’s mention of the event : http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=448554

We are happy to announce and welcome Ms Mah Xian-Zhen to Formis Group.
 
Xian-Zhen holds two portfolios ;  Director of Wang Corporation Sdn Bhd as well as Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer of Formis Resources Berhad.

Xian-Zhen, a graduate of Wellesley College, USA  is also a qualified lawyer who was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2006 and admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2007. Prior to joining Formis Group, she was a Legal Assistant in Shook Lin & Bok. 

Xian- Zhen also has an array of work experiences ranging from volunteering in various grass-roots and non-governmental organisations both locally and abroad to working as a research intern at the Institute for Strategic & International Studies. Xian-Zhen is fluent in English, Mandarin, Malay and Spanish.

 

The Malaysian Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) recently held its “1 e-GOV Conference 2009”  in Putrajaya International Convention Center (PICC). In conjunction with the conference, a mini expo was held and Formis took the opportunity to showcase the “e-Court” solution.

Formis Resources Bhd (FRB) announced it is divesting its 90% subsidiary Diversified Gateway Bhd (DGB) to ISS Consulting Solutions Bhd (ISS) for RM99 million, under a corporate exercise that will give FRB control of ISS, a company listed on the Ace Market of Bursa Securities.

The proposed sale consideration for DGB will be satisfied via the issuance of 990 million new ISS shares of 10 sen each to Formis Holdings Berhad or its nominee, resulting in a reverse takeover of ISS by FRB whereby FRB will hold 73.02% stake in the enlarged ISS. The share sale agreement for DGB was concluded at a signing ceremony held on 12 October 2009.

FRB is also proposing to distribute 185.9 million or 13.7% of the new ISS shares to its shareholders on the basis of one ISS share for every one FRB share held, reducing FRB’s stake in ISS to 59.3%.  FRB Group expects to realize a gain on disposal of approximately RM58.19 million (before consolidating the ISS Group with DGB) upon completion of the disposal.

(Photo-From Left to Right : Mr Harald Weinbrecht-CEO of ISS, Mr Jeremy Loo - Chairman of ISS, Dato’ Mah - CEO of FRB, Mr Lau Chi Chiang –MD of DGB, En Ahamad Khalid – Director of FRB, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Megat Najmuddin – Chairman of FRB and Mr Robin Lim – ED of DGB)

When it comes to festive seasons, no matter how busy one is, we should not neglect those who are in need and who are less fortunate.

In conjunction with the Mid-Autumn Festival, Formis Computer Services Sdn Bhd (FCS) Sports Club paid a visit to the Kuala Lumpur Lion Renal Centre at Jalan Ipoh on 1st October 2009.

The group, led by Mr. Wong Wai Wah, FCS General Manager, was greeted by En. Azman, Chief Nurse.  We are happy to note that our boxes of mooncakes were received wiith a big smile.

Wang Corporation Sdn Bhd (WCSB) though incorporated in 1975, was deployed into the technology business of Formis Group in August 2009. It is principally involved in all aspects of software development, systems integration and other related services, amongst which is the implementation of the “e-Kehakiman” project. Some of WCSB’s other core competencies cover:

• Customized Electronic Filing Systems
• Digital Audio-Video Recording Systems
• End-to-End Solution Integration
• IT Consultancy and Advisory Services
• IT Project Management
• Queue Management Systems
• Software Development and Implementation
• Total Systems Maintenance and Support

Formis Resources Berhad held its 9th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 9 September 2009. Chairman Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Megat Najmuddin said at a press conference after the AGM, that the Group which turned around with a profit before tax of RM15.6 million for the financial year ended 31 March 2009, continued to perform positively in the first quarter with a profit of RM4.83 million for the period ended 30 June 2009. Tan Sri is confident that earnings will be strong in the remaining three quarters of the financial year.

From left to right:  YBhg Datuk Rahim Baba (Director), Ms Wong Pooi Lam (Executive Director), YBhg Dato’ Mah (CEO), Mr Chan Ngow (Managing Director), YBhg Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Megat (Chairman), Ms Lim Shook Nyee (Co Secretary), Mr Au Yong (Director) and En Ahmad Khalid (Director).

The New Commercial Courts (NCC) were launched on 1st September 2009 by YAA Tun Dato' Seri Zaki bin Tun Azmi, Chief Justice Malaysia. A simple launch ceremony was held at Kompleks Makhamah Kuala Lumpur witnessed by guests/ representatives from the Bar Council, Pemudah and the local media. 

Photo on the left shows the main entrance of Kompleks Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur on the day of launch.

Photo on the right captures the Chief Justice Malaysia, YAA Tun Dato' Seri Zaki bin Tun Azmi (facing camera) and YAA Tan Sri Arifin bin Zakaria. Partially hidden is YA Dato’ Md Raus bin Sharif.

From left to right – Mr. Joseph Liow (FCS-Business Manager), Mr. Kang Shin (Koscom-Manager,Global Business Team), Ms. Quein Nam (Interpreter) , Mr. Wong Wai Wah (FCS-General Manager), Dato’ Mah (Formis-Executive Vice Chairman & CEO), Mr. Paul Kim (Koscom-Chief Executive Officer), Mr. Yoon Kyung (Koscom-Manager, Exchange IT ) , Mr. Koh Kuan Sing (FCS-Head Prof Services), Mr. Kim Gye Young (Koscom-Sr. Manager), Mr. Jacky Cheong (FCS-Account Manager)

Formis Computer Services (FCS) recently had the pleasure of a courtesy visit by Koscom. Koscom is a professional Financial IT solution firm established in 1977 by the Ministry of Finance and the Korea Stock Exchange to computerize the securities markets and related industries systems. FCS and Koscom are business partners.

The Chief Executive Officer of Koscom, Mr. Paul Kim and his team Mr. Kang Shin, Mr. Yoon Kyung, Mr. Kim Gye Young and Ms.Quein Nam were in Kuala Lumpur for the official launching of Commodity Murabahah House (CMH) by Bursa Malaysia.

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.

A business presentation themed " Virtualize Your Business" was held recently at the newest hotel in Putrajaya, Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside on 14 July 2009. This jointly organised event between HP (www.hp.com) & Formis Network Services (www.formis.net) was a success as we managed to gather guests from various government sectors.To name few, they are Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia (www.jpa.gov.my), Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Malaysia (http://agrolink.moa.my).

"Virtualize Your Business" was picked as a theme as currently thousands of enterprises are adopting server virtualization technologies. This synergistic combination of storage, networking and computing virtualization has created a new category of infrastructure software called virtual infrastructure. Virtualization tools such as Citrix XenServer provides the only production-ready server virtualization suite available today.

It was our hope that this event be a roadmap in facing the challenges of IT today.

Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday …. The day that FCS Sports Club Members look forward to every week.

Every Wednesday evening, it is sweating time for the Sports club members. Why? Because it is “Badminton Day”!! An excellent exercise for office workers like us. No more thinking about work. Just want to work-out and have some fun.

Managing today's newsroom is becoming more and more challenging, especially given the economic downturn, IFRA Newsroom Summit Asia provides insights on how some of the most innovative newsroom around the world are coping with these challenges. (www.ifra.com)

Tera Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd (TERA) together with its principal Tera Digital Publishing (TDP) put up a booth at IFRA Newsroom Summit Area which was held in Istana Hotel, KL on 8-9 July 2009.

TDP's Worldwide Marketing Manager, Mr John Vincent Juliano presented his view on Newsroom and Content Management.

From Tera, we had a strong team comprising our Hamdan (GM), Bernard (Technical Consultant) and Pow Chwee Meng (Business Development) to man the booth.

We managed to gather a few leads for potential customers at this even.  Let's try to convert them to sure deals.

Listening attentively to the presentation.

(From left to right) Dato' Hussamuddin Yaacub of KarangKraf (SINAR Newspaper), John Juliano (TDP) and Bernard (Tera)

The Edge and Financial Daily today highlighted Formis’ participation in the forthcoming “The Edge- Bursa Malaysia Rat Race 2009”. Check out our colleagues and CEO who will be running the race. ( http://www.theedgemalaysia.com/business-news/129108-join-the-61-teams-that-have-signed-up.html).

From Left to Right:

Hariharan-System Engineer
Wee Teck Poh-Technical Consultant
Yap Yee Wai-Technical Project Manager
Liew Say Mooi -Accounts Executive
Catherine Wan-Section Head HR

The Rat Race will be held on Tuesday, 11 August 2009.