Published Date

24

October 2010
Sunday

Admiral IT Partners with AIUB in Microsoft ERP Learning

Admiral IT Partners with AIUB in Microsoft ERP Learning

Admiral IT Partners with AIUB in Microsoft ERP Learning

A project based partnership between Admiral IT- a Danish software company based in Bangladesh developing solutions under the Microsoft Dynamics NAV platform and the American International University- Bangladesh joined hands to create a pool of human resource. “We see great potential in developing students from AIUB because they are committed towards technological advancement in their educational system. Through the support of the DANIDA B2B program and the Danish embassy we are able to create a step in leading towards “Digital Bangladesh””- says Ed Alcanzare, Head of Marketing of Admiral IT and an Executive MBA student of the said university. Dr. Carmen Lamagna, Vice-Chancellor of AIUB stated “Our objective is to supply the corporate sector with professionals that are able to cope with the international business demands of quality standards and the only way to achieve that is to provide our students training from global experts. Admiral IT’s competency has always been integrating business processes and the technologies that applies to it and we could say that both domains are our focus for learning.” Attila Gajdos a Microsoft Dynamics NAV specialist running Microsoft Partner Development Center based in Hungary expressed his appreciation for the university laboratory. “I was quite impressed with the facility AIUB has provided us. (referring to the Microsoft Lab). Our expectations if not met was exceeded. We needed a facility that could handle complex applications and we never had trouble doing that.”  The training program consisted of existing Admiral IT and ICT Alliance employees and a mix of selected students and faculty. This covered essential parts of operating Microsoft Dynamics SureStep - specialized Methodology used by Microsoft Dynamics project managers. The said tool provides users access to hundreds of documents and templates essential in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as well as structured workflow to assure that the processes are standard with high success rate. After a two whole days of training on Microsoft Dynamics Surestep, introduction to Microsoft Dynamics NAV was initiated. “We see great potential here in Bangladesh for this ERP solution, in fact we already see some organizations using them in Dhaka- one of which is Grameenphone. Their point of sale solution used in their 80 stores countrywide runs on Microsoft Dynamics NAV. And we see great following to that looking forward”- says Marwan Rashid, Admiral IT’s technical lead. In the succeeding days a more rigid training on utilizing the above platforms pushed through. The entire program lasted for nine whole days which began August 27,1010. “As our company is expanding, there is an urgency for us to develop and introduce what we do to the upcoming IT professionals and that is why we are here. We see that there is great potential in development outsourcing here in Bangladesh if we establish a good base for human resource. And we look forward to continue and grow the now established good business relationship with AIUB. Our plan is to continuously commence training at both entry and high level. Skill building is essential for Bangladesh’s ability to act as a player in the international market. And as we are funded by Danida through their B2B program, we are committed to their aim of knowledge transfer.”- says Admiral IT Business development director Frands Sharpe “I currently teach Software Project Management, Windows Programming and ERP courses at AIUB, and hence these courses will get enriched with the inclusion of Sure Step and NAV as learning materials. Students will be able to have a better understanding of the real world scenarios and how solutions can easily be achieved.
Overall, it was a great training and hopefully there’s more like this in the future. “-Syed Ishteaque Ahmed “We get the basic idea about MS Sure Step and MS Dynamics NAV. I think it will help us in future. Truly it widened the horizon of my knowledge and I would like to thank AIUB for hosting the event and creating opportunity for us and special thanks for Admiral IT for organizing the event splendidly.”-
 Rahman Md. Navid a student of Computer Science and Software Engineering and a recent addition to the Admiral IT workforce. Navid is now being trained to pioneer a project on Microsoft Dynamics NAV as a developer for one of the major players in the garments industry. EVA For more information on Admiral IT email at: ea@admiral.dk