Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 28 | Page 10

NEWS SABIS to use Huawei’s Wi-Fi solutions for its school network Lycamobile dials into unified financial management with Infor Lycamobile has invested in Infor SunSystems H uawei has entered into a strategic alliance with SABIS, a global education management organisation, which will use Huawei’s technology to uplift its IT infrastructure on the school and the corporate level. The alliance, which is set to last for two years, will cover all SABIS Network schools located in the Gulf, Levant, Africa, Kurdistan and Europe regions. SABIS school campuses will become more digitally-driven, connecting their cutting-edge SABIS educational software systems using Huawei’s state-of- the-art Wi-Fi 6 technology. Serge Bakhos, Group Vice President – Information Technology and Book Publishing, SABIS, said: “This new alliance is an important step in the ongoing implementation of our Corporate Digitisation Strategy, which will help enhance the connectivity of our devices and solutions throughout our schools, thereby enabling students to study more effectively and more efficiently.” Rony Krayem, CTO, IP Engineering Pro, said: “The versatility of Huawei’s products enables us to design bespoke solutions to meet the unique requirements of all businesses. This alliance will demonstrate the agility and breadth of these solutions to bring a new level of digitisation into the education market and schools around the world.” With Huawei’s unique 5G-powered antenna and algorithm technologies, Huawei’s Wi-Fi 6 helps enterprises build networks without coverage holes, provide services with no waiting time and achieve no packet loss during roaming. I nfor, a global leader in business cloud software specialised by industry, has announced that Lycamobile, the world’s largest international mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), has invested in Infor SunSystems. Set to be rolled out to 24 countries, SunSystems enables consistent visibility of financial figures and inventory stocks for every Lycamobile franchise and subsidiary around the world. This will help save costs by improving control of expenditure and also help enable faster, more meaningful reporting. Infor SunSystems will replace the various financial management systems currently in use across all Lycamobile territories with a unified solution. Following a thorough review of the market, Infor SunSystems was chosen as it offered not only the flexibility of accurate localised tax reporting and language capabilities but also a consistent, single system 10 INTELLIGENTCIO of record for head office reporting, in real-time. The first phase of the rollout will include the UK, France, Portugal and Spain and will be implemented by Lawrence Campbell, an approved Infor service partner. Following the initial phase and a comprehensive knowledge transfer programme, Infor SunSystems will be rolled out to the remaining 20 countries by a project team within Lycamobile. “We have an incredibly broad and geographically diverse portfolio spanning five continents that generates a lot of complexity,” said Michael Landau, Group CFO, Lycamobile. “Each of our companies has unique needs in a range of languages but still necessitate meaningful and consistent data reporting for head office. Infor SunSystems offers the flexibility and standardisation required to deliver the complex international, multi-disciplinary reporting we need.” www.intelligentcio.com