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| 18 April 2006 |
 SMS
Xprez is the "right choice" for Right Choice Securities Pvt. Ltd. |
  Kolkata,
India, April 19, 2006: SMS Xprez, Ontrack's flagship business
communication software, has started on a positive note this fiscal. Right
Choice Securities Pvt. Ltd., a reputed Investment Consultancy firm in Eastern
India, has opted for the product for promoting their value added services.
Right Choice will deploy SMS Xprez to promote new fund offers to their existing
customers. Further, they have plans to use the product for promoting their
upcoming value-added services like NAV alerts, Portfolio valuation alerts etc.
Right Choice Securities Pvt. Ltd. is a pioneer in the field of Investment
Consultancy in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand. Being the first such company
in the region, Right Choice has gained a strong footage as a Corporate
Investment Consultancy House. It announced its presence in Kolkata in the year
2001. The company has evolved to be a one-stop Investment & Financial services
provider, enjoying the confidence of a strong customer base in Eastern India
consisting of investors and sub-brokers.
Rajarshi Basu Roy, Product Manager-SMS Xprez, commented that the product holds
strong potential for the Investment and Stock Broking vertical. Companies
operating in this vertical always need faster response to the continually
changing financial market scenario. SMS Xprez will give them the needed
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) edge at the least cost, Rajarshi
observed.
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| 5 April 2006 |
| SMS
Xprez to help Metro Railway, Kolkata in managing emergency situations |
 Kolkata,
India, April 5, 2006: SMS Xprez is all set to help Metro Railway,
Kolkata, India in addressing emergency situations. The flagship business
messaging solution from Ontrack will be used to send critical information at
the time of emergencies to concerned Officials.
Time always plays a critical role in any sort of crisis management.
Conventional mediums failed to address this very need efficiently, delaying the
restoration of services. SMS Xprez will be deployed for sending emergency alert
messages from Central Control of Metro Railway Kolkata, thereby cutting down
both response time and costs. By using the “Address Book” feature
of the product, Officers, Engineers and Managers have been grouped according to
the responsibilities handled. Depending upon the crisis, the operator at the
Central Control will select the concerned group and issue an alert message for
immediate action. Metro Railway, Kolkata, hopes to tackle emergency situations
much better in this way at the least cost.
Metro Railway, Kolkata, is the first underground Metro Railway in India. It
covers a stretch of 16.45 km from Dum-Dum in the North to Tollygunj in the
south. The construction began in 1972 and was completed progressively by 1995.
With each train being able to carry over 2550 passengers under a pollution-free
environment, Metro Railway is often described as the "pride of Kolkata".
Commenting on the deal, Rajarshi Basu Roy, Product Manager-SMS Xprez, stressed
upon the potentials of the product in handling emergency situations. Crisis
management is fast becoming an applicability area of SMS Xprez, observed
Rajarshi. He further envisaged that association with the "pride of Kolkata"
would catalyse the growth of the product in the days ahead. |
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| 29 March 2006 |
| Jotun
Paints revisits Ontrack for SMS Xprez |
 UAE,
March 29, 2006: Jotun Paints, one of world’s leading
manufacturers of paints, coatings and powder coatings, has revisited Ontrack
for installation of SMS Xprez at five more locations. SMS Xprez,
Ontrack’s flagship business messaging solution, was installed at the
customer’s Dubai location earlier in the month of December 2005.
The product was deployed at Jotun’s Dubai location for generating
prospects for its Multicolour Centres. The deployment of the product would help
Jotun in retaining and rewarding existing customers and also in increasing its
market share through product promotion and branding.
The success of SMS Xprez at Jotun’s Dubai location has prompted the
client for procurement of the product for its Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait,
Oman and Qatar centres.
According to Rajarshi Basu Roy, Product Manager- SMS Xprez, the confidence
shown by the client on SMS Xprez can be considered to be the greatest reward a
Product Manager can expect. The credibility of the product coupled with some
excellent Customer Relationship Management (CRM) from the Ontrack UAE Sales
Team was the key behind customer’s trust, Rajarshi observed. |
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| 24 March 2006 |
| SMS
Xprez to be part of loyalty solutions offered by Loyalty Inc. |
 UAE,
March 24, 2006: SMS Xprez, Ontrack’s flagship text messaging
product, is going to be a part of brand loyalty solutions offered by Loyalty
Inc., a full service loyalty company from the Middle East.
Loyalty Inc. is headquartered in the commercial hub of Dubai, UAE. The company
provides loyalty solutions to almost all verticals like retail, franchise,
manufacturing, distribution & dealership etc. Loyalty solutions are
provided in the form of smart card, magnetic stripe, plastic card etc.
Solutions from Loyalty Inc. have the track record of helping its clients in the
acquisition, re-acquisition and retention of customers for their clientele.
The customer plans to deploy SMS Xprez towards promoting the products and
services of its clients.
Commenting on the achievement, S. Hamdan, Associate Vice President-GCC Sales
talked at length about the potentialities that SMS Xprez holds in improving
brand loyalties of all types of organizations. As in today’s dynamic
market scenario the importance of brand loyalty as part of Customer
Relationship Management (CRM) cannot be overlooked, SMS Xprez is fast becoming
a low cost solution of choice- Hamdan observed.
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| 23 March 2006 |
| SMS
Xprez to augment information infrastructure at Abu Dhabi Securities Market |
UAE, March 23, 2006: SMS Xprez, Ontrack’s
flagship product, has already started gaining acceptance from the booming stock
trading industry. Ontrack UAE’s order from Abu Dhabi Securities Market
(ADSM) only justifies the trend. The scope covers installation of SMS Xprez
Enterprise version 3.50 for five concurrent users, one Short Message
Peer-to-Peer Protocol (SMPP) Gateway connection, one Global System for Mobile
Communications (GSM) phone connection and one Agent Service.
ADSM communicates all kinds of relevant information to all investors and
parties interested in the UAE stock market all over the world. It acts as a
gateway to the investment opportunities in store at the Abu Dhabi Securities
Market. The organization invests heavily on Information and Communication
Technologies for making relevant information available to present and potential
investors.
SMS Xprez will be utilized as a tool to transmit stock-relevant information to
interested parties on demand at relatively lower operational costs.
S. Hamdan, Associate Vice President-GCC Sales was satisfied about the
product’s acceptance in the flourishing Stock Trading industry. With more
and more investors getting interested in stock market investments, deployment
of SMS Xprez will be an ideal measure to cut down communication costs for Stock
broking firms, Hamdan observed. |
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| 28 February 2006 |
| SMS
Xprez becomes the messaging solution for call centres at Aramex |
 UAE,
February 28, 2006: Ontrack UAE has secured an order for SMS Xprez
from Aramex, UAE. The flagship product of Ontrack will be an integral part of
the information infrastructure at Aramex call centres.
Aramex started its corporate journey in 1982. It has evolved to be one of the
leading express transporters in the Middle East. In June 1997, Aramex became
the first Arab-based international company to have their shares traded on the
NASDAQ stock exchange. Today, the company offers high-end express courier
services to several countries across the globe through strategically located
offices in major cities. The company’s service portfolio consists of
international and domestic express delivery, freight forwarding, logistics and
warehousing to publication distribution and specialized shopping services.
S. Hamdan, Asst. VP-GCC Sales, Ontrack Systems (UAE) Ltd. was satisfied with
the client’s perception about SMS Xprez. He further observed that in the
express transportation industry, SMS Xprez holds tremendous potential and that
the product will go a long way in augmenting the information backbone at
Aramex.
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| 19 January 2006 |
| SMS
Xprez to form part of information infrastructure at Al Fardan |
 UAE,
January 19, 2006: Ontrack UAE has bagged an order for developing a
customized application for Al Fardan, a leading conglomerate of UAE. SMS Xprez,
Ontrack’s flagship business messaging product, will be the backbone of
the proposed application. The application will enable customers of Al Fardan to
obtain money-exchange rates over sms.
Al Fardan is a name to reckon with in the Arabian Gulf. Its initial corporate
venture was pearl trading. The century-old company has earned a lot of
reputation in the pearl trading parlance. It later on went on the
diversification drive and diversified into the Jewellery business. Al Fardan
Exchange was conceived in 1971 and the new organization became the first money
exchange company to provide money exchange and remittance services in UAE. Al
Fardan group has interests in the Real Estate and Retail business domains also.
The solution will comprise of requisite number of product licenses along with
Short Message Peer to Peer Protocol (SMPP) and Global System for Mobile
Communications (GSM) connections. A customized Agent Services and a rich
reporting tool will form part of the solution.
S. Hamdan, Asst. VP-GCC Sales, Ontrack Systems (UAE) Ltd., gave credit to
collaborative marketing efforts behind this order. Rajarshi Basu Roy, Product
Manager-SMS Xprez echoed Hamdan’s feelings and observed that the Money
Exchange market has the potential to become an excellent revenue source in the
days ahead.
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| 20 December 2005 |
| SMS
Xprez to help Jotun Paints in product promotion and branding |
UAE,
December 20, 2005: SMS Xprez, Ontrack’s flagship text-based
business communication tool, is going to aid Jotun Paints in its diversified
marketing activities.
Jotun Paints belongs to Jotun Group, one of the world’s leading
manufacturers of paints, coatings and powder coatings. Headquartered in
Sandefjord, Norway, Jotun has 61 companies and 36 production facilities with an
impressive global presence across five continents.
Presently SMS Xprez will augment the marketing activities of Jotun Paints in
its Dubai location. SMS Xprez will be deployed for new-age sales promotional
campaigns, aiming at increased sales and in pre-empting competition. The
product will also help in creating long-term brand loyalty and to generate
prospects for its Multicolour Centres. Based on data obtained through SMS
Xprez, Jotun plans to reward and retain existing customers. Similar reward
plans await Jotun’s painters and dealers.
Commenting on the deal, S. Hamdan, Asst. VP- GCC Sales, Ontrack Systems (UAE),
said that Ontrack UAE is happy to be associated with global giants like Jotun.
Rajarshi Basu Roy, Product Manager- SMS Xprez, Ontrack Systems (India), has
expressed similar feelings. A whole host of new features are helping our
product to be accepted across a wide range of verticals globally, he observed.
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| 02 December 2005 |
| Ontrack
releases SMS Xprez Enterprise Ver. 3.5.0 |
Kolkata, India, December 02, 2005: Ontrack has
released Version 3.5.0 of SMS Xprez Enterprise application. The flagship
business communication suite offered by Ontrack includes fifteen new
enhancement features in its current version. It also promises to reduce
integration complexities to minimal level.
“Jobs”- one of the key features included in ver. 3.5.0, will make
application process easier than ever. Jobs are easily customisable with third
party applications. Messages in preset forms can be pulled by the SMS Xprez
Enterprise and sent periodically in unattended mode.
Other key features include automatic version upgrade, increased characters per
message, handling of incoming long message, creation of message templates for
various purposes, ease of view of message detail in a separate window and
user-friendly contact groups management.
Rajarshi Basu Roy, Product Manager SMS Xprez, is optimistic about the new
release. He observed that the newly included features will make the product
much more easier to use and will appeal to a broader market segment globally.
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