Hummingbird humming at Presidency Office

Issued by IA Systems
Johannesburg, 04 Oct 2005

IA Systems, the exclusive South African distributor of Hummingbird Enterprise Content Management, has completed an implementation of the Hummingbird solution at the Presidency Office.

Daniel Hall, CEO of IA Systems, comments: "We are excited that this project has been completed and that the Presidency can begin enjoying the benefits of using an integrated content management solution."

The Presidency solution incorporates all the elements of an effective ECM system including records and document management, knowledge management, collaboration and business process management.

Hall continues: "The Presidency Office solution is a flagship for us within government in SA. We are confident that as other government departments and organs of state review this implementation, they will be excited about the possibilities of doing something similar in their own environment."

Hummingbird diversified its business by acquiring knowledge enabling enterprise software technologies for managing unstructured and structured content. Today, Hummingbird is a leading global provider of enterprise content management (ECM) solutions. More than 33 000 customers worldwide, including 90% of Fortune 100, rely on Hummingbird to link business processes, information and people.

IA Systems

IA Systems implements IT solutions in the enterprise content management and intellectual asset arenas. The company is the sole distributor for Hummingbird, a global leader in integrated enterprise content management (ECM) solutions. Hummingbird is used by more than five million users worldwide and is represented in most countries throughout the world.

IA Systems provides solutions, services and skills in the following areas: Consulting, training, implementation, project management and technology acceptance. The company also supplies the following products into the South African market: Hummingbird: BI; Collaboration; DM; Imaging; RM; Workflow for DM (Routing); Enterprise Webtop (Portal); KM, CIC, CIC SignIt and MetaStorm: e-Work.

IA Systems has partnered with leading partners such as Hummingbird, CS Holdings, DAS, National Archives and Records Services, STP Consulters, The Forest Group Ubuntu and New Dawn Technologies to provide the market with an excellent support platform.

IA Systems is locally owned by its management and is an independent company from Hummingbird.

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