Kelly upgrades with MCI

Issued by Global Research Partners for MCI
Johannesburg, 30 Nov 2006

MCI, the exclusive distributor for Bond International Software in South Africa and the largest distributor of staffing software in South Africa, today announced that Kelly, South Africa's largest one-stop people specialists, had significantly upgraded its infrastructure as well as the Adapt recruitment product it had been utilising since the late 1990s.

Originally, Kelly installed four regional servers to host the Adapt recruitment software, of which two were based in Johannesburg and the others in Cape Town and KwaZulu-Natal.

In the early 2000s, Kelly consolidated its capability onto a single server but still with separate databases. Recently, a three-tier architecture has been adopted, ie a database server, an application server and a server for the client's software.

As part of this hardware restructuring process, Kelly is also upgrading its Adapt Software to version 9.2.2 and moving from the Unix platform previously used to Microsoft Windows. This means the operating environment within the Kelly Group is now standardised on the Windows platform.

"The upgrade of our Adapt software has enabled us to exploit the scalability, increased functionality and integration tools that are inherent within this new release," commented Gayleen Baxter, Chief executive Officer of Kelly. "We have been successfully exploiting the Adapt software for many years and still believe it is the best product available anywhere in the world in satisfying our needs from a recruitment perspective."

"The above enhancements that Kelly has recently undertaken strengthens the Adapt base that we have here in South Africa," added Aliki Droussiotis, a Director of MCI Consultants. "Bond International is the world's leading provider of recruitment software. It's pleasing to see the leading SA recruitment companies continuing to embrace and exploit this software, which we have been selling, implementing and supporting on behalf of Bond International since 1995."

In addition to Kelly, Accountants on Call and PAG, other members of the Kelly Group (Pty) Ltd, also utilise Adapt software.

For further information, please contact Aliki Droussiotis, MCI: telephone 011 454-3420, fax 011 454-3417, e-mail aliki@mci.co.za.

Kelly

Kelly, established in 1976, is South Africa's top provider of innovative, flexible, customer-centric, responsible people solutions that leverage greater client competitiveness and talent optimisation. It is a black empowered company with a BBB Empowerdex rating.

Bond International Software

Bond International Software Group, based in the UK and listed on the LSE's Alternative Investment Market (AIM), is a pioneer in the development and provision of staffing software, support and consultancy services to the staffing and recruiting industries. Since its foundation nearly 30 years ago, Bond has consistently combined innovation, dedication and market focus to forge ahead of its competitors. Its products and services have achieved prestigious acclaim and are now the market choice of many of the largest and most well respected personnel organisations throughout the world. The group's consistent, visionary perspective has enabled its network of global users to interpret and manage dynamic, complex markets and realise tangible competitive advantage in the race for human capital.

MCI Consultants

MCI Consultants is a South African-based business information systems consulting firm specialising in providing software solutions to the business community, specifically to the financial services and personnel recruitment industries.

It offers a complete solution, which can include project management, consulting services, installation, training and support, packaged software implementations, product development including e-commerce solutions, hardware supply, installation and design services.

The company's approach is to continuously provide solutions to meet clients' changing requirements. It takes pride in delivering excellent customer service and building lasting partnerships with clients.

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