He said the system, which was being developed under the World Bank funded e-Government project, would put in place a reliable and secure information technology (IT) platform that would network all public sector organisations to enable them to share information and data to ensure efficiency in government business.
“It essentially focuses on a shared and secured inter-operable government IT architecture which will ensure that IT platforms are more effectively unified, managed and aligned to provide better support for government applications,” Mr Iddrisu said in Accra last Wednesday when he launched the 10th anniversary of Ostec Managed IP Networks.
The indigenous company set out a decade ago with a vision to become a managed IT services provider.
However, it had to start by selling computers, printers and other accessories to survive before it later put together a team of IT engineers, system administrators and sales persons from the country’s universities and training institutions to enable it to provide highly skilled tailor-made and full IT services for its clients.
The company has grown through the various challenges usually associated with Ghanaian start-ups, such as lack of funding and access to finance, into a West African giant and is now expanding its reach to Central African countries such as the Central African Republic and Angola.
Mr Iddrisu commended Ostec for its prime services and for contributing to the ICT industry in Ghana, saying, “The government recognises the role of Ostec as a leading provider of managed IT infrastructure services and will not fail to source for the services of Ostec when the need arises.”
The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ostec, Mr Jonathan Tawiah, explained that the company operated three business models, included sharing the responsibility of managing customers’ IT equipment such as the computers and printers (the boxes as well as Internet connectivity.
The other model is to own all the equipment that its customers use, with the additional responsibility of providing maintenance services and upgrading, with the third model being assuming total control of both the ownership and maintenance of the IT equipment on the client’s premises.
He said those business models, which helped companies reduce IT cost, enjoy uninterrupted access to equipment use and stable and predictable IT expenditure, had caught on well on the Ghanaian and West African markets, which had made Ostec the current market leader in the region.
The company currently boasts a clientele of blue-chip companies, including Ecobank Ghana, British Telecom (BT), British Airways, O’Real West Africa, Cable and Wireless, Honda Place, Tullow Oil Ghana, Unilever and Cummings.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Samuel Doe Ablordeppey
Quelle/Source: Modern Ghana, 20.06.2011
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