Re: Meeting with Ann Bacher US Embassy Tel Aviv

["Rama International" <info@rama-intl.com>]

Dear All,

Outsourcing could be a way out for the Palestinian IT sector especially
during these rough times. However, and out of personal experience, there is
an important pre-requisite for outsourcing services that American and
European firms require, and this is mainly certification - for Systems and
Software Engineering.
Qualifying for certification requires hard work and may take a long time. I
suggest that we start thinking along these lines to be effective in this
endeavor. I have more information about this subject should anyone require
it.


Regards;


Issa Eways
President and CEO
Rama International www.rama-intl.com
Clicomm Inc. www.clicomm.com







----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Bahour" <sbahour@palnet.com>
To: "Members of PITA" <members@pita-palestine.org>;
<abudaka@pita-palestine.org>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 4:22 AM
Subject: Re: Meeting with Ann Bacher US Embassy Tel Aviv


> Please note the following comments:
>
> 1.  At such high-profile mtgs it may be good if a few Board members would
> attended as well.
>
> 2.  The outsourcing principle is great, esp since there are 3 firms
contacted
> already.  But building upon the premise of Israel as a natural launching
point
> may need more thought.  If US firms can be convinced by Ann's
participation
> that's great, but we must also look beyond TLV for strategic alliances.
>
> 3.  I like the consortium approach but this will take time.  While a
consortium
> is being prepared we have firms like Bisan, Asel, ATS, Sidata, Noorsoft,
etc
> that can provide services today and are not setup as a ma and pa store but
> rather as good foundation firms with over 10-20 employees each.
Facilitating
> outsourcing with these types of firms would give great insight into the
needed
> setup/requirements of a real consortium and would provide here and now
> relief.
>
> 4.  As for the consortium, can we look at PITA playing a role and making
it
> happen, either through equity, consultancy, etc.
>
> 5.  Regarding the action points.  Is there a time frame?
>
> 5.  Exhibitions are always good, but I think we need to move beyond
> exhibitions at this exact time and work for dealflow/facilitation/targeted
> marketing etc.  We would be kidding ourselves if we can properly market
the
> sector and compete in the global marketplace under the present conditions
> and legal/regulatory/etc setup.  Don't misunderstand me, exposure is
always
> good, but a few real business cases would be much better use of our
efforts.
>
> Regards, Sam
>
>
> On 4 May 2001,, Mashhour Abudaka wrote:
>
> > I am told that its going to work this time!
> > regards
> >
> > Mashhour Abudaka, PhD, DIC.
> > Executive Director
> > Palestine Information Technology Association of Companies (PITA)
> > PO Box 2460, Ramallah, Palestine
> > Tel: 02 296 1988 ,   Fax: 02 296 4121
> > abudaka@pita-palestine.org
> > www.pita-palestine.org
> >
> >
>
>
>
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