RE: Meeting with Ann Bacher US Embassy Tel Aviv

["PITA" <abudaka@pita-palestine.org>]

Dear Issa,
We are in the middle of putting PITA action plan for this year and one
prominent activity is certification and standardization. PITA will proposed
workshops and programmes of firm level assistance.
But business has to take consortium forming or forming other businesses
alliances as a matter attracting international investments.

Rgds



Mashhour Abudaka

-----Original Message-----
From: Rama International [mailto:info@rama-intl.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 7:46 PM
To: sbahour@palnet.com; Members of PITA; abudaka@pita-palestine.org
Subject: Re: Meeting with Ann Bacher US Embassy Tel Aviv

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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