Jatis groups talented Indonesians to develop IT Solutions Consulting<\/p>\n
Several idealists and young professionals gathered and set up
\nan IT (information technology) solution company. What will they
\nmake of the company? It depends on their background,
\ndetermination and skill. PT Jati Piranti Solusindo -- Jatis --
\n(www.jatis.com) has already expanded significantly in only its
\nthird year.<\/p>\n
Starting out with only 10 people, Jatis is now a solid e-
\nbusiness enabler firm with some 150 personnel. Dozens of leading
\nlocal and overseas companies have become clients of Jatis, whose
\nvision is to be the best e-business enabler by having the best
\npeople and best intellectual assets.<\/p>\n
Jatis' president and CEO, Jusuf Sjariffudin, said that his
\ncompany aims to enable its clients by partnering with them to
\nstrategize, build and operate their e-business.<\/p>\n
\"Jatis also wants to become a valuable company where our
\npeople have fun developing their career with us,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said that as an Indonesian-based company, Jatis wants to
\nparticipate in the development of technology, particularly in
\ninformation technology in the country.<\/p>\n
\"We want to see Indonesia as a knowledge-driven nation, and
\nnot lagging behind other countries in Asia which already have
\ndeveloped in the IT sector,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"Within a short time frame, we have expanded as a solid firm
\nsupported by professionals specializing in various enterprise
\nintegration technologies,\" he said, adding that the majority of
\nthe professionals are Indonesians.<\/p>\n
Jatis' expertise includes in-depth understanding of Internet
\ntechnology; middleware and networking technologies such as
\nwireless connectivity and integration of various technology
\nplatforms into business solutions.<\/p>\n
Many of the professionals at Jatis are young people under 30
\nwith good IT knowledge and come from top schools in Indonesia and
\nabroad.<\/p>\n
\"Everyone is a part of Jatis. We are growing together. And we
\njoke that everyone who joins us must increase the average IQ. But
\nwe are not the regular dot-com company. Many of the management
\nteam were managers or senior managers at Andersen Consulting,
\nIBM, Oracle, CAP Gemini, Metrodata, Astra and Deliotte Consulting
\nbefore they join Jatis. The top management, with over 100 years
\nof collective experiences in IT and management, are happy to work
\nin a team. As I believe there's no shortcut in management, no
\nmatter how smart someone is, Jatis is a nice place to grow
\ntogether,\" Jusuf said.<\/p>\n
Services offered by Jatis include e-commerce, custom-built
\napplications, packaged solution selection\/implementation and IT
\nproject planning and turn-key implementation.<\/p>\n
As virtual shopping has become a world trend to winning in a
\ncompetitive market, anyone interested in entering e-commerce
\nneeds to prepare his or her strategies well.<\/p>\n
Jatis offers a product called Etalaze, a tool which allows its
\nany merchants to build, operate and manage Web stores without any
\nhelp from developers or professional graphic designers. It
\nprovides wizards to create a fully featured store with layouts
\nthat are easy to update to fit the customers' needs.<\/p>\n
Etalaze also makes it easy for Web surfers to do transactions
\nby providing a simple yet functionally rich and complete buying
\nprocess. As well, Etalaze provides a reliable operating system.<\/p>\n
In addition, Etalaze will simplify transactions for netters by
\nproviding a simple yet functionally rich and complete buying
\nprocess.<\/p>\n
\"It's no longer the question whether you can afford a presence
\non the Internet. It's whether you can afford not to since
\ncompetition is on the global basis.\"<\/p>\n
Technology eventually serves as an enabler of business
\nfunctions and supports the use of state-of-the-art technologies
\nto deliver innovative solutions, Jusuf said.<\/p>\n
\"We focus on the financial and banking industry,
\nmanufacturing\/distribution and telecommunications sectors,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He said manufacturing and distribution companies need to get
\ninvolved in the cyber era with banking facilitates as the
\nelectronic payment and clearing house, while the
\ntelecommunications sector provides the connectivity.<\/p>\n
Locally, four leading banks, BII, Bank Mega, BCA and Bank Bali
\nhave become Jatis' customers, he added.<\/p>\n
\"The four banks are introducing e-banking to their customers.
\nOur software system allows the banks' clients to have personal
\nassistance, so that they will be informed about any balances and
\nexpenses on real-time anytime they want the information.\"<\/p>\n
He said that Jatis' products also allow the banks to
\nsynchronize everything for the convenience of their clients.<\/p>\n
Jusuf said that technology is becoming the key enabler of
\nbusiness functions and a strategic competitive advantage for most
\ncorporations.<\/p>\n
Jatis, also founded on the premise of providing the best e-
\nbusiness enabling services in the region, has expanded to
\nSingapore and plans for Kuala Lumpur. In Singapore, Jatis has
\neight anchor customers, including the popular Website
\nezyhealth.com. They are all high-profile Internet players, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Jusuf said that the office in Singapore opened in September
\n1999, while the one in Kuala Lumpur is being launched.<\/p>\n
\"We target big offices in Jakarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
\nSales offices will be opened in Taiwan, Hong Kong and the
\nPhilippines to support our business.\"<\/p>\n
He said that competition will likely be stiffer in such
\nservice.<\/p>\n
\"We're ready to compete with overseas companies located in the
\nmarkets we penetrate as well as with those from developed
\nnations,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Jusuf recalled that Jatis began its business in a small space
\nrented in one of its first customers' office.<\/p>\n
\"We want to be a leading player in this industry. We want to
\ngrow and also be everlasting, just like the philosophy behind the
\njati tree: strength, integrity, growth and longevity,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said that Jatis aims to become a pan-Asia based e-business
\nenabler of choice through its experience, expertise and
\nefficiencies in building e-business.<\/p>\n
The company, partly owned by the largest venture capital in
\nEurope 3i based in London and listed on the London Stock
\nExchange, is committed to helping its customers and partners
\ndefine Internet strategy and architect, design, develop and
\nimplement innovative solutions to support and assist them develop
\nscalable digital businesses. (icn)<\/p>",
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