Jatis groups talented Indonesians to develop IT Solutions Consulting
Jatis groups talented Indonesians to develop IT Solutions Consulting
Several idealists and young professionals gathered and set up
an IT (information technology) solution company. What will they
make of the company? It depends on their background,
determination and skill. PT Jati Piranti Solusindo -- Jatis --
(www.jatis.com) has already expanded significantly in only its
third year.
Starting out with only 10 people, Jatis is now a solid e-
business enabler firm with some 150 personnel. Dozens of leading
local and overseas companies have become clients of Jatis, whose
vision is to be the best e-business enabler by having the best
people and best intellectual assets.
Jatis' president and CEO, Jusuf Sjariffudin, said that his
company aims to enable its clients by partnering with them to
strategize, build and operate their e-business.
"Jatis also wants to become a valuable company where our
people have fun developing their career with us," he said.
He said that as an Indonesian-based company, Jatis wants to
participate in the development of technology, particularly in
information technology in the country.
"We want to see Indonesia as a knowledge-driven nation, and
not lagging behind other countries in Asia which already have
developed in the IT sector," he said.
"Within a short time frame, we have expanded as a solid firm
supported by professionals specializing in various enterprise
integration technologies," he said, adding that the majority of
the professionals are Indonesians.
Jatis' expertise includes in-depth understanding of Internet
technology; middleware and networking technologies such as
wireless connectivity and integration of various technology
platforms into business solutions.
Many of the professionals at Jatis are young people under 30
with good IT knowledge and come from top schools in Indonesia and
abroad.
"Everyone is a part of Jatis. We are growing together. And we
joke that everyone who joins us must increase the average IQ. But
we are not the regular dot-com company. Many of the management
team were managers or senior managers at Andersen Consulting,
IBM, Oracle, CAP Gemini, Metrodata, Astra and Deliotte Consulting
before they join Jatis. The top management, with over 100 years
of collective experiences in IT and management, are happy to work
in a team. As I believe there's no shortcut in management, no
matter how smart someone is, Jatis is a nice place to grow
together," Jusuf said.
Services offered by Jatis include e-commerce, custom-built
applications, packaged solution selection/implementation and IT
project planning and turn-key implementation.
As virtual shopping has become a world trend to winning in a
competitive market, anyone interested in entering e-commerce
needs to prepare his or her strategies well.
Jatis offers a product called Etalaze, a tool which allows its
any merchants to build, operate and manage Web stores without any
help from developers or professional graphic designers. It
provides wizards to create a fully featured store with layouts
that are easy to update to fit the customers' needs.
Etalaze also makes it easy for Web surfers to do transactions
by providing a simple yet functionally rich and complete buying
process. As well, Etalaze provides a reliable operating system.
In addition, Etalaze will simplify transactions for netters by
providing a simple yet functionally rich and complete buying
process.
"It's no longer the question whether you can afford a presence
on the Internet. It's whether you can afford not to since
competition is on the global basis."
Technology eventually serves as an enabler of business
functions and supports the use of state-of-the-art technologies
to deliver innovative solutions, Jusuf said.
"We focus on the financial and banking industry,
manufacturing/distribution and telecommunications sectors," he
said.
He said manufacturing and distribution companies need to get
involved in the cyber era with banking facilitates as the
electronic payment and clearing house, while the
telecommunications sector provides the connectivity.
Locally, four leading banks, BII, Bank Mega, BCA and Bank Bali
have become Jatis' customers, he added.
"The four banks are introducing e-banking to their customers.
Our software system allows the banks' clients to have personal
assistance, so that they will be informed about any balances and
expenses on real-time anytime they want the information."
He said that Jatis' products also allow the banks to
synchronize everything for the convenience of their clients.
Jusuf said that technology is becoming the key enabler of
business functions and a strategic competitive advantage for most
corporations.
Jatis, also founded on the premise of providing the best e-
business enabling services in the region, has expanded to
Singapore and plans for Kuala Lumpur. In Singapore, Jatis has
eight anchor customers, including the popular Website
ezyhealth.com. They are all high-profile Internet players, he
said.
Jusuf said that the office in Singapore opened in September
1999, while the one in Kuala Lumpur is being launched.
"We target big offices in Jakarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
Sales offices will be opened in Taiwan, Hong Kong and the
Philippines to support our business."
He said that competition will likely be stiffer in such
service.
"We're ready to compete with overseas companies located in the
markets we penetrate as well as with those from developed
nations," he said.
Jusuf recalled that Jatis began its business in a small space
rented in one of its first customers' office.
"We want to be a leading player in this industry. We want to
grow and also be everlasting, just like the philosophy behind the
jati tree: strength, integrity, growth and longevity," he said.
He said that Jatis aims to become a pan-Asia based e-business
enabler of choice through its experience, expertise and
efficiencies in building e-business.
The company, partly owned by the largest venture capital in
Europe 3i based in London and listed on the London Stock
Exchange, is committed to helping its customers and partners
define Internet strategy and architect, design, develop and
implement innovative solutions to support and assist them develop
scalable digital businesses. (icn)