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SystemSpecs voted Software Company of the Year

Toyin — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:37:46 +0000

LAGOS, NIGERIA:SystemSpecs has been voted Nigeria’s Software Company of the Year by over 55,000 readers of Nigeria CommunicationsWeek. This was made known during the 2013 Beacon of ICT Awards held in Lagos recently.

According to Ken Nwogbo, Editor-in-Chief of the publication, “SystemSpecs was chosen by Nigerians who recognize and appreciate your leadership position in developing software Nigeria and as a clear leader in Information and Communications Technology business process and integration.”

John Obaro, Managing Director of SystemSpecs, who was represented by Demola Igbalajobi, Group Head Remita Services, thanked the organizers for the honour and called for continued support for the industry, “We are pleased by this award and the endorsement we are getting for making our humble contributions to the development of this industry. Nigeria is a great country which cannot attain her full potential except software Nigeria is given the kind of support it deserves.”

The ceremony was witnessed by the industry heavy weights like; Egnr. Ernest Ndukwe, former Executive Vice Chairman, Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) & Director, SystemSpecs; Egnr. Yomi Bolarinwa, Director General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC); Prof Chris Nwagboso, Chairman, Knowledge Media International UK; among others.

The Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Awards was instituted in 2008 by Nigeria CommunicationsWeek. The annual merit-centric celebrations are aimed at rewarding best practice and recognizing outstanding contributions to the growth of ICT in Nigeria.

SystemSpecs, is the developer of Remita, an integrated e-Payment solution with in-built Payroll and optional biometrics.

Source: Financial Technology

SystemSpecs Wins Software Company of the Year

Toyin — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:46:38 +0000

SystemSpecs, Nigeria’s software powerhouse has won Software Company of the Year at this year’s Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Awards organized by Nigeria CommunicationsWeek in Lagos recently.

The over 55,000 readers of Nigeria CommunicationsWeek unanimously voted for the company for providing the most qualitative Human Capital Management and Financial software solutions for the Nigerian and African market.

The award was presented to the company at a colourful event which attracted top decision and policy makers in both the private and public sectors.

Ken Nwogbo, editor-in-chief, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek said that, “SystemSpecs was chosen by Nigerians who recognize and appreciate your leadership position in developing software Nigeria and as a clear leader in Information and Communications Technology business process and integration.”

John Obaro, managing director of SystemSpecs, who was represented by Demola Igbalajobi, Group Head Remita Services, thanked the organizers for the honour and called for continued support for the industry.

“We are pleased by this award and the endorsement we are getting for making our humble contributions to the development of this industry. Nigeria is a great country which cannot attain her full potential except software Nigeria is given the kind of support it deserves.” Obaro said

The Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Awards was instituted in 2008 by Nigeria CommunicationsWeek as an annual merit-centric celebrations to reward best practice and recognize outstanding contributions to the growth of ICT in Nigeria.

SystemSpecs, is the developer of Remita, an integrated e-Payment solution with in-built Payroll and optional biometrics.

Source: Nigeria CommunicationsWeek

SystemSpecs voted Software Company of the Year

Toyin — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:24:22 +0000

SystemSpecs was voted the Nigeria’s Software Company of the Year by over 55,000 readers of Nigeria CommunicationsWeek, according to the organizers of the 2013 Beacon of ICT Awards held in Lagos recently.

Confirming this to DigitalSENSE Business News, the Editor-in-Chief of Nigeria CommunicationsWeek, Ken Nwogbo, said SystemSpecs was chosen by Nigerians who recognize and appreciate the leadership position in developing software in Nigeria and as a clear leader in Information and Communications Technology business process and integration.

Responding, the Managing Director of SystemSpecs, Mr. John Obaro, who was represented by Demola Igbalajobi, the Group Head Remita Services, commended the organizers for the honour and called for continued support for the industry.

Head, Brand & Marketing, SystemSpecs, Moses Braimah, affirmed that the event was witnessed by the industry heavy weights like including former Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, Director, SystemSpecs, Director General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Engr. Yomi Bolarinwa, Prof Chris Nwagboso, Chairman, Knowledge Media International UK to name a few.

DigitalSENSE Business News recalls that the Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Awards was instituted some five years ago by Nigeria CommunicationsWeek, to celebrate and reward best practice and recognize outstanding contributions to the growth of ICT in Nigeria.

SystemSpecs, is the developer of Remita, an integrated e-Payment solution with in-built Payroll and optional biometrics.

Source: DigitalSENSE Business News

SystemSpecs Voted Software Company of the Year

Toyin — Thu, 02 May 2013 10:40:28 +0000

SystemSpecs has been voted Nigeria’s Software Company of the Year by over 55,000 readers of Nigeria CommunicationsWeek. This was made known during the 2013 Beacon of ICT Awards held in Lagos recently.

SystemSpecs, is the developer of Remita, an integrated e-Payment solution with in-built Payroll and optional biometrics.

Source: Technology Avenue

SystemSpecs voted Software Company of the Year

Toyin — Thu, 02 May 2013 10:33:57 +0000

SystemSpecs has been voted Nigeria’s Software Company of the Year by over 55,000 readers of Nigeria CommunicationsWeek. This was made known during the 2013 Beacon of ICT Awards held in Lagos recently.

Source: Nigerian Bulletin

SystemSpecs Flash, May 2013

Toyin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:21:11 +0000

CORPORATE NEWS

CBN issues e-payment solution License to Remita

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a full operational License to Remita to operate as an approved electronic payment solution. This is subsequent to the earlier Approval-In-Principle (AIP) license granted to Remita by CBN in 2010.

The License is a reflection of the confidence reposed by the CBN after an extensive evaluation and review of Remita’s capability to provide highly secured, comprehensive and convenient electronic payment services to organisations and individuals in Nigeria.

Remita is one of the very few solutions that has achieved the status of being issued with an e-payment License by the CBN.

This is indeed another laudable milestone in our journey of taking Remita to the highest heights possible.

SystemSpecs voted Software Company of the Year

SystemSpecs has been voted Nigeria’s Software Company of the Year by over 55,000 readers of Nigeria CommunicationsWeek. This was made known during the 2013 Beacon of ICT Awards held in Lagos recently.

Remita adverts on CommunicationsWeek Website & e-newsletter

The 2013 advertising campaign has kicked off with Remita online advert running on the website and daily newsletter of Nigeria Communications Week.

CommunicationsWeek on a daily basis delivers hot & current technology news to over 55,000 subscribers with Remita business card advert at the top right corner of the e-Newsletter. Similarly, there is a multimedia Remita online advert on their website (www.nigeriacommunicationsweek.com).

Interested in getting a copy of the CommunicationsWeek e-newsletter delivered to your inbox daily? Send your request to info@nigeriacommunicationsweek.com.ng

SystemSpecs at the NCS Job/Career Fair

The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) recently organized a job / career fair in Lagos where SystemSpecs participated. The event which is the maiden edition was organized to generate a database of young IT professionals, create a platform on which they can be given career guidance, and recruited for vacant positions by participating companies.

YOUR DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

ABUJA OPERATIONS

200% revenue growth in Kano SUBEB

About 200% revenue growth from Kano State SUBEB was achieved in April 2013 following the process and payment of 60,000 staff of the parastatal. This was as a result of increase in the number of Local Government Areas from 6 to 17.

Police pension re-call

SystemSpecs has been re-called by the Police Pension Office to resume processing and payment of 20,000 Police retiree pension and gratuity. This is good news considering the challenges we had to deal with in our ‘1^st missionary journey’.

BUSINESS SOLUTIONS GROUP

N40 Million deal on the table

SystemSpecs has won N40 million Bank of Agriculture SunSystems and HumanManager products deal. This was after a competitive bid with other application solution providers.

We are also happy to report that, a Remita partner has brought Gombe State SUBEB on board.

HUMANMANAGER

Completed projects

Three implementation projects were embarked upon by the HumanManager group out of which two were completed – Learn Africa and Consolidated Breweries. The third, Royal Exchange Insurance is expected to be closed in May, 2013.

SUNSYSTEMS

Seven new Infor products for SystemSpecs

As the business environment continues to get more competitive, SystemSpecs has decided to introduce seven new Infor products to the Nigerian market. They include:

Expense Management (XM)
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
Corporate Performance Management (CPM)
Infor Interoperable Open Network (ION)
Infor Workspace
Infor 10 Financials Business
SunSystems 4.4.

It is expected that our clients and prospects who over the years have yearned for solutions like these can now have access to these world class applications. Did I hear some say ‘more work for the boys?’

…Certification

In order to keep pace with Infor new releases, the team early in the year embarked on robust certification exercise. Certifications have been secured for Infor ION and EAM thereby positioning SystemSpecs as Infor partner to be able to demo (presales), sell, implement and support the products. More staff will be sent to take Infor certification exams for the remaining products in May 2013.

HR NEWS

Study Leave Returnee

Our Patrick Ilivieda of the SunSystems team has completed his programme and has returned to join us after his study leave. He finished with Distinction in M.Sc Business Information Systems Management.

Company-Sponsored AMP25 Programme at LBS

Emmanuel Uzugbo of the Business Solutions Group has commenced the Advanced Management Programme (AMP25) at the prestigious Lagos Business School. We wish him success!

New Employees

Four new staff joined SytemSpecs in April 2013. We wish them success in their careers.

Workers’ Day: FG declares Wednesday, May 1, Public holiday

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Wednesday, May 1, as public holiday to commemorate Workers’ Day. Management wishes all staff a joyous and fruitful workers’ day celebration.

PRODUCT UPDATES

	Modules / programs	Description
1	Remita epayment	The Remita e-payments application has been optimized for performance and uptime via implementation of cutting edge java platform technologies.
2	Remita epayment/Tax Remittance	VAT, Witholding Tax and PAYE tax remittances may now be processed through the Remita e-payment application. Appropriate schedules will be made available to the relevant tax authorities once the beneficiary banks are credited with the payable tax amounts for the remitting company employees.
3	Remita Payroll/Pensions	The Remita Payroll application now manages pension processing wholistically for company employees; allowances other than the standard Basic, Transport and Housing may now be used as a basis for pension calculation.
4	Remita Payroll/Journal	The Remita payroll journal application is now fully functional, being able to generate file formats specified by third-party financial applications for integration
5	Remita Payroll/Staff Management	On Remita Payroll, Mass updates may now be made to employee data via data intake.
6	Remita Payroll/Claims	Remita Payroll now comes with a functional Claims module for cash advances, reimbursements and retirements for employees that incur expenses on official assignments.
7	Remita Payroll/ESS	Remita Payroll now includes the Employee Self-Service module, wherein employees may complete basic administrative tasks against their profiles. E.g. apply for leave, apply for claims, raise standing orders, update their biodata and view payslips and other salary information via the enquiry tabs.

The Leave Module manages the various activities associated with the administration of Leave such as Definition of leave types, keeping track of number of leave days spent, balance of leave days and automatic processing of leave allowance for employees when required. It also enables the direct payment of leave allowances to staff accounts.Remita Leave Administration

Remita Biometrics

This module is used in capturing employee’s fingerprint, vein images and photographs against each employee’s record. This module eliminates ghost workers or duplicate employee enrollments and can be used for smooth, “No queues” employee re-verification cycle management.

COMMERCIALS

Payroll
One-Off Payroll Setup & Staff Records Enrollment	#500/Employee
Monthly Payroll Processing	#250/Employee

E-Payment
e-Payment to Employee, Vendor and 3^rd Party	#100 per million per Transaction

Schedule Delivery

Automated Delivery of matching electronic schedules to PFAs, PFCs, HMOs, Cooperatives and Unions.

**this in effect means you do not need to send paper schedules again!

#1000/Schedule

*Note: Above prices are exclusive of VAT

ADDITIONAL LEARNING

Three Cloud Computing Buzzwords that are Rhetorics

By David S. Linthicum

I guess most of us should not complain. Cloud computing is breathing new life into IT and IT services. However, the hype is causing confusion, most of which is self-inflicted.

To address that point, here are some cloud computing buzzwords that drive me crazy. I hear them over and over again, and they’re beginning to sound like fingers on a chalkboard. I’m sure most of you will want to rant along with me.

1. “Cloud enabled.” Topping my list is “cloud enabled.” What does this mean? Does it mean your application is able to run within a cloud? Or, perhaps it means taking advantage of native features of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS) clouds, such as Web services or APIs? Maybe it means your IT environment is optimized for the elastic nature of cloud computing platforms, such as the ability to leverage auto-provisioning mechanisms? Typically, it’s none of these.

Cloud-enabled applications, appliances, gizmos or other types of technology usually mean vendors that sell such applications, appliances or gizmos, etc.; they want to spin their products into the over-hyped world of cloud computing, but they didn’t want to put any work or money into it. By the same token, I’m “wealth enabled.” I just need somebody to give me a few million dollars.

Those who use the term ‘the cloud’ think they are being hip and current, but they just cause more confusion.

2. “Open cloud.” I’ve done some gentle pushback on the concept behind an “open cloud” – namely that, while the source code is indeed open, you’re typically locking yourself into an ecosystem. The correct buzzword here would be “kind-of-open cloud.” I doubt that looks as good on a conference booth backdrop, but I would give the vendor credit for being more truthful.

I suspect that, like cloud enabled, open cloud will be the new politically correct buzzword du jour, following up on other similar buzzwords, such as “open systems” and “open source.” Most IT pros, including me, did not make it through 2003 and 2004 without hearing those terms about 20 times a day, and I had to do some major private detective work to determine if the technologies were truly open. I suspect to see the same challenges with open cloud in the next few years, now that OpenStack and CloudStack are all the rage.

3. “The cloud.” The term “cloud computing” is bad enough, in that it’s too broadly defined and thus it’s tough to determine what people really mean. Those who use the term “the cloud,” typically those in IT, think they are being hip and current, but they just cause more confusion.

What does “the cloud” mean? At this point, it could be hundreds of things for most enterprises. Thus, when the cloud comes up in discussion with IT pros, I have to stop the conversation to define what it means, and typically find out one definition is very different from another in the very same room. Also, don’t get me started on the phrase “to the cloud.” When did uploading photos become cloud computing?

The emerging cloud computing space will find more ways to annoy me, I suspect, and will create new buzzwords that are both overused and nonsensical. I’ll be sure to point them out to you.

David (Dave) S. Linthicum is the CTO and founder of Blue Mountain Labs

SystemSpecs voted Software Company of the Year

Toyin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:17:35 +0000

SystemSpecs is Software Company of the Year: (l-r) Charles Longe, Kemi Ogunleye, Demola Igbalajobi and Moses Braimah of SystemSpecs at the Beacon of ICT Awards organized by Nigeria CommunicationsWeek in Lagos.

SystemSpecs, is the developer of Remita, an integrated e-Payment solution with in-built Payroll and optional biometrics.

Signed

Moses Braimah
Head, Brand & Marketing (0819-124-1783)

TECH PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – APRIL, 2013

Toyin — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:44:36 +0000

John Obaro is the Managing Director/Chief Executive officer of SystemSpecs. He has had a distinguished IT management career and is regarded as one of the most respected personalities in the Nigerian IT industry.

A man of high integrity, great ideas and a clear demand for excellence, the early part of his career was spent at Leventis Group of Companies and United Bank of Africa. His last appointment before founding SystemSpecs, was at International Merchant Bank (IMB) then an affiliate of the First National Bank of Chicago, where he led the team that achieved Nigeria’s first installation of an international banking package on a network of 5 cities, at a time when many organisations were paper-based.

Many financial institutions, borrowing from this success, went the same way.

By 1992, John felt he had paid his dues as an employee, he took a plunge to entrepreneurship. That was the beginning of SystemSpecs.

Under his leadership, and with a team of professionals with varied experience, SystemSpecs has attained the enviable position of Nigeria’s leading software house and aspiring to become the de-facto software institution in Africa.

John has a degree in computer Science from the Ahmadu Bello University (1979), and an MBA from the University of Lagos (1981). He’s an alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business School (LBS) Chief Executive Programme and has extensive international exposures to business management.

Recognised for his leading role in the development of IT and particularly software, John served on subcommittees of the National IT Policy Development Team, the Ministerial Committee for Software Development in Nigeria as well as the CBN Committee on National Payment System Vision 2020.

On invitation, he serves as a patron of the Nigeria Computer Science Students Association (NACOSS) which has presence in over fifty tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

John is a fellow of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), member of Computer Professionals (Registration Council) of Nigeria (CPN) – the highest industry practice regulatory body, and is the 1st Vice President of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON).

Source: Technology Anenue

Systemspecs Promotes Staff, Appoints Three General Managers

Toyin — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:38:20 +0000

SystemSpecs, Nigeria’s leading e-Payment, Payroll, Business & Financial Management solutions provider has announced the promotions of staff and appointment of three General Managers. The promotions were made public by the Managing Director/CEO, John Obaro, shortly after the Company’s recent Board Meeting chaired by Dr. Christopher Kolade.

Those elevated are: Emmanuel Eze, Demola Igbalajobi and Paul Ibidun who are now General Managers (GMs); Uche Obiofuma, Deputy General Manager (DGM); while Abayomi Oniku and Olugbenga Oludaisi are now Assistant General Managers (AGMs). According to Obaro, “…these promotions were approved by the company’s Board of Directors in recognition of the commendable contributions, dedication, commitment and loyalty that these managers have shown to the company.”

Eze is the Chief Technology Officer of SystemSpecs. A graduate of Computer Science from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the Centre for Internet Computing, University of Hull, UK, Eze is also a member of some prestigious international professional bodies including British Computer Society, IEEE Computer Society, Association of Computing Machinery, etc.

Igbalajobi is the Group Head of Remita Services at SystemSpecs. An accountant by profession, Igbalajobi is a seasoned Project Management Professional with over 20 years multi-industry experience. Prior to joining SystemSpecs, he has had a long spell with IBM, UK where he managed software implementation and applications development projects.

bidun is the Group Head, Corporate Services. He is a graduate of Political Science from the University of Ibadan and has a Masters in Industrial & Labour Relations from the same University. With an MBA from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Paul is a certified Project Management Professional, an astute Business

Administrator and an alumnus of the Advanced Management Program (AMP) of the Lagos Business School. He has over 25 years distinguished career in Administration and HR that has spanned indigenous and international organizations.

Obiofuma is the Group Head, SystemSpecs Abuja Operations. A graduate of Computer Science & Engineering from Enugu State University of Science & Technology, Obiofuma is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School, Maastricht Institute of Management, Netherlands and has attended several managerial and project management courses in Nigeria and overseas.

Oniku leads the Strategic Remita Business Development and Services Team. He is a graduate of Economics, a Chartered Accountant, a member of Information Systems Audit & Control Association (ISACA), an Associate Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) and an alumnus of the Accenture Learning Centre, Chicago. Prior to joining SystemSpecs, he had worked at the Central Bank of Nigeria and Accenture Nigeria. Oniku is a shrewd business processes management professional.

Oludaisi is the Team Lead of our Remita Support & Operations. A Chartered Accountant, Oludaisi is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), Information Systems Audit & Control Association (ISACA) and a graduate of Accounting from the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State.

A meticulous and dependable professional, Oludaisi has over 20 years professional work experience spanning the manufacturing, financial services and public service sectors of the economy.

Mr. Obaro also observed that ”… these promotions form an integral part of a bouquet of company-wide recognition and commendation exercise in which employees at other cadres of the system have earlier been duly recognized.”

SystemSpecs is the developer of Remita – an integrated e-Payment, Payroll Solutions with in-built biometrics.

Source: Technology Anenue

SystemSpecs promotes six managers

Toyin — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:20:17 +0000

SystemSpecs has announced promotions for six of its management staff. The promotions were made public by the Managing Director/CEO, John Obaro shortly after the company’s recent board meeting chaired by Dr. Christopher Kolade.

Elevated to General Managers (GM) are Emmanuel Eze, Demola Igbalajobi and Paul Ibidun with Uche Obiofuma elevated as Deputy General Manager (DGM) while Abayomi Oniku and Olugbenga Oludaisi are now Assistant General Managers (AGMs).

According to Obaro, “these promotions were approved by the company’s Board of Directors in recognition of the commendable contributions, dedication, commitment and loyalty that these managers have shown to the company.”

Eze is the Chief Technology Officer of SystemSpecs. A graduate of Computer Science from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the Centre for Internet Computing, University of Hull, UK. He is also a member of some prestigious international professional bodies including British Computer Society, IEEE Computer Society, Association of Computing Machinery, etc.

Igbalajobi is the Group Head of Remita Services at SystemSpecs. An accountant by profession, Igbalajobi is a seasoned Project Management Professional with over 20 years multi-industry experience. He has had a long spell with IBM, UK where he managed software implementation and applications development projects.

Ibidun is the Group Head, Corporate Services. He is a graduate of Political Science from the University of Ibadan and has a master in Industrial & Labour Relations from the same university.

With an MBA from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, he is a certified Project Management Professional, an astute Business Administrator and an alumnus of the Advanced Management Program (AMP) of the Lagos Business School.

He has over 25 years distinguished career in Administration and HR that has spanned indigenous and international organizations.

Obiofuma, Group Head, SystemSpecs Abuja Operations is a graduate of Computer Science & Engineering from Enugu State University of Science & Technology. He is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School, Maastricht Institute of Management Netherlands and has attended several managerial and project management courses in Nigeria and overseas.

Oniku leads its Strategic Remita Business Development and Services Team. He is a graduate of Economics, a Chartered Accountant, a member of Information Systems Audit & Control Association (ISACA), an Associate Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) and an alumnus of the Accenture Learning Centre, Chicago.

He had worked at the Central Bank of Nigeria and Accenture Nigeria. Oniku is a shrewd business processes management professional.

Oludaisi is the Team Lead of Remita Support & Operations. A Chartered Accountant, Oludaisi is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), Information Systems Audit & Control Association (ISACA) and a graduate of Accounting from the Olabisi Onabanjo University Ogun State.

A meticulous and dependable professional, Oludaisi has over 20 years professional work experience spanning the manufacturing, financial services and public service sectors of the economy.

SystemSpecs is the developer of Remita – an integrated e-Payment, Payroll Solutions with in-built biometrics.

Source: Daily Trust