Ferranti computer systems announces the launch of its Indian operations

Ferranti Computer Systems N.V. recently announced the formal opening of its Indian operations by His Royal Highness Prince Philippe of Belgium together with His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium Steven Vanackere. HRH Prince Philippe is in India leading an economic mission to promote and encourage bilateral ties and economic links between India and Belgium.Ferranti Computer Systems is an IT system solutions provider, offering comprehensive solutions to select market segments. In India, the company is focused on the energy utility markets that includes the regulated and deregulated utility industry covering gas, water and electricity. The establishment of the India office is a strategic move to serve the local market and is happening at a key moment in the development of the Utility sector in India. Utility companies today need customer-oriented approaches, differentiated products and new services to fulfill the challenges of the new digital economy and to remain competitive. Ferranti’s office in India will support local partners in selling, implementing and supporting the MECOMS platform developed by the company. It is the outcome of 15 years of maturity through product development by a team of highly trained engineers in Antwerp, Belgium.

            MECOMS is the reference end-to-end Customer Information System and EDM (Energy Data Management) solution that empowers utility companies to optimize their business in both regulated and de-regulated market environments. It allows companies to streamline and manage processes such as financial management, metering, contract management, CRM, billing and cash collection and forecasting. MECOMS is highly scalable and modular, providing the flexibility to quickly adapt to changing market conditions. MECOMS is implemented worldwide in countries including Belgium, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany and Saudi Arabia. MECOMS is officially tested & certified by Microsoft as the only Dynamics AX vertical solution for utilities. Ferranti has been a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Europe for many years now. This collaboration will enable Ferranti to extend its broad portfolio of utilities offerings in India. Leading market analysts Gartner and IDC have recognized the strength of MECOMS and have each published extensively on it. Ferranti has already mapped its software solution to provide a standard blueprint for the Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (APDRP), a US $12 billion federal project aimed at modernizing and IT-enabling India’s entire distribution infrastructure by reforming and improving the existing infrastructure and supporting systems.  Speaking at the formal opening of the Ferranti Computer Systems office, Richard Nijkerk, Ferranti India Chairman & Executive Director Nijkerk Group said, “We are honored to have HRH Prince Philippe and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Steven Vanackere grace our office facility and make this a special occasion.” He further adds, “Ferranti and our MECOMS platform is indicative of the many successes in the Belgian knowledge industry over the past years. We offer more than 30 years experience of delivering complex mission-critical systems to the energy and utility markets. Our technical expertise, knowledge of information systems and understanding of the business processes in these markets  puts us in a leadership position to offer the Indian market, the IT services they need.”

Strategic Partnerships:
Ferranti Computer Systems maintains strategic partnerships with key technology providers, including Microsoft, Computer Associates, Cisco, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, Citrix Systems and Industrial Defender.

About Ferranti Computer Systems
As a leading IT systems integrator Ferranti Computer Systems offers quality IT products and services for the Energy & Utilities markets.

For global reach the operations has facilities in:

• Belgium, supporting the EU, CIS and the Americas
  
• India, supporting India, Asia and the Middle East

MECOMS is the reference end-to-end CIS and EDM solution that empowers utility companies to optimize their business in both regulated and de-regulated market environments. It allows companies to streamline and manage processes such as financial management, metering, contract management, CRM, billing and cash collection, and forecasting. MECOMS is certified for Microsoft Dynamics AX and is highly scalable and modular, providing the flexibility to quickly adapt to changing market conditions.

ACKGROUNDER MECOMS
Utility Market: Ferranti is a single product company with the MECOMS platform for the Utility market that includes the vertical market segments for Gas, Water and Electricity utility applications. The strength of the MECOMS platform comes from successful integration into more than 40 utility companies to help improve the Business Processes of these organisations serving both very large scaled systems, such as a national grid & metering company as well as privatised utility companies with special positions, such as Balance responsible, forecasting, load balancing, grid-fee settlement, trading, metering, distribution, waste-recycle plants etc. As such the MECOMS platform has proven to be successful in both the traditional regulated markets as well as fully deregulated markets and hybrids thereof with semi-regulated markets.

For more information
www.ferranti.be and www.mecoms.in