oan alll ruse sl dp Sal tye L as PRAM g Aal A ALM adod \ SULA siglo Dl gladh 4045 È Innovation for ‘the Arab World Combining IBM’s global resources with a unique understanding of your local information. technology~~ needs n ae f | ill I] jjou]] ? | Competence Center A regional technology center pple a world-wide pool of resources In 1984 IBM established the Arabic Competence Center (ACC) in Cairo, the hub of the Arabic speak- ing world and the Middle East. ACC is a regional center re- sponsible for availing bi- lingual solutions (Arabic & English/French) to the Arabic market. The effort will utilize IBM technologies in both cross-industry, and se- lected market segments. The center serves Egypt, Gulf countries (e.g. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE.) and Maghreb countries (Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco). ACC is in constant inter- | action with the market, by | keeping an outlook for needs | and requirements and ful- l filing them in Arabic, be it | for IBM es platforms and ~ software pillars or non-IBM platforms. The ACC team conducts different marketing activ- ities, ranging form pre-sales to after-sales support. The team is frequently present in exhibitions, road shows and seminars. By 9d sachdl is 3S ya spell Ade Bag pel laces pl S pe | pod SLES ANAL pL i pl JU all Lal 3 alll p ACC Ca CAIs AC Hye) Aa ASUS J olodi paghi Ip (ALi ig lly te SA ye 5S Sy An pl aa “pode ola plat sal Gyll Cit oye baig AG Led lethal! asd ell gzl S929 poe cy JI 45445. 5S yl pada y Gres he Goss A all I Mpeg Sly a) (erty lady 595) stall oral Jy (JA Co yates SSA 5S ll Jolie SHS oye Hd y eS gull agia de Jedi tile Laz elg Ay yall ALL Ua jad 95 Shoe po Me Sls cats «ly pat pi « prea abil, cys alc e 65s alli S wastes y alll es A focal point for talent and know-how The repository of skills and know-how at ACC are in con- tinuous growth. The center has over 100 professionals who are supported by a number of software development or- ganizations. All the facilities and state-of-the-art tools from IBM world-wide are fully utilized and available to support and enhance the development efforts at ACC. This resulted in the collaboration with international de- velopment laboratories for National Language Support de- velopment for languages other than Arabic, in addition to the implementation of special customer application development projects. Visionary research and development The list of activities does not stop at development, but ex- tends to research. The scientists at ACC are conducting re- search in advanced technology areas such as human contra technology adaptation to the Arabic language. They have offered the Arabic speaking community Arabic Voice Type Dictation (VTD). The Arabic VTD is the award winning pioneering product for Arabic Speech Recognition for joined characters and linguistic components. Project management capabilities The methodologies and techniques used in the imple- mentation of all of the above mentioned activities have re- sulted in fortifying project man- agement skills that are par- ticularly vital for large and com- plex projects. Over the past ten years, these professionals working in soft- ware development for and with IBM have supplied the Egyptian and Arab markets with a wide array of qualified skills. They are the pioneers who laid the founda- tions and are supporting the in- formation technology industry in the region. Leadership and inspiration The ACC has assumed the lead- ership in the regional standards organizations making use of the IBM Solution Provider Operations (Both for marketing and skill recruitment). The Center is honoured to represent those regional organizations in the various international stan- dard committees. As a result of the in- tegratetrion inside ACC of tal- ents, skills, advanced meth- odologies, up to date techniques and IBM as World-wide pool of facilities and expertise, the Arab World recognizes ACC as a source of an unending inspiration. 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