IDS follows up on the workgroups in the NSSF.

Source: Almustaqbal Newspaper

On the 1st of August an IDS team of engineers started the implementation of the NSSF project, leading a total of 22 new recruits. The project aims at automating several sections of the NSSF, such as fees handling, maternity, sickness... In addition to that, a network connecting a total of 34 branches of the NSSF dispersed on the Lebanese territories will be set up and configured to allow the Fund's branches to work synchronically at a later stage. The project is expected to go on in two phases: a one-year development phase, and a one-year maintenance phase.

IDS wins NSSF outsourcing BID.  This outsourcing project aims to automate NSSF according to a short and long term plans.  The short term plan is designed to implement and commission the currently available and internally developed systems.  The long term plan aims to develop all new programs using latest technologies and frameworks.

IDS signs with IFC (International Finance Company) with the purpose of automating its loan management and operations.  The system is based on IDS Libra Financials with a loan calculator, loan manager, collections, basic operation workflow, and standard fiancials.

IDS has launched the Al-Jarida newspaper website which was built on the IDS newspaper portal engine developed using the .NET framework.  The site provides numerous services that were jointly planned with Al-Jarida team of professionals.  Other services such as a mobile/PDA version of the site and a Flash-PDF browser are currently being implemented.

Hashem Gas Stations have adopted IDS Libra Financials for the automation of their financial and operations work.  Along with Libra an additional gas station specific module was developed to automate cash collection, coupon handling, metering, general expenses, and other stock sales (oil, filters, etc.).  This module simplifies the collection process and allows for better monitoring of the operations at the gas station; it is bridged and fully integrated with the Libra Financials system.

IDS has successfully implemented the LIBRA Financials (G/L, A/R, A/P, Inventory Control, and POS) at Rawabi Fayfa.  The implementation made by the IDS and the auditing team of H. A. Bannout, CPA included hardware configuration, software installation and configuration, training, and the full migration of old data.

The Commercial Bank of Kuwait, powered by IDS Internet Banking Solution "UBank", has been nominated as "Best Bank in the Domain of Electronic Services".  Such an award makes us all proud and happy to be recognized as leaders in this domain.

Please refer to http://www.alwatan.com.kw/Default.aspx?MgDid=443598&pageId=39 for more information about the award.

IDS is currently re-developing an advanced telecom billing system for small to medium operators and carriers.  The last telecom billing system was specifically developed for the Ministry of Communication – Kuwait.  

The new system under development will enable carriers and operators to control mediation, routing, CDR management, billing, sales, purchasing, and more.  The product comes as a result of the compilation of previous experiences in this domain by IDS and PROTEL.  The system shall be implemented during the second quarter of 2007.

IDS has signed a business partnership agreement with Xmedia Qatar on 02-10-2006 to represent and support IDS products in Qatar.  We consider this agreement as a great opportunity to provide companies in Qatar with well proven solutions and superior local support.  The agreement covers a line of standard products and custom development services for large projects.

Gulf Bank in coordination Gulf Brokerage Company will offer its clients the opportunity of online trading using IDS Vestio Online Trading System.



The Online Trading System (sometimes referred to as Order Gateway) will allow Gulf Bank clients to trade online in the Kuwait Stock Exchange. The trades will be routed through Gulf Brokerage Company transparently.



For more information about the system visit the IDS Website Products page. You can also visit the IDS Website Clients and Expertise pages for a list of customers and implemented projects.

IDS signed an agreement with Al-Balad Newspaper for developing their online news portal. The development includes the automation of the publishing process starting at the data entry level and layout design (Adobe InDesign) by interfacing these systems to the web portal and posting to web directly. The portal includes web controls and services needed to provide the reader with news and services online. The system will feature an advanced search engine and multiple poll controls.

BETOMIX has chosen IDS to automate their ready-mix plant. The project involves hardware (PLC) control over the ready-mix plant, IDS SCADA software, and the IDS financial system integrated altogether to provide a user-friendly workflow based system for contracting, production, and delivery. MEEX (ASHADA) and SOIME are currently depending on the IDS ready-mix automation solution.

For more information about the system please refer to Ready-Mix

IDS signs a software development contract with USM (Universal Services and Maintenance SARL) for automating the payroll and quality management systems. USM is one of the larger companies in Lebanon and the automation of its payroll is a challenge. The IDS payroll system, which is highly customizable through parameters and settings, will be tailored further to cover more sophisticated payroll procedures and cost analysis. The quality system will be automated via our customized web-based content management system.

For more information about the systems please refer to Payroll and IDS Content Management System .

The Unified Judiciary Information Network was officially launched this morning in Four Points Sheraton Hotel, Dana Hall in Kuwait. His Excellency Dr. Abdallah Maatook Al-Maatook, Minister of Justice and Islamic Endowments, has launched the network in the presence of representatives and ambassadors of other GCC countries along with the MOJ – AIMS – IDS team.

The project aims to provide the advanced user (lawyers and judges) as well as the normal user legal information (laws and verdicts) of all GCC countries (first phase) and possible other countries in one unified context. The system was designed to allow member countries to enter legal information via a tightly controlled web-based workflow system and publish them online. Legal information is documented using a multi-dimensional thesaurus system that allows for linking and comparing the different terminologies used by different countries.

For more information about the system please click here.

Please visit www.gcc-legal.org to access the network online.

IDS developed and launched the CAUS website on Friday 28/4/2006. The website was developed to manage the complete works of a publishing center with full ecommerce capabilities. The site is fully dynamic and based on the IDS Content Management System allowing the user to easily add, modify, and delete website material. Everything is dynamic and accessible to the site manager (no technical skills required) through the IDS CMS back-office. On top of this, the site is equipped with a powerful search tool that enables the user to easily find books, magazines, and other material on the site quickly and accurately.

Please visit the CAUS site at www.caus.org.lb

Al-Qabas newspaper website was launched on 10/03/2006. The website contains the daily newspaper articles and various powerful services. The production cycle is fully automated with a powerful content manager especially designed for newspapers. Data from the previous website was migrated and integrated within the new website's database. The next few weeks will see a close follow up on the site in an effort to please the different tastes and suggestions of various readers.

IDS has been certified as a Microsoft Gold Partner with a total of 12 certified professionals and 29 certifications in total at the time of certification and gained the following competencies:

• Custom Development Solutions
• Application Infrastructure Development
• Information Worker Solutions
• Networking Infrastructure Solutions

IDS has prepared a certification plan for the year 2006 for both development and customer support personnel covering a wide range of expertise in our domain of activities.  A number of competencies relevant to our field of expertise are yet to be gained during the year 2006.

KAMCO and IFA, two major investment companies in Kuwait, have purchased the IDS Order Gateway solution to provide their clients with an online stock trading system with Kuwait Stock Exchange - KSE. The solution (product) is the result of coordinating efforts with Mr. Zuhair Al-Saadoun, a consultant for the stock exchange business in Kuwait. These deals were all signed via Gulf Resources Company - GRC, our partner in Kuwait.

The system provides each investment company with a fully developed and customized website which serves as a gateway for online trading with KSE. It also provides a fully functional web-based back-office that allows each investment company to create and manage accounts online. The administration part covers portfolio creation and setting, accounting, limit setting, reporting, user management, messaging, and other useful features.

The solution is based on .NET (C#), MS SQL 2000, Windows 2000/2003, and LINUX box for communication with KSE.

These contracts came shortly after signing with 3 brokerage companies in Kuwait.

The sites are expected to go live during this month of June.

IDS signed on 22/03/2005 three separate contracts with 3 major brokerage companies in Kuwait. The contracts are about providing an online system for dealing with Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE).

IDS jointly with AIMS [ Kuwait ] has won a bid for the development of a portal for the “Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundations” [KAPF].

The project is not limited for Kuwait endowment but for Islamic world endowment resources. The project is founded by the Islamic Development Bank [IDB].

The project consists of providing a portal for different endowment Islamic organizations through the world. IDB has assigned KAPF the mission of developing and operating a site that serves different endowment organizations stating their endowment resources and inventory.

The Federation Management System (FMS) is an enterprise system that has both windows and web front ends. The main goal is to automate the tournament management of Football leagues and championships in Lebanon and other countries.

The Lebanese Football Association (LFA), owner of the product, wants to automate his manual work related to tournament scheduling, fixtures, match events, tournament result, team history, player tracking, and LFA committees’ activities. FMS shall meet all those requirements in addition to the benefits of an automated system like accuracy, speed, statistics and broader access to information.

FMS system must support the:

• Men Football
• Women Football
• Foot-Sal

The handling of such brands would be implemented in separate databases.

The FMS system is intended to replace the manual model of players, matches, events and tournaments record keeping. LFA federation shall view players, pictures, papers, goals, played matches, cards and suspensions. In addition the federation can track team information (which group, history, matches played, won, lost…), play field availability, scheduling matches. The federation can have a list of suspended players and teams and keep track of the teams ranking in a specified tournament or league. According to the teams results the FMS will manage the divisions (which team will go up or down).

On April 13, 2004, the Quality Management Systems of Integrated Digital Systems (IDS) has been assessed and registered against ISO 9000 Version 2000 quality assurance standard. The ceritication was awarded by Moody International Certification France (COFRAC).

The certification Scope was "Turnkey Solutions in Information Technology".

We are proud of this achievement because it re-assured our clients of our utmost commitment to quality.

The process of adapting to ISO standard and document generation took around 6 months and covered the different business process elements involved at IDS, focusing on the development and customer support processes.

For more information about ISO please visit this site