ITQAN's Commitment to quality reiterated with the first Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award in the IT industry.

ITQAN's bagging the top honors this year by being the first System Integrator and Solution Provider to receive the coveted Quality Appreciation Certificate, Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award (Seventh Cycle 2005-2006) is truly symbolic of its name which means perfection in Arabic.

Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Awards recognize the achievements of organizations, which can demonstrate that their total quality has contributed significantly to improved performance. ITQAN's track record of twenty-three years is consistent with achievements and awards reflecting its deep commitment to world-class service and focus on customer satisfaction.

ITQAN, established in 1984 as Al Bawardi Computers, took on the name in 1997. A 100% nationally owned and certified ISO 9001-2000 company, ITQAN employs a team of 100+ professionals and has offices located throughout UAE and associates distributed in the gulf region to effectively serve the region's proliferating IT needs. Through its long-lasting relationship with world leading vendors including Microsoft, Oracle and OpenText, ITQAN pioneers state-of-the-art solutions in networking, office automation, business process automation, enterprisewide resource planning, Internet/Intranet applications and the sunrise sector of e-commerce and e-business. In keeping with the market evolution ITQAN re-positioned its portfolio offerings and re-structured the organization to redirect its focus into the application solutions business. In the late ‘90s it started to offer implementation services for online government services, document management and healthcare management solutions. With its growing focus on implementing application solutions, ITQAN has built a dedicated team of highly skilled professionals and a set of operational competencies.

ITQAN firmly believes that the endless pursuit of excellence is the sure way to achieve sustained competitive advantage. Its customer-centered approach and total dedication to technological excellence have set ITQAN apart from the rest of the players in the industry. A proactive business policy and relationship rooted in trust with its customers, business partners and employees enable the company to soar to greater heights year after successful year.

This faith is adequately vindicated in the many gleaming milestones along ITQAN's fast lane to progress. These include Membership in Dubai Quality Group and Certificates of Appreciation over the years such as DQG 2005, IDEX2005, Dubai Police GHQ General Department of e-Service 2005, Higher Colleges of Technology (Abu Dhabi Women's College) 2003, Emirates Environment Group 2000, UAE University and The Military Committee for International Defence Exhibitions (CODEX) 1998.

ITQAN also has to its credit industry recognitions such as Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference 2004 - Customer Experience Award, Gulf Excellence Forum Award 2000, Middle East Information Technology Award as the IT Company of the Year 1999 and Dubai Quality Appreciation Award as the IT Company of the Year (Services) 1998.

Today, ITQAN stands head and shoulders above the crowd as the most distinguished local system integrator, recognized for its qualitative excellence and ready to serve the burgeoning IT needs of the region through its specialization in horizontal solutions such as Infrastructure Security, Collaborative Knowledge Management and Enterprise Resource Planning as well as vertical solutions such as e-Government, Healthcare & Customer Relationship Management.

“As a strong believer in quality and perfection, ITQAN, as a team, will strive to sustain the achieved level of trust empowered to us by the U.A.E community. It is this commitment that positioned ITQAN ahead of the competition to remain the main persona of the System Integrators in the region. We aim to capitalize on this unique opportunity and provide our clients throughout the local and regional markets with the precise message, image and vision of an elite U.A.E System Integrator,” says Feras Al Jabi, General Manager of ITQAN.

“The passion for excellence and dedication to cause are integral parts of Albawardi Enterprises corporate culture” observes Mansour Al Alami, Managing Director, AE Group. “As a quality-driven organization, the group has held the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award in great esteem and is proud to be acknowledged with it. One of the first companies to win the coveted award was Emdad – Al Bawardi Oil & Gas which received the award in the year of its inception in 2000. Following this, another group company, Furnicon Royal Interiors, belonging to Albawardi Enterprises Corporate Services received the Quality Appreciation Certificate Sixth Cycle (2004-2005). ITQAN is the third company to have been awarded The Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Certificate. As a national group it's a unique achievement and a heartening experience for three of its companies to be measured and recognized with such a prestigious award.”