Pamoja cloud platform links FlowCentric Technologies with Guidel

Pamoja, the cloud services business unit of Seacom and provider of wholesale cloud computing services, will provide cloud services to link FlowCentric Technologies with Guideline BizTech.

Advanced process technology, Rubi-Flow, from FlowCentric Technologies, a leading local provider of agile, robust, and easily-integrated business process management solutions, is being used to automate and power the business process components of Guideline BizTech’s enterprise business management tool, RUBiQ – a service solution selected for Pamoja’s cloud services offering for Africa.

Pamoja’s cloud services will be provided via its network of data centres, located directly on the Seacom submarine infrastructure. The first cloud platform is running in the Mtunzini cable landing station near Richards Bay. Guideline BizTech’s RUBiQ is one of the strategic solutions selected as part of Pomoja’s cloud services platform.

“This is a big deal for us. Our selection as the strategic partner to BizTech in extending RUBiQ as a fully automated and integrated, cloud-ready solution on the Pamoja platform is testimony to the agility and power of FlowCentric Processware to close the gap between business systems and drive efficiencies for faster and higher return on investment,” says Albie Bester, Managing Director at Pamoja.

“Pamoja is set to revolutionise the way in which small and medium-sized companies access and use IT technologies and services. The cloud is the way forward and we are very proud to be working with BizTech Guideline to bring the advanced capabilities of RUBiQ, a true software-as-a-service, model within the reach of smaller businesses. Our business model is to build a cloud services marketplace for SME business. We offer solutions via strategically selected ISPs to the business community. In RubiQ we have found a product that fits perfectly with our philosophy of best-of-breed. We believe that the solution will offer business users unparalleled control over their businesses and accelerate the efforts of any organisation to comply with ISO 9001 standards,” he adds.

Nicky Downing CEO of Guideline BizTech, says: “RUBiQ is a comprehensive, turnkey enterprise business management solution for ensuring compliance and enabling best practice. It is the only/one of only a handful of business management and compliance tools which is Web-based and cloud-ready to be delivered via the Pamoja marketplace.

“With the FlowCentric workflow engine, we have been able to automate static, documented procedures and critical business processes, allowing for rapid deployment in small and medium-sized businesses so that they can optimise efficiency, productivity, and competitiveness, as well as comply with the ISO 9011: 2008 standard. “The depth of expertise and capability within FlowCentric’s team is immense and we look forward to working with them into the future.”