Transtek
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| Type | Private Limited Liability Company |
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| Industry | Software & Programming |
| Founded | Damascus, Syria (2000) |
| Headquarters | Damascus |
| Key people | Abdulsalam Haykal, Co-founder and CEO, Mohamed Haykal, Chairman, Husam Khaskieh, Chief Technology Officer |
| Products | Compass ERP |
| Employees | 200 |
| Website | http://www.transtek.com |
Transtek Information Systems is the largest business software firm in Syria.[1][2][3] Transtek's flagship product is Compass ERP, a dual language (English-Arabic) Enterprise Resource Planning system. According to the major Arab daily Al-Hayat, Compass ERP was one of the ways Syria defied American economic sanctions, which in part did not allow major international technology and ERP vendors to sell their products in Syria.[4] Transtek's ERP package has an estimated 80% marketshare, also due to lack of competition.[5] Another product that filled a gap created by sanctions was Compass AML, the first anti-money laundering system produced in the Arab World.[6]
Transtek's CEO Abdulsalam Haykal was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2009.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "شركة ترانستك لأنظمة المعلومات تقيم لقاءً مفتوحاً مع القائمين على المصارف الخاصة" (in Arabic). Masaader.com. 29 May 2009. http://www.masaader.com/article_view.php?article_id=3251. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ "Video Interview with Syrian Serial Entrepreneur Abdulsalam Haykal, Founder of Transtek and President of Syrian Young Entrepreneurs Association.". ArabCrunch. 24 May 2009. http://arabcrunch.com/2009/05/video-interview-with-syrian-serial-entrepreneur-abdulsalam-haykal-founder-of-transtek-and-president-of-syrian-young-entrepreneurs-association.html. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ "Transtek - Transtek is first Syrian company to seek international software certificate of CMMI". Transtek Systems. 12 May 2009. http://www.transtek.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=20. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ "شركات برمجة سورية تتحايل على الحظر الاميركي وتنافس عالمياً" (in Arabic). Al-Hayat. 10 December 2006. http://www.mshtawy.com/article-170.html. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ ""عبد السلام هيكل".. نحن بحاجة ماسّة لقطاع خاص حقيقي في صناعة البرمجيات" (in Arabic). Syrian Computer Society. 6 November 2008. http://www.shaamexpo.org/__print.php?filename=200811111104170. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ "Compass AML: The first Arab software solution designed to combat money laundering". Forward Magazine. http://www.fw-magazine.com/content/compass-aml-first-arab-software-solution-designed-combat-money-laundering. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ "World Economic Forum names Syrian entrepreneur as Young Global Leader". AME Info. 7 March 2009. http://www.ameinfo.com/187479.html. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
