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Industrial and Financial Systems (IFS) has moved to a new purpose built Research and Development Centre located at in Colombo 6.

The new centre will provide State-of-the-Art facilities for research and development of Business Software Solutions, and will meet the needs of the planned expansion of IFS' operations in Sri Lanka. This was made known at a media conference held at its new premises.

Michael Hallen, the President of the IFS Group said 'The inauguration of our new R and D Centre demonstrates IFS' commitment to Sri Lanka and the dedication with which our staff have applied themselves in the six years since we commenced operations in Colombo. For a company such as ours it is crucial to be able to attract and retain qualified and skilled staff. We are very impressed by the high quality of the software professionals in Sri Lanka, and have found their qualifications and skills on par with their peers in Europe and the US", Hallen said. Jayantha de Silva, Vice President of South Asia (IFS) said the facilities available at this Research and Development Centre will enable us to serve the local market even better. We are the only ERP vendor with a direct prescience in the country and the access to the resources of the R and D Centre ensures that we have locally the all the expertise to ensure that our customers gets the maximum benefit from using IFS ApplicationsTM.

It also reduces the Total Cost of Ownership for our clients, as the experts are available here in Colombo, while the other vendors would have to source such resources internationally', De Silva said.

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