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HNB wins best facilitator

In cheque clearing operations:

HNB Centralized Operations Manager Rohan Samarasundera receiving the award from Central Bank of Sri Lanka Deputy Governor Priyantha Fernando. Lankaclear (Pvt) Ltd General Manager and CEO Sunimal Weerasuriya looks on

HNB won the award for the best facilitator in cheque clearing operations among the commercial banks in Sri Lanka.

This award was presented at the fifth anniversary celebration of the implementation of the “Cheque Imaging System” which was organized by Lankaclear (Pvt) Ltd. held at the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel recently.

The chief guest at this occasion was the Central Bank Governor Ajith N Cabraal.

The award represented the most efficient cheque clearing operations among banks which enable customers to deposit cheques from over 210 customer centres islandwide.

Cheques deposited up to the close of business are processed on the same day itself and funds released to customers’ accounts before 3.00 p.m. the following working day enabling counter withdrawals for any large sum as well as withdrawal through any of the bank’s ATMs islandwide.

All Current Account holders at HNB enjoy this superior service.

‘One country, one voice’:

SLT unveils new brand proposition

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the national telecommunications provider, has rejuvenated its brand identity with an emotional and exciting brand identity that heralds the company’s ambitious expansion plans. This brand transformation is the precursor for unleashing many new and unique products and services across the areas of voice, data, video to its customers, inspired by a vision to connect all Sri Lankans seamlessly with world class information, communication and entertainment services. The telecom major’s new brand proposition - ‘One Country. One Voice’ - epitomizes the infinite value that the brand adds to the lives of Sri Lankans here and abroad.

‘One Country. One Voice’ embodies the path that Sri Lanka is taking as it experiences a social and economic renaissance, marching ahead as one united nation. As one of the best-loved and most respected brands in the country, SLT is the ideal conduit to bring world class communications to the country and motivate all citizens with its patriotic call.

SLT Chief Executive Officer Greg Young said: “SLT too has a vision for a country marching ahead to face and surmount challenges as one nation. Our brand repositioning symbolizes this abundant hope and captures the mood of optimism sweeping across the country. SLT has made a significant contribution to the nation by boosting the telecommunications sector over the last decade.

Our new strategic direction and our network modernization will expand our capabilities to deliver a positive impact on the country’s ICT level as the economy powers ahead, keeping in mind that SLT has always aligned its group vision to the national vision for an IT-enabled country. This brand repositioning is a pivotal moment for the company as it motivates us to renew our commitment to the growth of the nation’s ICT sector and support the massive economic growth for our country in the months and years ahead.”

SLT is also spear-heading the ‘i-Sri Lanka’ project, which will enhance and upgrade the existing fixed network lines and expand the fibre network closer to customers, resulting in reliability, quality and broadband data speeds. SLT has endeared itself to customers with unparalleled focus on customer service and continues to put the customer at the heart of their transformation plan.

ICT has been identified as a sector that will receive state backing to achieve exponential growth in the future. As a partner in enhancing and upgrading the national ICT capabilities and preparedness, SLT, with its new brand look and proposition, is poised to drive growth in the sector through a series of investments and strategies that will shape telecommunication information and entertainment for Sri Lanka into the future.

Oracle launches optimized solution

Oracle last week launched the Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure, a fully integrated, pre-tested solution which helps accelerate enterprise Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud deployments.

The new solution leverages Oracle’s unique ability to engineer and integrate key infrastructure components and speed virtual machine deployment times by up to 98 percent, lowering TCO and improving productivity for enterprises and cloud service providers.

The Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure combines Oracle’s Sun Blade server modules, Oracle Solaris or Oracle Linux, Oracle’s ZFS Storage Appliance, and Oracle VM, the only VM fully certified and supported with Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Applications. With Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g the solution can be managed and supported as a single system.

Oracle consulting is available to complement the solution with assessment, architecture and implementation services to help ensure optimal deployment. Additionally, Oracle advanced customer services offers production readiness, installation, mission critical support and preventative monitoring services to help customers achieve operational readiness and high availability to maximize the value of enterprise cloud infrastructure investments.

The new solution provides an ideal foundation for IaaS and extends Oracle’s rich portfolio of cloud offerings which includes Oracle On Demand, cloud services, as well as comprehensive Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) products.

The Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure is endorsed by the Intel Cloud Builders program as an effective way to quickly deploy IaaS cloud capabilities.

“Oracle is radically simplifying cloud deployment with a pre-tested, single vendor solution for enterprise cloud infrastructure,” said Oracle development hardware vice president Ali Alasti”.

By engineering our hardware and software together, the Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure cuts deployment time from weeks to hours and helps customers get virtualized infrastructure up and running faster,” he said.

“The Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure, based on Intel” Xeon processor-based Oracle blade servers, provides a solid blueprint for true enterprise-class IaaS deployments,” said Mission Critical Intel Segment Datacenter Group General Manager Pauline Nist, “Oracle’s solution is a welcome addition to the Intel Cloud Builders program, and opens the door for ongoing engagement and innovation in cloud computing,” Nist said.