The Tale of the Two Emerald Isles: SLASSCOM Sri Lanka Pushes the Boat out to Ireland
PRLog (Press Release) –
Jul 21, 2009 – Two islands, similar political histories, same determination to succeed. Entrepreneurialism well known and well evident in both countries, and a shared love of tea! This is the backdrop to SLASSCOM Sri Lanka’s first foray across the seas to visit the ancient people of Ireland and to build on the already strong roots of business and collaboration between the two countries.
Sri Lanka is at last emerging from a prolonged period of conflict, as Ireland has done in recent years. The people of the two islands have a natural affinity and a similar cultural perspective on life. Both states face challenges, for different reasons, of overcoming economic challenges and there are obvious benefits of building and growing a process of partnering and collaboration with each other. Under the banner of ‘Open for Business’ SLASSCOM, the catalyst of growth for the Sri Lankan IT and BPO industry, along with the Sri Lankan ICT Agency had a meeting of minds with a host of Irish companies and organisations this month in Dublin.
The meeting took place at the Digital Exchange in Dublin, within the offices of the Irish Governmental Digital Hub Development Agency and, befittingly, the former historical home to one of Ireland’s greatest export success stories – Guinness’s.
The event benefited from five Irish speakers and two Sri Lankan. Two Irish companies with direct operations in Sri Lanka, Valista (acquired by Aepona) and Online Web Accounting. Declan McMahon and Nigel McAuley respectfully from these two leading Irish firms set out their blueprint for success and lessons learned in doing business with Sri Lanka. These were complimented by very insightful talks by Michael O’Duffy of the Centre for Software Engineering (based on campus at Dublin City University) and by Ita Richardson of LERO (a Science Foundation Ireland funded research organisation based at Limerick University). John O’Connor of HSBC in Dublin added context from a banking and transaction perspective. HSBC in Dublin have strong connections to Sri Lanka where the bank is a major and active inward investor.
The Sri Lankan speakers included a dynamic and compelling presentation by Fayaz Hudah of the Sri Lankan governmental ICT Agency which provided an overview of government policy, drivers and leadership in supporting the software and services sectors in Sri Lanka. He also outlined the country’s attractive incentives for overseas investors, including tax breaks.
Mano Sekaram (Eurocenter DDC) presented on SLASSCOM. The presentation and delivery gave an excellent overview and context to the Sri Lanka’s position, strengths and unique advantages on the World Stage.
The similarities with Ireland in the years leading to the country’s economic explosion were particularly striking. A young educated and highly literate workforce, strong governmental policies to support, encourage and grow business success, positioning of the country on the international stage, attractive financial incentives, substantial overseas Diaspora and, of course, gateway access to a substantial market. In the case If Ireland it is Europe. In the case of Sri Lanka it is access to the very substantially greater populations of the wider South Asian economies including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives and more.
The event underscored the importance of ‘relevant’ partnering. It emphasised the superior strengths of ‘effective process’ in both Irish and Sri Lankan successful companies – an essential determinant of success. Where relationships include an outsourcing component the critical successful factors, strategies and blueprint for successful mutual benefits emphasised the importance of ‘intelligent outsourcing’. The key element in intelligent outsourcing is choosing right-sized partners whom you can trust, and who share your will to win.
With downward pressure on costs and upward pressure on performance and delivery times, it is clear that the challenge for Irish companies maintaining forward momentum and growth requires renewing their export drive by working harder, but above all, by thinking smarter.
Competing for global business requires a positive strategy of global partnering, blending cost/performance, expertise and our brilliance in sales and service to win international business. It is here, that SLASSCOM and its members come to the table with a value proposition that is real, tangible, demonstratable by experience, and which delivers the best of both worlds – the combination of quality with cost advantages; among the best process-driven business community internationally; a politically advantageous gateway to South Asia; and, importantly a half day working day overlap with Ireland with an English speaking business environment.
An exciting outcome of the voyage to Ireland will be the formal inauguration later this year of an Irish Sri Lankan Software and Services Business Chamber. ‘Open for Business’ will drive the agenda in the coming months and years. Chambers Ireland, representing 60 Irish Chambers and 13,000 members, who actively supported the SLASSCOM visit to Dublin, has already indicated they will work with SLASSCOM to bring a delegation from Ireland to Sri Lanka early 2010.
The Tale of the Two Emerald Islands will see the growth of existing business between the two countries, the development of new and sustainable business relations and an increasingly well trodden path between the two gateway business locations.
The full event details including downloadable presentations can be seen at BusinessSriLanka.com
About SLASSCOM
SLASSCOM acts as the catalyst of growth for the Sri Lankan IT and BPO industry by facilitating trade and business, propagation of education and employment, encouragement of research and innovation, and by supporting the creation of a progressive national policy framework. www.slasscom.lk
For more information please contact Press1 (at) BusinessSriLanka.com
# # #
Business Sri Lanka is a Business Social Network of professionals focused on building and developing business opportunities between Sri Lanka and Europe. Business Sri Lanka is non-political and operates a strict policy of inclusion.
- Business Opportunity: Dryer Vent Installation Company Expands with Franchisee Training Program
- Outsourced Lead Generation, Outsourced B2B Lead Generation- Reduce cost up to 40% to 60%
- diamond, israeli diamond The Odds are on the High-end Jewelry Industry at JCK Las Vegas
- AbeTech Taps Top Executive for Advisor Board
- Franchise for Sale with Growing Dryer Vent Repair Company
- New Irish Energy Saving Device Proven To Save Up To 25% On Electricity Costs In Your Home & Business
- Building Information Models-MEP, Structural & Architectural Projects
- FREE - One month of Services - Bookkeeping for Small Businesses in hard times
- A Complete Home Remodeling Center Located in Savannah - The Savannah Cabinet Shop
- eXample Consulting achieves GOLDEN JUBILEE milestone in Lean Six Sigma public training
- Understanding Search Engine Crawlers
- 13 of the World’s Top 20 Universities Misspell “University” on Their Own Website
- The Leader’s Edge/Leaders By Design Provides Coaching to Achieve Leadership Excellence
- Chairman Indicates 2009-05-15; Analysis for option management
- RECHARGEnyc, A Market Consultancy Focused on Revitalizing Businesses Announces It’s Launch
PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 22, 2009 – Warren, MI – Dryer Vent Wizard is the nation’s largest dryer exhaust specialist with over 50 franchises in major markets throughout the US. They are expanding in many market areas to provide a much needed service to consumers and businesses. Dryer Vent Wiza
PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 13, 2009 – ITMatchOnline provides Business to Business Lead generation solutions. This is a win-win for both the buyer and seller. A buyer is able to request information from several businesses that offer the product or service that they are looking for and the seller is
PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 28, 2009 – ’ The show serves a major meeting place for the many entities in the global high-end jewelry and diamond industries. Yancy Weinrich, Industry VP for JCK and Luxury, says that the trade show’s venue is a definite attraction: “If we were to have the show in Chic
PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 21, 2009 – Rogers, MN – AbeTech, a track and trace solutions provider, announces the appointment of a top tech executive, Lem Amen, (Managing Partner, Symbion GrowthWerks LLC), to its Board of Advisors. Amen contributes 23 years of executive leadership and expertise in
PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 22, 2009 – Warren, MI–Dryer Vent Wizard is a dryer vent repair and maintenance company who also works to increase public awareness in preventing clothes dryer fires. Poor maintenance is the leading cause of over 15,000 dryer fires occurring each year in the US. Dryer
PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 17, 2009 – http://www.ElectricitySaverIreland.com - It makes sense when you’re spending less, that you need to make less, and right now for a lot of people, that’s a good thing. JP McGeown from Electricity Saver Ireland shares “When we first starting looking into the sui
PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 13, 2009 – BIM 4D Services firm use latest design technology for various building model in 4d construction. BIM 4D provides various high quality building information models such as architectural BIM model, structural BIM model, and MEP BIM model as per the client’s requi
PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 22, 2009 – NSW, Sydney - Positive news for small business DML Bookkeeping is providing the third month of bookkeeping FREE to all clients and rebates for all referrals. This is the first offer of its kind, aside from some businesses offering free consultations and assess
PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 02, 2009 – Come to The Savannah Cabinet Shop for All Your Home Remodeling. At The Savannah Cabinet Shop we offer custom, semi-custom and stock cabinetry. This selection allows flexibility and customization for any project on any budget. With prices competitive to big b
PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 29, 2009 – eXample India (An eXample Consulting Group firm) is India’s #1 LEAN SIX SIGMA Consulting, Training, Certification and advisory services firm. eXample is celebrating a GOLDEN JUBILEE in LEAN SIX SIGMA Public training and Certification programs having completed
PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 20, 2009 – Understanding the way a search engine crawler indexes pages and the specific algorithm elements involved in their programming is key to determining which optimization techniques to use. The algorithms use a combination of page content and structure, loading ti
PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 07, 2009 – An analysis by enterprise website spell checking platform spellr.us has revealed that on average, 14.2% of web pages on the world’s most prestigious university websites contain at least one genuine spelling error. The annual spellr.us Higher Education Online
PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 09, 2009 – Bala Cynwyd, PA – The Leader’s Edge/Leaders By Design, a premier provider of career development and executive coaching services, announces the launch of their new website, www.the-leaders-edge.com. The website focuses on providing information on leadership e
PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 11, 2009 – Want to constitute an new Commission on Assets Management to meet up competition for a multiple basic level coming 2010. Past foremost exchange indicates that there as well would become create through investment management in a higher degree an new yield opera
PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 08, 2009 – NEW YORK, RECHARGEnyc is a market consultancy group formed by successful entrepreneurs to help refocus, revitalize and reposition businesses. ABOUT RECHARGE The practice was formed with the knowledge that we have experienced an unprecedented shift in the m