Alacrity to enter ME through Emirates deal

Stan Beer
Wednesday, 26 October 2005 10:00

IT Industry - Deals

Mobile commerce developer, Alacrity Technologies has signed United Arab Emirates reseller InnoKAT to market its patented interactive mobile internet platform, CLEW in the Emirates region.

Through the deal, InnoKAT will introduce Alacrity to its medium-large enterprise customers, who reportedly have expressed interest in Alacrity's patented Closed Loop Environment for Wireless (CLEW) technology.

Headquartered in Dubai and with regional offices in Riyadh, Kuwait and Jordan, InnoKAT is a systems integrator, software solutions and consulting firm specialising in the financial services, healthcare, telecommunication, utilities and public sectors. 

Mohammed Kateeb, CEO of InnoKAT, said, 'There is tremendous potential for Alacrity's technology in the Arab Emirates, where our fast-growing economy is being matched by equally rapid technology take-up - that is, adoption of technologies themselves and the learnings from using those technologies.

'Alacrity's CLEW can be deployed in any situation where there is commercial advantage for enterprises in having real-time, actionable online mobile communications with key staff and stakeholders. The potential applications for companies in financial, services and heavy industries are enormous - and we believe that our customers will embrace this technology with enthusiasm.'

Adrian Tatham, CEO of Alacrity, said, 'This contract significantly advances Alacrity's key objective of globalising its m-commerce platform. Our growth strategy is based on partnering with organisations that can translate our technology into applications relevant to large enterprises in their region.

'InnoKAT is a respected technology provider that has the capacity to deploy CLEW and more importantly, partner with its Arab customers to advise them on leveraging CLEW to help drive their business growth.

'Alacrity sees enormous opportunity in the Arab Emirates market and we are investing significant resources - including, in the longer term, potentially developing a joint venture with InnoKAT - to strengthen and further our reach across the region.'

The license agreement, formalised in a Memorandum of Understanding provides InnoKAT with access to Alacrity's CLEW technology that delivers next-generation interactive online capabilities through mobile phones. CLEW pushes targeted information to specific users and is claimed to allow communication in typically less than two minutes, regardless of the users' location. It requires no proprietary hardware or additional capital investment.