IFS Conference for this year was co-sponsored by VOLVO, SUN Microsystems, CASIO and Nour Net.

Among the attendees for the day were IFS Existing Customers, Executives, Senior Managers and IT Professionals from the Private & Public Sectors as well as the media.

In his opening remarks, the Swedish Ambassador gave an overview of the current IT development and advancements made in Sweden in the field of IT for both the various government initiatives and the private sector, illustrating the importance IT plays in the western countries in general and Sweden in particular. In his presentation, the Swedish Ambassador made a specific reference to the advancements made in the areas of e-government, aviation and defense industries as well as electricity and the automotive industries.

IFS Managing Director Eng. Khalid Suliman then gave a presentation on the development and the functionality offered by IFS applications latest release. One major point made is the advancements made by IFS AB in the areas of Mobile & Wireless Solutions. In addition, one of IFS key strengths is its ability to connect to other systems and applications providing complete integration across the enterprise, thus improving efficiency and reducing costs.

Mr. Jerzy Leasinski, IFS Arabia assistant operations manager, then presented the new features offered by IFS 2004 release. He then presented the all new IFS Support Center structure, which is aimed at greatly enhancing IFS Support to the existing client base with support agreements by allowing remote access for IFS support staff to the customer system in order investigate the problem and install the required solution, this will provide faster response to customers support calls and at the same time improve efficiency of support staff, which in turn will enable them to respond to a greater number of calls. Mr. Leasinski also announced that the new release of IFS 2004 is now fully Arabized, this makes it the 7th generation of IFS applications being Arabized by IFS Arabia.

During the day, a practical demonstration was done for integrating IFS with Mobile solutions, this was done by linking IFS applications to Casio Hand Held Terminals, this offering has many practical uses including Inventory Receiving, checking and issuing of stock, Van Sales, Integration with Hospital Management Systems, etc..