Smartpath Goes For Gold In Nigeria

Smartpath Goes For Gold In Nigeria
By Smartpath marketing
March 2, 2009

Smartpath Goes For Gold In Nigeria

~ strong blue-chip opportunity for asset and maintenance management software in Africa ~

Sydney, March 2 2009 - Smartpath, provider of web 2.0 asset, maintenance, helpdesk and mobility solutions, is continuing its international expansion through the appointment of a partner in Nigeria, UnoTelos Ltd.

The partnership was signed in just under a month following UnoTelos' review of a number of global asset management and maintenance software solutions, and a trial of Smartpath's Loc8 asset, maintenance, mobility and help desk web 2.0 software.

A specialist in the provision of infrastructure and network management, network planning and design and network deployment, UnoTelos has taken Smartpath's Loc8 product to organisations in the petro-chemical, telco, airline and banking industries, in which it has particular expertise through work with, Chevron, Arik Airlines, Global Fleet Group, ExxonMobil Nigeria and MTN Nigeria.

Smartpath's web 2.0 solution, Loc8, is a business control solution that enables companies to gain a consolidated view of their assets, meet statutory reporting and compliance requirements, mitigate risk, manage asset additions, disposals and transfers, control procurement andmaintenance costs and leverage the value of assets throughout their organisation.

Training on the Loc8 software with UnoTelos has been conducted virtually from Smartpath's head offices in Sydney.

"We have strong demand for business control systems at blue-chip user organisations requiring highly functional asset and maintenance management solutions with a low implementation footprint but which deliver rapid return on investment," explained Jude Egbokwu, Managing Director, at UnoTelos. "These are large organisations for which efficient operations can seriously impact the bottom line positively. We look forward to strong success with Smartpath's Loc8 product in Nigeria."

"2009 is shaping up well for Smartpath, and the countries we're currently targeting are ones experiencing rapid economic growth and those investing heavily in infrastructure, "said Philip Hare, Partnering and Marketing Director at Smartpath. "Currently, these are typically within ‘emerging markets' which have a strong requirement to keep critical assets, including telephony equipment and plant machinery, operational to help sustain strong economic growth."

This partnership comes ahead of Smartpath's imminent launch into the UK and its recent work establishing a partner presence in South America, where there are strong opportunities for the Loc8 asset management and maintenance solution. The company is also seeking specialised partners in Australia.

For more information, please visit www.smartpath-software.com