The objective of the Malaysian Government is to accelerate Malaysia’s entry into the Information Age. While the government and many corporations have embraced the use of IT and the Internet, there is not a single Malaysia-based software company tapping into the growing enterprise software market in Malaysia, not to mention the multibillion international markets.
Navitas Software Sdn.Bhd. believes that Malaysia now has sufficient skilled IT human capital – graduates of local colleges and universities – to form such a company. Based in Malaysia, Navitas will enjoy a 50% – 60% cost advantage over software companies in Singapore, and at least a 75% – 85% advantage over Silicon Valley. The challenge is thus in determining what to develop ( that is, utilizing functional expertise ), and knowing how to build large-scale enterprise software ( that is, applying enterprise technology expertise ). Navitas is uniquely positioned to take on the challenge. Navitas brings together the functional and enterprise software expertise of Multics Computer Systems ( MCS ) in Penang, Malaysia, a provider of LAN-based ( Local Area Network ) business applications with 500 small-to medium-sized installations.
The objective of Navitas is to produce and market a suite of enterprise systems that run on web-based platform, which will scale from small to large corporations. Navitas will take existing LAN-based business applications from MCS and re-architect them into enterprise-class web server-side systems that use web browsers and wireless devices as client. This new web-based architecture will provide real-time connectivity and collaboration across the enterprise and externally with customers and partners. Navitas enterprise systems will transform business processes into a real-time environment, thereby dramatically improving performance and increasing ROI ( return on investment )