972-918-0400
Gillani
Launches Scholars Program and Joins University of Texas at Dallas School of
Management Strategic Partner List
Gillani forges a close
relationship with The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) School of Management
by becoming one of the school’s 16 Strategic Partners, which also include
Alcatel USA, Alliance Data Systems, AT&T, Bank One, Deloitte, Ericsson,
Fujitsu, Haynes and Boon, LLP, Intervoice Inc., Marsh Inc. Nokia, Nortel
Networks, TXU and 7-Eleven Inc. The Gillani Scholars Program allows The UTD
School of Management to access Gillani software for research and teaching.
Richardson, Texas – December 30, 2003 –
Gillani, Inc. announced today that it has launched the Gillani Scholars
Program, designed to provide faculty and researchers at higher education
institutions, worldwide, with Enterprise Management software, and has entered
into a strategic partnership with The UTD School of Management.
The
first beneficiary of the program is The UTD School of Management’s Center for
Intelligent Supply Networks (C4ISN), which gains access to supply chain
management software and provides training to its students on enterprise
software used in major corporations around the globe. At the same time, C4ISN’s
capstone project pairs students and industry, giving Gillani access to bright
minds to help with short-term projects.
“Gillani
benefits from this relationship with The UTD School of Management by being able
to outsource some of our research and development work to the school’s capstone
project teams. While giving something back to our community, it also allows
exposure to Gillani Enterprise Software by graduate and undergraduate students,
who are the users of tomorrow of these products. These trained personnel could
become available to Gillani and its customers on internship or full-time bases,
after graduation”, said Syed Kamal, CEO of Gillani, Inc.
The
UTD School of Management’s Strategic Partners Program is an alliance of
business partners that work with the school in a unique relationship designed
to help meet the business education needs of companies in high-tech, worldwide
competition.
“It
is through these partnerships with companies like Gillani, that the school and
university receive not only crucial financial aid but also a unique perspective
on management expertise and future-oriented curriculum ideas that help us to
stay on the cutting edge”, said UTD School of Management Dean Dr. Hasan Pirkul.
C4ISN’s managing director, Dr. Divakar Rajamani, added that, in addition to future-oriented curriculum ideas, the partnership also “opens up real-world problems and data to UTD researchers.”
About
Gillani, Inc.
Richardson, Texas-based Gillani,
Inc. is an IBM Premier Business Partner specializing in providing and
implementing IT Solutions for today’s dynamic marketplace. The company
establishes a partnership with its clients to provide them with a range of IT
Services, from vision to reality. By providing a full range of critical
information technology services and solutions to its customers across the
globe, Gillani is rapidly emerging as a key technology partner for many small,
mid-size and large corporations. The
company serves customers in manufacturing, wholesale/retail, 3PL, telecomm,
technology, government and financial services verticals. Gillani, Inc. is
experienced in enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, web and
e-commerce design/hosting and IT outsourcing. The addition of iDistribute -
Distribution Management and Gillani Financials - ERP solutions adds a new
dimension and positions Gillani to achieve significant growth in 2004. For more
information, visit us on the Internet at www.gillani.com, or call us at
972-918-0400.
About The UTD
School of Management
The School of Management is the largest of UTD’s seven schools, with an
enrollment that has increased 92 per cent over the last seven years to more
than 4,300 students. The school’s new, 204,000-square-foot building — featuring
classrooms with state-of-the-art audio and visual equipment, wireless
connectivity, video-conferencing facilities, a computer lab, faculty offices,
meeting rooms and an executive education center — opened last summer. For more information, visit
http://som.utdallas.edu.
About
UTD
The University of Texas at Dallas, located at the convergence of Richardson,
Plano and Dallas in the heart of the complex of major multinational technology
corporations known as the Telecom Corridor®, enrolls more than 13,700 students. The school's freshman class traditionally
stands at the forefront of Texas state universities in terms of average SAT
scores. The university offers a broad assortment of bachelor's, master's and
doctoral degree programs. For additional information about UTD, please visit
the university's web site at www.utdallas.edu