ExcelSoft and UWS power next generation enterprise research

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Sri Lankan software firm, ExcelSoft, announced its partnership and research collaboration with the University of Western Sydney (UWS) to

research and develop powerful, flexible and comprehensive toolsets for commercial enterprise level applications. Working closely with Professor Athula Ginige, Deans Unit School of Computing, Engineering & Math, UWS and his research assistants, ExcelSoft’s experienced Research and Development department is working towards creating the tools and frameworks needed to power the next generation suite of enterprise software. With a focus on Java, ExcelSoft is wholly committed to work with open source technologies to provide clients with feature rich and cost effective solutions. The research project was initiated between ExcelSoft and the University of Western Sydney by ExcelSoft Chairman Francis Chokatte and Professor Athula Ginige. Continuing the groundbreaking work initiated by Professor Ginige, ExcelSoft will work together to expand the mature academic work into commercial territory with a focus on crafting world class quality tools to allow for simple, rapid and flexible application development at an enterprise scale. “It is pleasing to note that a Sri Lankan Software Company has matured to the level where they are actively pursuing new and innovative solutions to various challenges associated with developing enterprise applications,” said Professor Ginige. “The University is glad to be a research partner in this endeavor and to support ExcelSoft.” Founded in 1989, the University of Western Sydney is a renowned and established institution for higher education with numerous ongoing research projects spanning a variety of industries in collaboration with other universities and businesses globally. ExcelSoft, founded in 2001, has been providing high performance enterprise solutions for over a decade. ExcelSoft caters to a wide variety of industries and customers such as education, apparel manufacturing, payroll, HR and more. Their flagship ERP product powers the business decisions of several industry leaders and is one of the most robust and comprehensive ERP solutions to be developed and supported in Sri Lanka. Their decision to revamp their product portfolio, including their ERP product, is in line with cutting edge technology advances.