Yann Rotil: Describe for us the function of Ethos?

Marc Lati : Ethos KMS is an IT Consultancy Firm that builds its strategies and solutions over Open Source development frameworks and applications. Ethos consultants are specialized in Knowledge Management Integrating Enterprise Content Management with Enterprise Resource Planning. Y.R : Define your market to us?

M.L : In a primary phase, we would like to concentrate on the Lebanese market. We offer applications for large and medium-sized companies of all sectors, which allows for a large potential customer base. We believe this sector to be very promising despite the dissuasive political climate.

Y.R : Explain to us more about the solutions you propose.

M.L : Concretely, we offer a Content Management System which allows companies to manage their content and publish Customer relevant data online to improve customer retention and loyalty. We also offer Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) which concerns large companies. Our software enjoys a multitude of modules allowing companies to manage several functions within its scope. ERP allows company to automate:

· Quote to Cash

· Requisition

· HR

· Payroll

· Warehousing and Material Management

· Manufacturing

Our ERP Is integrated with a workflow tool and a reporting engine that helps applies the business logic in an easy to manage interface.

M.L : We target companies with

• Huge flow of information
• Companies that have web presence as a crucial tool for doing business
• Holding companies that manage the websites of different companies
• Information portals where there is lot of content and related security