Happy New Year from Argus Technologies Qatar

How to Promote or Improve your business using IT Soutions

When Qatar won the World cup 2022, every business owners may delighted with high confidence. Qatar promised to spend $50 billion on infrastructure upgrades and $4 billion to build nine stadiums and renovate three others. So construction activity in Qatar is expected to witness a significant surge. This will catalyse a lot of a lot of infrastructure projects and hope for business owners to do further investments. 

So what you think in relate with technology, no doubt, that is must for any business. Surely, business owners might be looking competitive advantage over others. My suggestion is to ask the following questions to self and find answers. How can you catch this opportunity to grow your business? How can you improve your business? How can you promote your business? Want a surefire way to increase your business this year? You should think of technologies that can help you to do business right way by competing others/ improving your performance.

Website

Your business simply has to have a website. These days, that's not a very expensive endeavor. A Web site has become nearly as essential as a telephone or fax machine or printed brochure. Increasingly, people search the Web rather than the Yellow Pages when looking for a service or product. Providing information to your customers takes time, whether it’s on the phone, face-to-face, in a brochure, or in emails. With an online catalogue you can provide lots of information about your products and services. Once your website is up and running, it is available to your customers indefinitely, saving you time.

Make use of email & online marketing

Email is one of the best methods of online marketing and it doesn't cost you much to use it. Marketing having to do with email includes:

·         Make use of the automatic signature. It should include your name, contact information and website. You can also highlight promotions that you're running or specific services in your signature.

·         Contact lists. Email is a terrific way of staying in touch with clients and potential clients. Make sure to include all new contacts in your email address book.

·         E-newsletters. You can create a brief newsletter which you email to everyone in your address book. This keeps your name on people's minds and gives them a reason to learn about what you're doing

Luckily, the Internet offers numerous methods of online marketing (SEO and SEM) that don't cost a lot of money.  You can find the methods helpful for gaining website traffic and increasing customer flow to the business.

Automation of business (ERP Software)

The business solution helps you to run your business smoothly and to promote growth in business. Look for software that can integrate all the key business operations, synchronizing all those, gives new planning and optimizing the resources available for the business. The automation of your business help significantly improve your business metrics by process optimization, better inventory control, better reporting to take decisions, integration across functionality and increasing transparency across the company. Purchase department can see the sales department data, Sales department can see inventory data, and top management can see any data on a click of single button.

How ERP system benefits your business ?

Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP in short, is the business solution, which helps an organization to run its business smoothly and to promote growth in business. ERP has been designed and developed in such a way that it can integrate all the key business operations, synchronizing all those, gives new planning and optimizing the resources available for the business. 

ERP is not just software it is a combination of software, processes and procedures used to reduce redundancy, create  efficiency and provide a platform for growth. So the solution can be accomplished through 3 major areas: 

1. Software

2. Implementation/training/ process

3. Guidance

The software provides that foundation, it is basically the tool to process the information. The best software system is the one that does what your organization needs it to do. Keep in mind that even the best system doesn't work if you don’t set it up and use it properly. Don’t get me wrong the software is important but not everything.

The main difficulties that an organization feels in order to run a business are the need of quick information. For making any crucial decision for running business one has to have all information with them and also the information which they require at any point of time should reach to them immediately. ERP improves coordination between all operations; it can simultaneously streamline the workflows and processes them according to the priority level, and hence giving benefits to the user. After installation of a proper ERP system the organization becomes more active in terms of time management. Another vital importance of ERP is of better marketing opportunities. ERP investigate every segment properly and thus gives solution to many debacles existing in an enterprise. 

The implementation of ERP system has helped small and mid sized companies, significantly improve their business metrics by process optimization, improving the entire business process, better inventory control, better reporting to take decisions, integration across functionality and increasing transparency across the company. Purchase department can see the sales department data, Sales department can see inventory data, and top management can see any data on a click of single button.

The introduction of ERP in any company has also helped it move up the value chain in term of market credibility and building the confidence of its customer, stakeholders and vendors. Most of the small and mid sized companies were living with in-house developed applications which are non-integrated and on disparate technology architectures. This has resulted in running with redundant technology, loss of support, non availability or less availability of critical information at the right time resulting in overall business loss.

Choosing the right Inventory Management Software

Why to have Inventory control software for you business?

Inventory control software systems have become inevitable in almost all of the business today. Inventory control software is a constitutional part of keeping the business moving fluently, whether it is an intense production unit or some service-oriented industry. The usage of software tools specifically designed for inventory control and management run deep into a company’s long way in keeping a company’s wheels running smoothly.

Inventory control software helps in inventory tracking and controlling the levels of stock, both real-time as well as batch stocks. The software usually has interfaces that can determine when stock needs to be reordered or needs to be scaled down because of less demand, which gives user the complete control over the inventory life cycle. This helps to keep the inventory always stocked up so that the user would never ever lose an order because of insufficient stock. The software can also spot potentially unwanted and old dying stock. It can track sales by drawing out intelligent trends and fact sheets over a period of time and report on orders that are expected to follow.

Argus Inventory Management solution in Qatar offers the most of the features, which is affordable to any small to medium business organizations. 

Choosing Accounting Software for your business

The accounting software systems provide major advantages such as speed and accuracy of operation, and, perhaps most importantly, the ability to see the real-time state of the company’s financial position.  When using a computerized accounting system the on computer, input screens have been designed for ease of use. The computerized ledger system is fully integrated.  This means that when a business transaction input on the computer, it is recorded in a number of different accounting records at the same time.

If you are just getting started in a business and want to make keeping the accounts yourself a bit easier, you can do this with accounting software. There are all sorts of different types of software you can get for accounting purposes, so it can be difficult to decide just which software is right for you. You will need to think carefully about your accounting needs to make it easier to narrow down the options that are available.

First of all, you want to figure out what features you need from your accounting software, since this will determine whether you will be able to start with a basic program or whether you will need something that is a bit more advanced. Especially if you don't have any employees and are just getting started you will probably be able to manage with a basic software package.

When you are choosing your software program you will want to look into the reviews for the various programs in order to learn more about the pros and cons of each type of software so you can make a more informed decision on which one to use for your business.

Of course if your financial transactions are complicated and you have a lot of them, you might want to get an accounting program that can be customized to suit your needs. These types of programs are likely to be more expensive, but they will make things easier for you overall so the added expense is probably worth it.

You will probably want to choose a program that is relatively easy to learn and to use in order to set up your accounts, so you won't have to spend a lot of time doing this. Once you get set up a program like this should save you time.

Property Management Software in Qatar

Some years back, when we planned to develop ERP applications for various industries, we noticed the booming Rea estate industry in Qatar and lack of good real estate applications to meet customer demands. So we decided to take this challenge and started to research on this domain. We met several property managers and financial experts to have a good exposure, to know what are the major concern/ issues in this industry. We did a detailed study and could develop a very user-friendly Real estate management software fully integrated with financial accounts. We still continuing our research and development, and listening carefully to our customers to make this solution a perfect one with maximum features.

What you expect from real estate software? Simply the software helps the property owners or the property managers on their certain jobs like keeping tenancy contracts, tracking of the rental properties/ rental units, tracking of payments from tenants, post dated cheque management, auto/manual monthly rental posting, prepaid rent, monthly rental status, computation of income and expenses, maintaining properties, distribution of admin expenses among properties to find the property wise profit, calculation of rental shares for investors, property & unit ledgers and much more. People with multiple rental properties or company having several properties would have a lot of advantage in real estate software because it makes the tracking of payments easier. The system includes various modules like Real estate, Financial Accounts, HR and Payroll, Projects and Fixed Assets.

The primary purpose of automating your real estate activities, in any industry, is to facilitate the normal flow of business. Software should drive you to work easier without compromising the specific tasks required. Essentially, a useful package will address every aspect of the workflow with minimal workaround and reduce the need for manual intervention. Effective software should not dictate operations; it should enhance how a company conducts business.  We provide clear workflows, addressing the major issues that property management firms face, though very user-friendly screens and easy steps.

  

How the system benefits you to achieve your objectives? If you are part of a property management company, I am sure the system helps to increase your satisfaction by meeting all of your requesting problems or can customize the application based on your requirements. During development time, we go through several reputed international software that help us to present major features in our software, in a simple way.  

Internet marketing solutions in Qatar

Just for a while, I am thinking about the world some years back without internet, how the people communicated and shared the things each other. And now, where we reached, in the world of internet and with lot of latest technologies to get connected very faster, beyond what we can imagine.

In business, before Internet age, business owners were usually limited to a local market -resorting to expensive advertising and brochures, direct mail, cold-calling, networking at the local Chamber of Commerce or Rotary. You hoped customers found you through word- of- mouth or a Yellow Pages ad.

The Internet has increased the expectation among consumers that businesses will have a credible online presence. Many of us now form "first impressions" of people and companies via our Internet browsers. From the moment your name and business appear in a Web browser to the moment your Web site loads, your first impression often means the difference between a shot at your prospect's business, or being shut out.

So, you can’t think of doing any business without internet technology and now the market is very competitive, every business owners seeking all possible advanced technologies to compete with others.  If you're not taking maximum advantage of internet or web technology to market your products and services, you are behind the times, and missing out on huge opportunities. At least that's what most marketing experts would have you believe. Explore strategies and techniques that you can use on the Internet that will enhance and support your business's overall marketing objectives. Learn how to conduct banner promotions, generate targeted online traffic, positioning your content, and over all brand awareness.

You may be hearing the term internet marketing always, Internet marketing refers to the strategies that are used to market a product or service online, marketing strategies that include search engine optimization and search engine submission, copywriting that encourages site visitors to take action, web site design strategies, online promotions, reciprocal linking, and email marketing – and that’s just hitting the highlights. If you’re new to Internet marketing, I recommend focusing on web design and search engine optimization as a starting point; for most sites, the most traffic still comes from search engines and directories.

Email marketing lists are also a great way to stay in touch with your customers and their effective use can provide a valuable marketing and information channel. The benefits are two fold with the ability for marketers to use them to heighten brand awareness whilst strengthening customer relationships. Newsletters and other marketing can be used to let customers know about new products or services as well as provide segment relevant information to them designed to offer value and a “good read”.

Internet marketing can attract more people to your website, increase customers for your business, and enhance branding of your company and products. If you are just beginning your online marketing strategy the top list below will get you started on a plan that has worked for many.

1.    Start with a web promotion plan and an effective web design and development strategy.

2.    Get ranked at the top in major search engines, and practice good Search Optimization Techniques.

3.    Search engine marketing (SEM) & Sponsored link

4.    Learn to use Email Marketing Effectively.

5.    Presence on Social medias like facebook and twitter

6.    Blog and interact with your visitors.

What matters most in Search Engine?

1. Which websites link to you

2. Number of websites linking to you

3. Google Page Rank (PR) of the website linking to you

4. Anchor text used in the link linking to you

5. Number & type of links linking to the website links to you

6. Whether or not the websites linking to you are deemed by Google as authority website

Why Argus technologies?

Because of the extensive research, development and execution experience by creating search engine friendly website and content management systems, backed by an excellent off shore research team capable of analyzing global internet ideas & trends.

ERP Software in Qatar

Are you looking for an ERP Software? I think the first factor you may be keep in mind to find a cheap one. A cheap software system doesn’t mean it’s the best solution to your needs, that may be, if you have very minimum requirements . Do a minimum study about the system before selecting a cheap solution. Many factors come into play when purchasing an expensive or cheap ERP Software. This decision will determine how successful you company will be now and in the future. Operating your company efficiently and productively should be of most importance and far greater than saving a few thousand riyals.

What you have to remember is your company will be using this software daily and calling in for support. Will your company receive adequate and proper training? If you have communication barriers not allowing your employees to get the proper support and or training your company as a whole will suffer.

What should you look for in an ERP Vendor? 


Consider the following factors

1.    Ensure the company is in your country and speaks your language.
2.    Ask detailed questions about customization and modifications.
3.    Determine if the support and training will ensure success within your company.
4.    Look at their current client list and see if you fit in this industry.
5.    Ensure you’re allowed modifying the software internally within the company.
6.    Ensure you have the ability to still receive the greatest and latest upgrades from the company.
7.    Hourly rate of the programmers when support or training is acceptable.
8.    Vendor employees giving you more attention to your queries or how they are available to serve you.
9.    Determine the skill level of the ERP Vendors programmers. Ask advanced questions and see how long it takes to get an answer back.

10.    Do your research. Talk to other company’s that use their software and see if they’re happy with their service.

HR and Payroll Software in Qatar

Regardless, whether your business has smaller or bigger number of employees, you should need HR and Payroll software. When we suggesting HR software, we know that too many business owners continue to drag their feet about the subject. On one hand they have been told plenty of times that it is a very important element of a successful business. On the other hand, they don’t want to implement something new for their business.

Employee dissatisfaction and turnover are costly to companies and can reduce the competitive edge in this challenging market. HR is faced with the daunting task of keeping costs under control, keeping employees motivated and productive. What you need to realize though is that it really only takes a short span of time to implement a great HR software system. Knowing how it is going to perform is the secret to such success.

Argus HR and Payroll Management Solution bring greater organization and effectiveness to the full range of Human Resources functions and responsibilities. It provides for easy, accurate and timely retrieval of Employee and activity-oriented information through menu driven, user-friendly operations. It makes payroll processing a simple job that any company can accomplish in-house. More over, the software gives you all the information and options you need to process your own payroll in house and save money.

The system shows an auto reminder report on regular period of intervals for various document’s expiry dates. If Documents are not renewed on time, the system has the facility to show reminder report to the concerned manager’s based on the reminder settings. The manager can view the reason / review remarks written by the corresponding staff. You just imagine the return on investment (ROI), if you could save minimum 3 penalties in a month. You major ROI is that, you could operate your business with minimum HR staff for any number of work forces very effectively.   The various Document expiries include the following:

v  Employee Documents – Visa, RP, Health Card, Insurance Card, Driving License, Passport, etc

v  Vehicle Documents – Road Permit, Insurance, Service Date, etc

v  Company Documents – Computer Card, Trade License, Chamber of Commerce Certificate, Tenancy Contract, etc.

v  PRO Documents – Labour Computer Card, Immigration Card, e-Card, etc

v  Office Equipment Documents – Warranty expiry, AMC expiry, etc

The solution streamlines leave administration and provide flexibility in the handling of multiple leave types and definitions. Track any or all attendance categories; annual/vacation, sick, without pay, emergency, or retire. Employees can directly enter leave requests, which are then routed through the Workflow module to obtain the appropriate approvals.

Do you often need to offer information for business meetings? Why spend your time collecting the data and then compiling it. When you have an effective HR software in place you will be able to generate such reports easily.

When you are ready to get such a program, not only from us, from variable sources, you want to make sure it can offer every thing that you need for your business. That way you will give your employees what they need to accurate complete their work. They can usually do it in less time too with HR software to assist them. Imagine how much more relaxed the work environment will be. You can also be certain those employees will have time to help you with different tasks for your business as they crop up instead of being too overwhelmed with their current work load.


For more details http://www.argusqatar.com/products.html#hr

Flash based web sites in Qatar

Everybody knows about Flash, see lot of good looking flash intros and full flash web sites. Even though full flash sites require more download time initially, it will be good looking and people like to see.

Flash is a very popular website design in the world due to its ability to create high quality and light weight animations, images and website layouts. One of the primary reasons of using Flash to design websites is its ability to increase the visibility of the websites manifold, by making them stand out, as compared to other design technologies.

However, from search engine optimization (SEO) point of view, it’s not a good idea to design your website completely in Flash. Ideally, your website should have a blend of Flash animations for visual effects and HTML for SEO purposes.

Flash has unlimited potential to produce great looking website designs. Having Flash banners and Flash intro at your website is almost vital in today's competitive Internet environment.

Recently, Argus developed a full flash website for B5Design 

Have a look in Argus Web Showcase http://www.argusqatar.com/newPortfolio.html

Web design and development in Qatar

For any business, the 3 basic things most startups need to survive today are: Skilled entrepreneurs, funds and believe it or not, a website!

Your business should have a presence on the web so that your customers, partners and employees can find your relevant information on the internet.  Nowadays, most of us would sooner turn to the web to find what we need than look elsewhere. Search engines are much more quick and easy than reaching for the phonebook, newspaper, catalog, or to find what we're looking for.

As your business grows you should update your website with as much customer facing information as possible, means you should prefer to develop a dynamic site or CMS sites. There are several CMS software using for web development and some of them are Drupal, Joomla, Word press, etc. The customization is possible and we can help you to decide which better suits your needs. 


The features of an ideal CMS are:

1.  Tools that help users update and modify website content easily and with minimum technical effort,

2. They should have intuitive navigation and can set up functional site structure,

3. Appealing design,

4. Must support a fully configurable graphic design, and 

5. Should promote good website practices.

Argus Technology is the one stop solution provider for best quality bilingual (English, Arabic) static, dynamic, full flash, ecommerce and CMS website in Qatar.

CONGRATS QATAR FOR THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENT...

MABROOK QATAR...MABROOK EVERYONE...

Argus Qatar Congratulates to Qatar for the great achievement. 

We deserve it and aware of Qatar is a nation ready to utilize and develop the newest technologies for the benefit of the world of sport.

E-commerce / Shopping Cart web applications in Qatar

E-commerce websites enables great innovation for business owners to start and operate profitable businesses. With an e-commerce web, you’re able to reach your customers easily with targeted marketing. Shopping cart is software used in e-commerce to selling online or looking to streamline your online sales and marketing, your business depends on the right tools to effectively engage prospects and customers.

osCmax is a powerful e-commerce/shopping cart web application. There are many advantages to using osCmax as your e-commerce/shopping cart for your web site. It has all the features needed to run a successful internet store and can be customized to whatever configuration you need.

osCmax is a clean open source commerce program that is loaded with the most popular add-on contributions. It is a good choice for someone who wants more than a basic store, but also wants to be able to customize their store with special add-ons.

osCMax is a powerful and flexible e-commerce shopping cart and inventory tracking system. osCMax is 100% customizable, and supports all the major payment gateways. Tens of thousands of web sites run osCMax already, from small startup sites, to extremely high volume established companies.

Argus developed lot of websites using osCMax and having good expertise on it. See some of our websites shown below:

And much more...

Argus offers web development using various open source software: Drupal, Joomla, osCMax, Wordpress, Zen Cart, and Magento.