Technological support: National Bank, Microsoft sign accord

KARACHI: National Bank of Pakistan has entered into an agreement with Microsoft Pakistan. The signing ceremony took place at the National Bank of Pakistan Head Office in Karachi. The Microsoft Enterprise Agreement will enable National Bank to use Microsoft Virtualization, Unified Communication, Business Process Automation, Private Cloud technologies as well as Premier Support to provide enterprise class technology support services. The agreement was signed by Microsoft Pakistan Country General Manager Kamal Ahmed and National Bank of Pakistan CIO Mahmood Siddique. “This accord will not only help optimize the IT infrastructure of National Bank but the software solution provided by Microsoft will enable the bank to achieve maximum efficiency,” Ahmed said. “Through an integrated IT infrastructure that Microsoft is developing for us, we will be able to deploy, manage and help secure timely solutions for our clients,” said Siddique.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 31^st, 2012.