SES and Rojo go

Suddenly, once-quiet Philippines-based enterprise software provider SES is making moves. None other than SES CEO Clarisa Rojo herself announced today that none other than IBM Philippines would be reselling the SES Customer Relationship Management suite in the country. Rojo stated that "Thanks to IBM Philippines’ leadership position in the market, this collaboration marks a milestone in SES’s strategic penetration of the Asia Pacific market and a giant step forward for our company." We believe it.

Rojo and SES also announced today that communications equipment provider Huawei Technologies had purchased SES’s CRM suite to enhance management of their equipment procurement and integration operations in the Philippines.

Huawei Technologies will be employing SES’ Equipment Management tool to “enhance control of the purchases of equipment components from outside manufacturers and their integration into Huawei’s own products.” Huawei’s product line consists of wireless products, core network products, network products, applications, software, and terminals; the company clientele list includes communications companies in over 100 countries. "This very exciting deal opens up a vast horizon for SES. Huawei is fast becoming a leading vendor in the communications industry," said Rojo.

On Friday, Rojo and SES were able to announce completion of a reverse merger with software firm SFWJ. With the announcement, Rojo declared that SES would heretofore be “concentrating its resources to gain leading position in CRM market for small and medium-sized enterprises in Asia Pacific, with a special focus on telecom operators.” Competitors, you have been warned.

Huawei Technologies is a provider of next-generation telecommunications networks; the firm currently serves 28 of the world’s top 50 operators and claims one billion users worldwide. Huawei employees 56,333 employees, with about half in research and development. Huawei’s R&D centers are located in Bangalore, India; Silicon Valley, Calif.; Dallas, Texas; Stockholm, Sweden; Moscow, Russia; and “several centers throughout” China. The company claimed sales of $8.2 billion in 2005.

SES Inc. is a Philippine-based software company providing enterprise software to small enterprises, medium-sized enterprises and telecom operators in functions such as workforce management, call centers, and resource management. SES’ latest addition to the market is Effective, a flexible software platform for organizational functions such as sales/marketing, service delivery, resource and operations management.