Company. To become the pre-eminent South African-based provider of software solutions and services in the Financial Services and affiliated markets

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1 Company Exceptional software solutions Alacrity Technologies is a privately held software company that provides services and crafts software solutions to fit a specific business and technology domain. For more than a decade Alacrity has provided the South African financial services and retail industries with exceptional software solutions, strategic services and technical resources. With a tremendous amount of domain knowledge and IP in the financial services arena, Alacrity delivers a range of services and... continuous innovation and thought leadership... solutions that deliver true and measurable value to our customers. Our software engineers have expert knowledge of mainstream application development technologies, like.net, Java and mobile platforms, including ios, Android, BlackBerry and Windows phone. Alacrity builds long lasting and strategic partnerships with its customers that drive the continuous innovation and thought leadership that Alacrity has become known for. Vision: To become the pre-eminent South African-based provider of software solutions and services in the Financial Services and affiliated markets Mission: To add real and measurable business value to our customers through the provision of world-class software solutions and services

2 Professional Services Resource Augmentation Professional consulting services are offered to clients requiring specific development competencies to augment their existing project teams. These services can be in the form of specialists contracted full-time to the client for a specified period, or part-time expertise contracted in for specific deliverables. We have specialist competencies that cover all phases of the SDLC including: Strategic Consulting Project management Scrum masters System architecture Business and systems analysis Development (Java,.NET, SharePoint, mobile and mainframe technologies) Testing services Outsourcing Our Outsource Services provide an ideal solution for organizations looking to sunset one or more of their legacy applications, whilst developing and implementing their next generation solutions. Alacrity s roots are in outsourcing... established as a spin out of the employee benefits IT department of Southern Life... Alacrity s roots are in outsourcing, having been established as a spin-off out of the employee benefits (EB) IT department of Southern Life when it was acquired by Momentum in We have a proven track record of excellent change management in migrating legacy systems and re-skilling development and support staff.

3 Business Intelligence The trusted experts in the BI Consultancy & Services space Business intelligence (BI) is an umbrella term that includes the applications, infrastructure and tools, and best practices that enable access to and analysis of information to improve and optimize decisions and performance. A Gartner A fundamental key to delivering and implementing the right BI solution is the local availability of relevant expertise and skill sets. Our Alacrity BI consultants have a combined 120+ years of Business Intelligence domain experience. As we are product agnostic, we are able to offer a holistic BI services solution to the corporate market, specialising in IBM DataStage, IBM Cognos, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SSIS & Reporting Services, as well as SAP Sybase IQ and ASE, SAP HANA, BusinessObjects and BW. Consulting Services & Support: Investigation, Analysis and Project Management Architecture and Design Database Management ETI and Data Quality Reporting and Dashboarding Development Services Through its Development Services business unit, Alacrity delivers world-class software solutions and custom-developed software. Bespoke Development Services Alacrity delivers quality custom-developed software to suit each client s unique domain and technology environment. We provide business solutions through an in-house interactive development methodology based on proven agile principles called AWOW (Alacrity Way of Working). We have extensive experience in both the Java and.net technologies, in a range of applications, from web front-ends, to complex enterprise-scale back-end systems and integration. We have developed a number of mobile applications in the various mobile technologies (ios, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone), and we are experimenting with technologies such as Ruby and Groovy in smaller standalone projects. One of the major benefits to our customers of Alacrity s bespoke development service is the significant reduction of risk, traditionally inherent in bespoke development projects, through years of experience coupled with a proven methodology.

4 Financial Solutions Framework A Alacrity s flagship solution is its Financial Solutions Framework (FSF). FSF is a framework of customizable components that allows Alacrity and its customers to build close-fit solutions for a specific set of business requirements within the Financial Services arena. FSF covers the whole spectrum of Financial Services across Banking, Insurance, Reinsurance and Investment Services. High level business processes such as Employee Benefit DAMsense (EB) Administration and Short and Long-term Insurance Product and Policy Administration are just a couple examples of the functionality areas within FSF. These solutions are seamlessly delivered using a platform that provides world-class integration, orchestration (BPM) and web-based and mobile UI. Alacrity intends to deliver the next generation of solutions for the Financial Services industry through FSF. Next generation solutions that encompass, enable and exploit the big drivers shaping today s and tomorrow s technologies, such as mobility, social, big data, cloud and globalisation.... framework of customizable components... DAMsense is a complete Digital Asset Management system, delivering the ability for your organization to make sense of its digital media content such as images, videos, audio, PDFs and other documents in one central and searchable repository. The solution provided is completely tailored to your requirements, from large ecommerce enabled image websites to internal marketing, corporate branding and brand promotion and multi-channel retail product content asset management systems. DAMsense is used by organizations to: Manage digital content contribution and distribute this to customers and consumers online Sell images and other content online through ecommerce Provide a single store of all product, promotions and brand digital content for consumption by all consumer channels, be it in-store, web, mobile or print Create a brand image and asset library to ensure brand promotion and compliance Provide a self-service portal of image, video and audio content for access by PR and media partners

5 Some of Our Clients A little more about us At Alacrity we keep our finger on the pulse by maintaining high levels of involvement in the relevant associations, industry bodies and development communities to share knowledge and global best practice, and we encourage our clients to do the same. Alacrity is a level 4 B-BBEE Contributor and we take our responsibilities in terms of Social Investment and Enterprise Development very serious. Alacrity Technologies (Pty) Ltd is a whollyowned subsidiary of Argility (Pty) Ltd....maintaining high levels of involvement in the relevant associations, industry bodies and development communities to share knowledge...

6 Thank you for the opportunity to present our credentials to you, we look forward to offering value to you and your organization. Cape Town Office: Phone: info@alacrity.co.za Physical Address: Alacrity (Pty) Ltd, Ground Floor, Waterview Park, Century Boulevard, Century City, 7441 Johannesburg Office: Phone: info@alacrity.co.za Physical Address: Alacrity (Pty) Ltd, 2nd Floor, No 34 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose Arch, 2196

Exceptional Technology Solutions

Exceptional Technology Solutions Alacrity Technologies is a privately held technology company that provides IT services and crafts software solutions to fit specific business and technology domains. For