Frontline To Build Virtual Integrated Library
By Lyna Mohamad

Bandar Seri Begawan - Frontline Technologies Corporation Ltd ("Frontline"), a leading IT service provider in Asia, recently announced in a press release that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Frontline Solutions Pte Ltd ("Frontline Solutions"), has signed a deal with Brunei Darussalam's Ministry of Education to build a virtual Integrated Library Information System (VILIS).

Frontline Solutions, one of the sub-contractors selected to develop and implement BNDI I million VILIS for Brunei's MoE, will be working with a local prime contractor, Alif Technologies Sdn Bhd, for this project. It is expected to take eight months and will start this month.

Earlier, both companies had a successful partnership in developing an eLibrary portal for UBD in March 2005.

A multilingual (English, Arabic and Bahasa Melayu) integrated service portal will serve the university's library community. This portal was the first successfully launched eService project by the Brunei government as part of its 10-year IT master plan.

VILIS portal was initiated by MoE with the aim of meeting the needs of education and teaching professionals throughout the country for information and library services by providing convenient, timely access to relevant literature and reference guides.

Frontline Solutions will create a nation-wide framework for VILIS to link educational officers and practitioners in both urban and rural regions to an integrated, consolidated educational information, knowledge and library network.

The portal will be built by leveraging on Frontline Solutions' proprietary educational framework that is being used by the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore since 2003.

By using NTU education portal as a working model, Frontline Solutions is able to build VILIS using the same foundation and concepts, thus ensuring a faster time to market and quality delivery for VILIS.

Executive Chairman of Frontline Technologies, Mr Steve Ting, said they are privileged to be involved in Brunei's eService project development and with their past success in building similar projects, they can capitalise the project to develop VILIS, achieving greater quality and time efficiency.

Meanwhile, Acting Chief Librarian of UBD, Dr Suhaimi Hj Abd Karim, said with the proven track record that Frontline Solutions has, they are pleased to be in partnership with them in our eService initiative and are confident that they (Frontline) can deliver VILIS with the highest quality.

Frontline Solutions, with the successful rollout of the eLibrary portal and the development of VILIS in the pipeline, is poised to secure bigger service projects in Brunei by working closely with Alif Technologies. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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