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Briefs April 2005
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09 April 2005
Habib Bank AG Zurich receives Medal of Achievement from Computerworld Honors Collection 2005
Habib Bank AG Zurich (HBZ) has submitted a case study 'hPLUS - a unique language and banking
application' that was nominated by Sybase, Inc. The bank officially became part of the prestigious
Computerworld Honors Collection on Sunday, April 3 when the 2005 Collection was formally presented
to the Global Archives, and Habib Bank AG Zurich was presented with the Medal of Achievement, at
San Francisco City Hall.
Reza Habib, Joint President, Habib Bank AG Zurich said, "We are delighted to have been nominated
for this prestigious, globally recognised award. hPLUS has not only expanded the radius of our branch
network with unique services but has also successfully reduced hardware & software costs whilst
simultaneously managing bandwidth requirements for countries with developing telecommunications
infrastructure."
"The Computerworld Honors Medal of Achievement is presented annually to men and women around the
world who have made outstanding progress for society through the visionary use of information
technology," said Bob Carrigan, CEO and publisher of IDG's Computerworld and chairman of the
Computerworld Honors Chairmen's Committee. Katie Hill, Director of Marketing, Sybase Inc. and member
of The Chairmen's Committee nominated Habib Bank AG Zurich for inclusion in the 2005 Banking category.
The case study now becomes part of a collection of case studies from 54 countries.
The 2005 Collection, which will now be archived in libraries, museums, and academic and research
institutions around the world, will serve as primary source material for scholars and as a resource
for individuals who hope to use information technology to create solutions to address their own
challenges.
Habib Bank AG Zurich deploys technologically advanced and innovative banking applications across the
enterprise. This award recognises Habib Bank AG Zurich for an outstanding and visionary application of
that technology.
In 1994 HBZ wrote and deployed a unique language and banking application called hPLUS. Based on a tiny
virtual machine and a Sybase database, this powerful concept allowed the bank to scale its applications
on thin clients. Six months after that hPLUS became the world's first Java Banking System.
The hPLUS team believed that interoperability would become the single most important aspect of the
architecture. This bold new approach to transaction processing cured the most fundamental issues
plaguing legacy systems, reducing costs, greater security and enhancing efficiency to unprecedented
levels.
The result is an integrated banking solution including e-banking and mobile (over WAP, GPRS & 3g)
solutions both for the banking enterprise and the client. Developed in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates
and now being implemented in their network around the world, customers benefit from increased
services, real time banking and lower banking fees. The bank is able to provide a greater security
level and streamline their services with a reduced workforce.
Habib Bank AG Zurich's proof of success is in their users. 64.3 per cent of credit customers and 71.4
per cent of depositors are presently using the HBZ integrated e-banking and mobile solution.
From more than 300 nominations submitted this year by the 100 industry chairmen and CEO's who serve on
the program's Chairmen's Committee, 160 were honoured as laureates at last night's ceremonies in San
Francisco. Of these, 50 will be chosen by a panel of distinguished judges to attend the June 6, 2005
awards gala in Washington, D.C., where the 10 world finalists will be announced.
Case studies from the 2005 Computerworld Honors Collection will be available at http://www.cwheroes.org,
the official site of the Computerworld Honors Program, where the entire Collection is available to
scholars, researchers and the general public worldwide. In addition, the Collection is distributed
annually to the Honors Program's Archival Partners around the world. These partners include some of the
world's finest research and scholarly institutions, each of which has generously agreed to include the
Collection in its archives.
According to Dan Morrow, a founding director and chief historian for the Honors Program, "This
year's Laureates exemplify the very best in the creative use of IT in service to mankind. Their work
and their stories are outstanding contributions to the history of the information technology revolution
in every sense of the word, and, for the archives we serve all over the world, they are, truly,
priceless."
Founded in 1988, the Computerworld Honors Program searches for and recognizes individuals who have
demonstrated vision and leadership as they strive to use information technology in innovative ways
across 10 categories: Business and Related Services; Education and Academia; Environment, Energy and
Agriculture; Finance, Insurance and Real Estate; Government and Non-Profit Organizations;
Manufacturing; Media, Arts and Entertainment; Medicine; Science; and Transportation. Each year, the
Computerworld Honors Chairmen's Committee nominates organizations who are using information technology
to improve society for inclusion in the Computerworld Honors Online Archive and the Collections of the
Global Archives. The Global Archives represents the 100-plus institutions from more than 30 countries
that include the Computerworld Honors Collection in their archives and libraries.
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