Systems Resource Group And Bahamas On-Line Expand Freeport Operations

by Robert Lee, Tax-news.com, London

10 May 2001

Systems Resource Group (SRG), a leading information technology, e-commerce and communications solutions provider in the Bahamas, announced this week the formal opening of its network operation centre in Freeport, Grand Bahama.

Through its new operating company in Freeport, SRG's subsidiary Bahamas On-Line has already started offering corporate level Internet services to the Freeport business community. In a statement, Paul Hutton-Ashkenny, president of SRG, said: 'Until today, Freeport has been starved of the value added Internet services that have been available in Nassau. I'm delighted to say that with the commissioning of our state of the art network operations centre in Freeport we are able to offer the kind of premium level Internet services that any sophisticated market now demands.'

The planned expansion includes full time staff relocation to Freeport, and significant build out of technology and services, particularly around the Internet and e-commerce. Marcus Hinsbey, SRG's Chief Technology Officer who until now has been based in Nassau, has assumed the additional role of Director, Freeport Services for the company. Mr Hutton-Ashkenny told the local press: 'The fact that we have relocated our Chief Technology Officer to Freeport is in no small measure an indication of the significance we place on the emergence of e-commerce in the Freeport market.'

Mr Hutton-Ashkenny explained that a major feature of the Freeport operations will be the ability to connect businesses that have Nassau and Freeport offices: 'Clients who have branch or representative offices in both Freeport and Nassau can now establish cost effective, reliable communications using our Internet backbone,' he said. 'With the help of our professional services team, businesses who previously were forced to rely on inefficient voice or fax communications can now interconnect via the Internet and both raise productivity, and reduce cost.'

In addition to Bahamas On-Line corporate Internet access, SRG is now also offering its range of Internet based eFAX services in Freeport. Users of eFAX can take advantage of enhanced features for the sending of international faxes, including store and forward, broadcast fax, and accounting codes.

SRG is the Bahamas sole provider of turnkey, project managed solutions that encompass business equipment, software applications, systems and network integration, consulting services, electronic commerce and wide area communications. SRG's professional services group is the alliance partner of KPMG Consulting in the Bahamas, and the Freeport offices have been co-located on the first floor of the International Building in KPMG¹s existing office space. Mr Hutton-Ashkenny remarked: 'We are delighted to be sharing office space with our alliance partner, KPMG. Their central location and available office space helped to significantly reduce our time to market.'

He added: 'We have been working towards our expansion into Freeport since early 1998, and with the positive business climate and resurgence of the Freeport economy the timing couldn't be better. We are expecting great things from our Freeport operations.'

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