6.10.2011
Following tCloud Computing, which is unique on the Croatian market, and the tCloud Server service, Hrvatski Telekom, the leading Croatian provider of telecommunications services, continues to expand its offers of ICT cloud services by rounding-off its service portfolio intended for business customers.
Strong market competition is posing the biggest challenges to small and medium enterprises which constitute as much as 97%* of the total number of enterprises in Croatia and which, due to the high price of technology and complexity of implementation and maintenance of IT systems, are often deprived of the possibility to use advanced ICT solutions and services. This point has been confirmed by a research conducted by the company HR pro within the Croatian HR community, which indicated that the majority of HR managers does not use any HR information system, but rather applications from the Microsoft Office package.
„By means of advanced cloud services, we wish to support such businesses, providing them with top competencies at truly affordable prices. The expansion of our offerings by specific software solutions is supposed be a kind of one stop shop for all ICT business solutions, enabling small enterprises as well to use tools that will help them shape their competitive abilities, while up to now, such tools have been available to large business customers only“, said Mirela Šešerko, Operating Director of the Information and Communication Technologies Business Solutions Sector (ICT solutions).
tCloud Finance and Accounting
The new tCloud Finance and Accounting service is actually Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), offering integration of the entire business - Finance, Sales, Procurement and Stock into a single system, along with efficient planning, thus enabling small enterprises to use the best solutions which, until recently, have been available to large companies only.
In addition to providing the required infrastructure that serves as a basis for the business system and makes business operations transparent, ERP also functions as a source of savings and operational improvements, of business process streamlining and acceleration, thus enabling small and medium enterprises to compete in the same field as larger companies.
HT offers affordable, prepackaged Cloud ERP (Microsoft Dynamics NAV) for small enterprises, featuring the following key benefits for the customers:
- No hardware procurement costs
- No license procurement costs
- Potentially no implementation costs
- The solution is used in lease; monthly payments
- Standardized ERP solution, among the best in the world
- Free of charge testing
- In terms of prices – incomparable to traditional implementation
HT's tCloud Finance and Accounting offer is comprised of three packages: Start, Plus and Extra, starting at 199 HRK per user account, with simple switching from one package to the next.
The service was realized by HT in cooperation with the Stratus Primus company.
tCloud Human ResourcesDepending on whether it is going to be used by a director, manager or specialist, the tCloud Human Resources service will provide special overviews and analyses (self service) for various types of users.
This advanced HR Management solution includes the following functionalities:
- Employee recordkeeping
- Remuneration system and payroll accounting
- Education and training management
- Organization management and business portfolio
- Second salary accounting
- Business trip management
- Recruitment system management
- Competencies management
- Performance management
- Career management
- 360° Feedback
The customer may choose among four packages that form HT's offer, from the Basic, Full, Advanced to the Enterprise model, starting at a price as low as 45 HRK per employee. In addition the existing functionalities, two packages were designed with a focus on the work and management of seasonal: tCloud Human Resources Tourism – Basic and Advanced package.
Multiple technical and professional customer support will be provided by telephone support, documents, video material, and courses for beginners advanced users.
The tCloud Human Resources service, designed for small and medium business customers and made available via Internet, represents a comprehensive solution made to fit the needs, trends and challenges in human resources management and payroll accounting. This is the only Internet HR (human resource) application fully brought in line with Croatian statutory regulations and valid sub-legislation which, along with continuous maintenance, means reconciliation with all changes in legislation, along with proactive consulting services for customers. The service has been developed in cooperation with the HR pro company.
ICT LANThe ICT LAN service is also a novelty in the ICT offer, by which HT is fully taking care of the customer's local network. This scalable service will enable data communication within one location of the customer (connection of computers, printers, IP telephone sets...). The service comprises delivery, configuration, construction and 24/7 support and maintenance.
After tCloud Computing, ICT LAN is one more service jointly developed by HT and Combis, supporting HT in its aim to contribute to the entrepreneurs' improved competitiveness through the use of advanced ICT solutions.
By providing new specific application solutions - tCloud Finance and Accounting and tCloud Human Resources – in the cloud model, HT is enabling smaller businesses as well to make use of quality ICT solutions within the secure conditions of the HT Data Center, along with permanent support at affordable prices.
The above-mentioned new software solutions, along with the ICT LAN service, were unveiled at the 5th Combis Conference in Opatija.
The tCloud Finance and Accounting and tCloud Human Resources services will be commercially available from 24 October 2011, whale the ICT LAN service is already available to customers.
* Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics, 2010.; active legal entities with up to 49 employees