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LASTING SystemBest Value Partner
the LASTING Group
LASTING: the brand stands for a group of companies, active in the IT market, active in three major markets: distribution, software development and IT&C solutions (offices in Timisoara, Cluj and Bucharest)
LASTING is one of the significant players in the Romanian IT market, with almost 130 employees… perhaps the most important Romanian IT company outside Bucharest
Among LASTING business partners we proudly name: Barracuda Networks, BlueCoat, Dascom-Tally, Dataram, Dell, DLINK, EIZO, Enterasys, Fujitsu, Iomega, Matrox, MemorySolutions, Mustek, Microsoft, NEC, NetApp, Optoma, Polycom, Rimage, SAP, Silver Peak, TakeMS, TandbergData, Targus.
LASTING strongly believes in human quality - a real evolutionary force - and in long lasting partnerships, built on trust and respect. Our goal is to offer quality and performance through our products and services.
LASTING is a company focused on its clients, partners and employees. Due to the professionalism, experience and dedication of our employees, together with the support of our partners, we bring success to our customers' businesses. Due to the technologies we employ, we lead to the accomplishment of our client's visions.
We strongly believe in human quality - a real evolutionary force - and in long lasting partnerships, built on trust and respect. Our goal is to offer quality and performance through our products and services.
mission & goal
The company was founded in November 1995, in Timisoara, with the nation –wide distribution of memory modules, becoming the leader of the Romanian memory-modules market in a very short period of time.
1997: LASTING begins distributing a whole range of IT systems, components and peripherals and becomes the first distributor of Fujitsu-Siemens Computers in Romania; it also becomes an Internet provider, on a regional market, centered on Timisoara and a software development team is founded
First International software development project: 1997; the experience gained in this field was extended in such a manner that, in 2000 a new company, LASTING Software emerged
1999: the IT Solution Timisoara BU is founded - system integrator active in Western Romania
2000: IT Solutions Bucharest BU & a support office of the distribution BU is opened in Bucharest
a bit of history…
2005: partnership with NEC; 2006, partnerships with Dell and SAP; 2007, partnership with Lampertz
2009: LASTING System becomes Master Distributor & Gold Certified Partner for Polycom in Romania & Moldavia
2001: Microsoft & Oracle certifications; 2004: ST Micro certification; ISO 9001/2008, ISO 14001:2005 etc…
LASTING Software: ranked 38th / 29th/23th in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50, the top of the fastest growing technology firms in Central Europe (2008, 2009, 2010)
... other Roadmarks
Very close and special relationship with the Computer and Software Engineering Department of the “Polytechnic” University of Timisoara
Team of highly trained and experienced engineers to successfully carry out its strategy – creating outstanding value for the customers.
Wide international business experience with customers in Canada, Germany, Netherland, France, Austria, Switzerland.
... more about LASTING
One of the significant players on the Romanian value added distribution market
Key characteristics:
- efficient exploitation of the market,
- continuous development of its products portfolio,
- fast and high quality services
The team philosophy, its enthusiasm, dedication and professionalism proved to be a very
strong success determinant, during its fifteen years of existence.
Development of strategic partnerships with important vendors from abroad and a network of partners all over Romania
LASTING Distribution
Significant brands: Barracuda Networks, BlueCoat, Dascom-Tally, Dataram, Dell, DLINK, EIZO, Enterasys, Fujitsu, Iomega, Matrox, MemorySolutions, Mustek, Microsoft, NEC, NetApp, Optoma, Polycom, Rimage, SAP, Silver Peak, TakeMS, TandbergData, Targus.
National distribution network consists of more than fifty active partners (and hundreds of
sporadic customer-companies) in main urban areas.
The products are provided by the two warehouses in Timisoara and Bucharest. These offices have also administrative, commercial technical and service competences, as well as logistical ones.
Value Added Distribution!
LASTING Distribution
LASTING Software: software applications focus
Business processes MMS (Marketing Management System)
Purchase
BI
CMS
Communication Call accounting
ERM (Email Response Management)
Softphone (VoIP)
Automotive HMI (Human Machine Interface)
PDAL (Presentation Data Abstract Layer)
Tools (tests automation, cockpit design)
End-Customers for our software services
Kathrein, Intersport, EnBW, Flextronics, TRW, Hidroelectrica, WGI, Ernst&Young, Infineon,
Public Notary Association from Netherlands, Mercedes-Benz, TRW, Opel, Deka, Continental
Automotive Products, “Politehnica” University Timisoara, etc
Unicredit Bank, Vodafone, OTP Bank, Millenium Bank, Swiss Com, Neckermann, Nintendo
Europe, Deutsche Telecom, Cosmote Romania, Lafarge, Raiffeisen Bank, Wiener Insurance
Group, Hewlett Packard, etc
Blaupunkt, Fujitsu, Ford, BMW, Audi
References are available upon request
LASTING Software: experience
LASTING IT Solutions: the datacenter builders
Started as a system integrator nine years ago.
Though LASTING has different Business Units, focused on different markets, the IT Solutions with its office in Bucharest targeted the corporate segment.
In order to differentiate itself on a crowded market, the department integrated specific solutions for corporate customers (server farms, clustering, back-up and storage, control platforms and IP traffic shaping, cost-control applications etc.)
DataCenter IT Hardware Vendors
DataCenter Infrastructure Vendors
Partners
Meeting our customer’s requirements is not just about saying that we are going to, we always pursue to do this. The business relation with our suppliers is based on a crucial concept: communication.
This is why we are able to offer to our clients the appropriate Data center solution, no matter the demand they have:
Data center Hardware Data center Infrastructure Consultancy and Services
Complete solutions for Data Centers
IT Solutions Timisoara: integrated IT infrastructure provider
Adapting to the development of the economy from the western part of the country, LASTING
developed a new strategic market approach, in 1999 – supply of integrated IT solutions; this
new business unit, IT Solutions Timisoara, is focused on medium size and large enterprises
Through the integrated concept of IT infrastructure that this department is proposing and through the solutions that it promotes, LASTING IT Solutions Timisoara ensures a constant and consistent support to its customers
The strategic direction is ERP systems (Enterprise Resource Planning), the most important tool
for business management, which can have enormous impact on the success of the company.
More than 10 years of ERP experience
More than 6 years of SAP Partnership, today, Gold Partner SAP
IT Solutions Timisoara: integrated IT infrastructure provider
In recent years, Timisoara IT Solutions has achieved very good result in terms of consulting services and implementation of SAP integrated business solutions. The beneficiaries of these solutions come from different fields, starting with plastic processing and ending with medical services. Chimica Orăştie (manufacturing business line) Arox Equipment (distribution business line), Athena Hospital (healthcare services), Universitatea de Vest (education), Elba (automotive) or Greenforest (manufacturing) are just a few of the recent customers. In close collaboration with other divisions of the group, IT Solutions, provides flexibility and a broad coverage of customer requirements.
Apart from the ERP systems, the department is offering efficiency and productivity to its
customers by implementing solutions of high availability and reliance: application servers, clustering solution, database systems, data/voice networks, printing and copying solutions, collaboration platforms, security and communication solutions, etc;
All these backed up by technical service support, consultancy, administration, design, maintenance, maintenance, logistics, etc.
LASTING benefits… at a glance
Complete and flexible coverage of customers needs
Wide business and technological experience and expertise
Long term and partnership-based approach (keep know-how, raise efficiency in the long
run)
Creativity and Involvment. Understanding customer needs and create value approach.
Acces to complete IT &C know-how in LASTING gives valuable inputs for seizing,
performance tunning and flexible testing environments for software applications as well.