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Progenics Sets Global Targets for 2009

Frontline systems and solutions integrators in multiple sectors of the economy, Progenics Corp Limited said that it has concluded plans to formally open its international office in the United States of America.
The company said that the idea behind the new office is to properly define the international identity of the company as well as positioning it to offer enterprise IT solutions to a greater number of international clients. The office is expected to be open before the end of the year.
More so, Progenics has continued to receive performance accolades, as the company has been awarded two distinguishing awards as Best Software Company in Nigeria for the year 2008.
First was the third consecutive back-to-back win of the Nigerian IT and Telecom Awards (Nitta) as the Best Indigenous Software Company of the year, and recently the Lagos Enterprise Awards (Lead) in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Commerce and Industry also awarded it the Best Software Company penultimate Saturday. This was achieved after beating the likes of Socketworks and SystemSpecs to the coveted award, making it the very first time any other company will be recognized with two prestigious awards in the software genre in the same year.
The organizers of the Lagos Enterprise Awards made it known that the concept of Lead, as the premier enterprise award that promotes initiatives, leadership excellence and the culture of economic advancement in the continent, is to recognize and reward innovators of excellent ideas and organizations that are leading lights in the enterprise.
The award was instituted as a public-private-partnership project by the immediate past governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed in 2006 via a partnership agreement between the State Government’s Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Sainte Paul International as event organizers.
Anthony Udoh, chief executive officer, Progenics, explained that the expertise and professionalism of his firm over the years has made it the solution provider of choice for the financial, oil/gas and public sectors of the economy. This can be seen by the plethora of specialized application solutions from the company’s stable like the GovAc (premium e-government solution), and Symbols (a complete range of solutions for investment management and financials) and SymbolsM (an integrated solution for the micro-finance institutions). This is in addition to the elaborate technical superiority exhibited by the company in the complete automation of the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).
According to him, our efforts in IT solutions in the country and beyond has always stood us out as solution providers of choice so there is really no surprise that everyone will want to recognize our achievements.
“Rather, it is more of a challenge for us to always stay on top by doing what we do in the best possible global standards”, he said.

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