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Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is the oil market leader in Pakistan, enjoying over 73% share of the Black Oil market and 59% share of the White Oil market. It is engaged in import, storage, distribution and marketing of various Petroleum Oils and Lubricant (POL) products, including Mogas, HSD, Fuel Oil, Jet Fuel, Kerosene, LPG, CNG and petrochemicals.
PSO serves a wide range of customers throughout Pakistan, including retail, industrial, aviation, marine, the government and defense sectors. PSO is a winner of the “Karachi Stock Exchange Top Companies Award” and a member of the World Economic Forum.
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| When moving to new premises, Pakistan State Oil (PSO) set out to install a network that would make a clear contribution to its business performance and that would contribute to the company’s goal in establishing itself as one of the government’s most hi-tech organisations. Thanks to a solution from ProCurve Networking by HP, PSO now has a state-of-the-art network that has made a valuable contribution to the company’s performance. | |
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| Five vendors took part in the tender process for the installation of PSO’s LAN in their new offices. These were: Cisco, IBM, ProCurve Networking by HP and 3Com.
“After evaluating a number of competing solutions, we opted for ProCurve. It was an easy decision. ProCurve was unbeaten in terms of features and value for money. We were also won over by the customer service and technical expertise being offered by Mushko, the ProCurve dealer, ” said Zaidi.
“The Lifetime Warranty with advance replacement and minimal ongoing support costs also proved to be a winner. We needed the reassurance that if anything should go wrong, it would be resolved with minimal delay and the company as a whole would be oblivious to any problem, ” added Zaidi.
Mushko Electronics, ProCurve’s dealer in Pakistan, began rolling out the new network in July 2001. The installation took eighteen months to complete. The network consists of 30 switches, including two back-up switches located at Mushko’s premises. The new LAN supports around 900 users and is used for email communication, intranet and Internet access and to support PSO’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. The new IT infrastructure has also contributed to PSO’s new paperless office policy. In the future, the network will be expanded to support an additional 200 users across 66 offices.
“Our new network had an almost instant impact on our business. We have achieved better response times, with lower downtime and minimal network problems. Employee productivity has increased and this contributes to company performance, so the network is doing exactly what we needed it to do. It has been a very worthwhile investment, ” commented Zaidi.
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- Increased value for money by requiring minimal support fees and providing high functionality and expandability at very reasonable prices
- Maximised staff efficiency and effectiveness through minimizing network interruptions
- Contributed to corporate goals of business, achieving advanced IT capabilities and skills
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