Microsoft Great Plains Middle East - Arabic Language Support

Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains issupporting the Arabic language. By supporting the
marketed for mid-size companies in NorthArabic implementations of Great Plains, MBS was
America, Europe, Asia Pacific, as well as in Middleable to get a bigger market share in the Arab
East.nations like the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Syria, Egypt,
One of the strengths of Great Plains is its abilityJordan, Iran, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, etc.
to be localized. This makes Great Plains compatibleThere are 2 ways to approach the
with almost all countries in the world. Before,implementation of Great Plains using the Arabic
countries with different character sets likelanguage. One is by using the language packs
Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic are forced to useincluded with the Windows operating system.
English in their Great Plains installation. This sat wellMore information on this can be found in [ The
with some companies since they haveother method is to use third-party products
international operations and use English as thedeveloped by Great Plains ISV’s. Such
mode of communication as well. However, someproducts try to “Arabize” Great
companies felt left behind due to the scope ofPlains by not only providing Arabic data entry but
their businesses. Traditional companies and somealso right aligns prompts similar to the regular way
government agencies prefer to use their localthat Arabic is written and read.
language for business transactions, which makes itGood luck with implementation, customization and
impossible for them to use internationalintegration and if you have issues or concerns
applications like Great Plains before.– we are here to help! If you want us to do
Thus, realizing the need to tap the market ofthe job - give us a call 1-630-961-5918 or
these regions, Microsoft Business Solutions started1-866-528-0577!