The IT arm of the LOLC Group, Lanka ORIX Information Technology Limited (LOIT) a company specialized in developing applications systems to the banking and financial services sector attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Programme. LOIT fulfilled the competencies in the areas of Information Worker, Networking Infrastructure and Advance Infrastructure Solutions. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, LOIT has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technology and proven its ability to meet customers' demands and requirements to the fullest. With this LOIT managed to build a very strong technical team with required capabilities.

“We are extremely pleased to have attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. This opens a totally new world for our business opportunities in Microsoft Platform based solutions. By virtue of us being able to carry logo, we are able to outwardly show our competencies and convince potential customers. I Wish to thank the Microsoft competency team at LOIT who made it happen and we are committed to build other competencies in the Microsoft Technologies which will further enable us to promote our relationship with Microsoft to our customers” Conrad Dias, Managing Director/CEO of LOIT.

Along with the Microsoft Gold Certified Partnership LOIT received several benefits that will help the company to serve the customers better and faster. These include advance access to the latest Microsoft platforms and development environments, new software and products licenses to test drive and carry research and development, training, exclusive web casts, direct access to Microsoft technical support and etc.

This award is another milestone in a series of initiatives LOIT has undertaken as a fast growing and focused ICT company. LOIT is a focused partner of Oracle Corporation of USA that offers Oracle Application Consultancy to the market. The company has obtained ISO 27001:2005 certification for the Enterprise Data Center managed by LOIT for Lanka ORIX Leasing Company PLC (LOLC Group) which makes at the first ISO 27001 certified data center in the banking and financial services sector of Sri Lanka.

LOLC’s product portfolio ranges from Leasing, Asset Financing, Hire purchase, Loans, Working Capital and Factoring, Fleet Management, Insurance Services, Agro and Micro Financing and also non-financial solutions such as IT, Project Development, Real Estate and Forestry, while its subsidiary Lanka ORIX Finance Company Ltd. offers Savings and Fixed Deposits, NRFC & RFC Accounts, Islamic Financing and Pawn Broking; to its customers.