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12.03.2020 4 NEWS FARSONS launched Malta's first locally-brewed beer back in 1928, marking Malta's industrialisation and entry into the world of consumer brands. eir strong belief that innovation drives growth and suc- cess whilst also maintaining their roots, heritage and entrepreneurial spirit, has enabled the company to go from strength to strength. Back in 2008, Farsons commissioned Megabyte to develop a centralized Business Intelligence Solution. At the time, various divisions of the business were using different IT systems and databases, therefore a central reporting solution linking all the systems was required. Megabyte implemented Oracle Business In- telligence and a data warehouse solution which gath- ered all the data into one central repository. is data was then used for Business Intelligence analytics and reporting, enabling them to benefit from rich visualis- ation, interactive dashboards and actionable analytics. Over the years, their business operations showed constant growth and the flexibility of Oracle's BI tech- nology allowed for the necessary changes. However the infrastructure too had to keep up with the chang- es in growing demands for processing power, security demands and compliance, so a migration to the latest technology was essential. Megabyte was once again commissioned to upgrade both the software and hard- ware to the latest technology. e project kicked off during the second half of 2019 with the installation of new hardware followed by the implementation of BI and data warehouse manage- ment software which led to the software being up- graded to the latest version. Data migration involved both moving the data and also data transformation processes during which some of the processes had to be re-engineered and altered in order to fit the new demands. e first crucial phase of this project was successful- ly completed in January 2020, and this included both technical and end-user training so as to ensure that the new version of the system can be utilised to its full capacity. e success of the project was the result of an excel- lent collaboration between Megabyte's and Farsons' IT teams together with the constant support Megabyte provided throughout the transformation journey. Also highly pivotal to this success was the collaboration of the end users, who undertook the challenge of testing and verifying the new version of the system and also becoming pillars of its adoption by the rest of the com- pany. Megabyte and Farsons are now looking forward to the same success for the forthcoming second phase of this project. "is has been one of the most successful projects in- volving an external supplier" remarked Mario Falzon, IT Manager at Farsons, who also emphasized that the effective cooperation between the two teams was ex- ceptional and key to the successful outcome of this im- portant phase of the project. Philip Farrugia, Head of IT and Business Services at Farsons noted that "Meg- abyte proved to be a reliable and professional partner throughout this critical phase of the project. We now look forward to continuing working with their team on this important project while further enhancing and strengthening our collaboration in this respect." Successful implementation of BI upgrade at Farsons GLOBAL College Malta has launched a number of professional development courses in the presence of education and employment minister Owen Bon- nici and Anna Genovese; Get Qualified Coordinator, Malta Enterprise. e Courses; Award in Improving Leadership and Managerial Effective- ness and Award in Teaching Excellence and Enhancing Student Learning, are all MQF Level 5 courses (5 ECTS) ac- cedited by the National Commission for Further and Higher Education (NCF- HE). e courses are designed for in- dividuals and business enterprises that aim to stengthen their workforce with the knowledge and skills to give them a competitive edge to keep up with changing global trends. As a leader in business and leader- ship undergraduate and post graduate courses, Global College Malta has con- tinually strived to broaden their educa- tional programs to suit the needs of a nation that thrives on human resources. e newly launched courses form a portfolio of nineteen business and man- agement courses from MQF Level 4 to MQF Level 7 which over the years has seen 260 graduates from a wide spec- trum of society advance up the corpo- rate ladder. Global College Malta firmly believes every individual has a burning desire to improve and the College's very raison d'etre is to nurture that. It is with great pride that Global Col- lege Malta together with the Govern- ment of Malta through the Get Qual- ified Scheme, is able to offer students these courses with a tax reabte of 70% of tuition fees. 34It is through such investment schemes and other iniatives that the College is able to extend their educa- tional portfolio to reach more learners and achievers. e 'Investing in Skills' scheme is es- pecially designed for business entities to capitalise on opportunities to equip their workforce with the skills and competences to improve their business prospects. ese courses are run on a part-time basis, meaning employees may pursue their studies while fulfilling thier work commitments and simulta- neously apply their newly learned skills at the workplace. Global College Malta looks forward to expanding their operations with reputa- ble universities in the United Kingdom to offer more learning possibilities for the public at large. Global College Malta launches new professional development courses