𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧, 𝐌𝐫. 𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐛 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐳, 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬.
𝐌𝐫. 𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐛 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐳, 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.
* 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲?
Unilog, a company originated in France, is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary in the Lebanese market under the name Unilog Liban. The company is full of success and achievements in terms of projects it received from many clients and from the Lebanese state, especially from the Electricity of Lebanon, the Ministry of Interior, Municipalities and others. In addition to workshops in the informatics sector aiming to develop management, training and rehabilitation of employees in the institutions of the Lebanese state.
The severe economic crisis that struck Lebanon and its multi-faceted repercussions prompted us to focus on the region’s markets while maintaining constant contact with our customers in Lebanon.
* 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫?
𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜?
𝐈𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬?
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to total or partial shutdowns of economies in various countries of the world, prompting most companies to adopt the principle of remote work, and electronic commerce has also flourished, whether at the individual or institutional level.
As an inevitable consequence of such transformation, the profits of the Internet service providers and remote access providers, such as Zoom and Microsoft Team, have made enormous profits.
Unilog Liban’s profits increased due to the size of its business and its high productivity and wasn’t really affected by the pandemic.
* 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.
𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞?
I have been working in this sector for more than forty years, and I have noticed that technological progress has never stopped developing and renewing.
The software industry is the modern age industry “par excellence” and is the epitome of permanent progress.
* 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞?
The exchange rate of the national currency has negatively affected the Lebanese market and all sectors, but at the same time we benefit from foreign projects because they pay in fresh dollars.
As for Lebanon, we are adopting partial payment in “Lollar” dollar for a limited period, especially for our loyal customers.
* 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲?
All markets are clearly optimistic about the prospects for the IT sector, which increases the intensity of competition.
It should be noted that despite the increase in demand, our company did not raise its prices in order to preserve its credibility and its distinguished relations with its customers.
We are working hard in our company to preserve our employees and our talents in Lebanon since everyone is working on immigrating due to the decrease in work demand and the shutdown of many companies.
* 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞?
We started promoting the company through our participation in exhibitions and presentations, then through word of mouth marketing.
On the other hand, SAGE’s marketing department is responsible for promoting our company and services abroad, and we in turn sell its SOFTWARE to the companies we deal with.
Our company is characterized by full commitment to the projects we receive, integration in work and many years of experience in dealing with institutions, which leads to the renewal of all agreements with our customers automatically, in addition to the expansion of the work circle to new areas knowing the company is present in more than one place. For example, we started working with CMA CGM, a leading shipping group, in the Middle East and then started expanding worldwide.
* 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏?
Unilog cares about its customers’ business and works on providing the best solutions and new products for all companies, because it is the customers who choose the products.
* 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐓 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬?
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧?
Of course, it can benefit from this new situation, given that many Lebanese companies have expanded towards regional and global markets before the pandemic and are continuing to do so.
We are proud that, as exporters of services abroad, we attract fresh money and pump it into the local economy, unlike other sectors.
It must be noted here that we work with major companies located in Europe, and we serve several French companies with branches in many countries.
* 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬?
We were participating in important exhibitions and conferences before the pandemic which led to the cancellation of all these events.
* 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏?
The disadvantages of the year 2020 are still affecting us in 2021. Hopefully, we will witness changes after the end of the Coronavirus pandemic in 2022.
The IT sector wasn’t affected like other sectors, and we are proud to be from Lebanon with Lebanese engineers competing with the largest IT companies abroad, and that our clients are major companies abroad.
The series of accomplishments achieved by Unilog Liban are the result of long work, perseverance and correct choices made over 25 years, and its team is one of the main and fundamental reasons for its achievements.
