BGZ to spend zl. 27 million on implementing integrated information system

Bank Gospodarki Zywnosciowej will pay zl. 27 million to Apexim to introduce and develop a new, integrated information system called Eurobank. Apexim will get additional money for training BGZ employees on the new system. It will be only one-tenth of the money BGZ will invest in IT. Next year BGZ is planning to spend zl. 150 million on IT. The same amount will be invested in 2002. According to BGZ, the reason for choosing Eurobank is it is based on the newest Oracle technologies. The bank is also interested in the internet. "At the present time, there are three information systems in BGZ. Changing to the integrated system will start in the second quarter of next year and will be completed by 2002," said BGZ vice-president Romuald Klosinski. (Puls Biznesu, page 8)