The Government of Malta, through Malta Enterprise, has announced a series of initiatives to help businesses during this difficult moment for the economy. One such initiative seeks to help business adopt teleworking.

In brief: Malta Enterprise will pay a grant to every business, up to €4,000, for costs related to telework incurred between 15th February and 8th May 2020. There is a 45% capping against total cost, meaning that if you spend €2000, you will be given a grant of €900, wheras if you spent €10,000, you will be given the full €4,000.

The grant is given to help businesses set-up and operate teleworking, to ensure that employees can work in a secure and easy way.

Some costs that do NOT qualify for grant are:

BMIT Technologies has launched a quick-to-deploy solution to enable your business to be able to telework.  It addresses issues such as access to core software, different security requirements, and specific business realities.  Reach out to us to know more.

More info about the scheme is available on this Malta Enterprise minisite

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With the COVID-19 outbreak come several concerns for organisations in general, and CIOs in particular.

As many governments advise everyone to stay and home, and making appeals to companies to enable telework for their employees, CEOs and whole organisations are turning to their CIOs for solutions. Quickly. And available in the most secure manner.

Many companies did not wait for authorities to tell them what to do, as the financial situation worsens, it is clear that all businesses need to move swiftly to a remote work set-up..

Businesses need to shift technological capacity and invest in secure and scalable platforms in order to migrate their teams to work remotely.

What Should CIOs Look For in These Times?

Each organisation has different realities, but there are some best practice approaches that, from our experience, apply across.

The need for social distancing mandates telework, that’s a given. So the next step for CIOs is gather information as to which employees can work remotely, what resources they require, and what technologies and system should be made available to them. Exposing a CRM or an ERP solution remotely might be straightforward for some, whereas other CIOs need to jump complex hurdles of legacy apps being made available, once again securely. A second dimension relates to the standard office productivity tools to be made available. In our experience, Office 365 is a solution for practically all customer requirements in this regard, but it is strongly suggested to look beyond this, and factoring in issues such as mobility and security.

Device Security Also Plays a Role

The security of the IT infrastructure should obviously be solid, but this also extends to the end devices (laptops / tablets / desktops) the remote employees are using from home. Device security is not just securing against obvious risks, but also ensuring that the connectivity, data transfer and applications being used are secured and under control too..

CIOs therefore need to update the policies and train employees to work remotely if necessary.

These productivity, security and mobility requirements can be achieved through Microsoft 365 which provides access to Office 365 and tools such as Microsoft Teams, but also to a range of security and mobility tools to maintain security and control as a CIO.

In Conclusion

CIOs need to analyse the current state of the company and determine who can work remotely.

Once they have determined the people who can work remotely, they need to make available the required infrastructure and systems to enable this. They also need to find effective tools that can handle that kind of workload as well as provide solid security measurements so none of the data or systems get compromised.

If, for any reason, you think that your infrastructure, or systems, and not yet ready for telework, feel free to reach out to us. We have already helped a number of customers achieve this in a speedy manner, by providing a quick-to-deploy cloud solution that also allows for legacy migration, as well as the right set of productivity tools to close the circle in terms of requirements – so just let us know.

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The coronavirus has become a pandemic.

This has put a lot of companies and employees at a huge health risk.

This means that, in order to assure that your employees are safe, healthy, and ready for work, you need to switch the workflow up a bit by going remote.

Remote work means that the employees can do their tasks wherever they are, in this case, as many governments recommend, from the comfort of their home.

If you or your organization does not feel like it is prepared for a large-scale remote work overhaul, you should not, because there are tools that make this process easy.

In many countries, governments recommend that if employees can work from home, they definitely should in order to avoid further spread of the Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

Carefully analyse all of the tasks and roles a set of employees has and determine if it can be transferred into a remote model.

It All Starts With Trust

Many managers think that employees will not be as productive working from home, without observation, as they would working in an office.

Workers who work from home tend to manage their time effectively, and work when they feel they are most productive.

Another advantage they have is the fact that they do not have any unnecessary interruptions like they would within the office.

Have trust in the team you selected to work with you and you’ll steadily accept remote work as a viable option.

Now Comes the Technology

Through a combination of IT infrastructure and productivity tools, you gain access to a solution that can help the transition to remote work tremendously.

In other words, you gain access to a remote set-up that is secured, where you can store all of your documents and files securely.

You can also schedule virtual conferences and meetings and even make recordings so other employees can view them when they get online and catch up to what’s happening with a given project they are working on within the company.

If you still feel like your business is not prepared to make this leap, BMIT Technologies can help your business and enable remote working.

This includes the migration of the line of business on the cloud and ensure business continuity while maintaining a high level of security to all of your files and data.

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On the 2nd September 2019, the Otters Under 15 waterpolo team won its Category in the National League, and thus became the first Gozitan junior waterpolo team to win an honour at National Level. They managed to gain 24 points out of a maximum 27 points to win this Under 15 Division. The team was Coached by Jean-Luc Zahra and assisted by Paul Dimech and team manager George Azzopardi. The players and officials were presented with the trophy by ASA Vice President Mr Karl Galea, Assistant National Team Coach Mr Anthony Farrugia was also present. The players and supporters thoroughly enjoyed this success !


All this promising bunch of players graduated to this successful team from the BMIT Waterpolo and Swimming School. A School which has been growing rapidly over the past few years and last summer attracted around 150 girls and boys to the Otters pitch in Marsalforn. 3 members of this team, Lara Camilleri, Isaac Azzopardi and Luigi Dimech have also been selected for the Under 15 Girls National Team and the Under 14 Boys National Team respectively.

Date - 19th February 2020
If you're a dog owner, you probably already know just how awesome dogs are. Dogs fill your life with love, loyalty, fur and plenty to smile about. Undeniably, they  make our world a better place. BMIT Technologies, one of Malta’s leading IT services providers, is continuously promoting animal welfare and have lately donated funds to four different dog sanctuaries, namely: Gozo SPCA, Noah’s Ark, AAA and Malta SPCA.

Without a doubt, such organizations are always excited to receive donations in any shape or form since most animal welfare organisations rely on donations from the public and local business, such as BMIT Technologies.

“We are aware that frequently, the number of resources these organisations have don’t even come close to what they need. Volunteering is another gift that is equally, if not more important than material gifts. At BMIT Technologies, we are sensitive to these challenges and we have animal welfare at heart. We fully comprehend the fact that these sanctuaries are indispensable, as they specifically care for abandoned animals and are capable of providing temporary homes for animals that need it” said Ramona Mifsud, Marketing Executive at BMIT Technologies.

BMIT Technologies is committed to keep assisting these animal sanctuaries as part of its central philosophy of helping the community and environment in which it operates. Moreover, the company through its strong business network, encourages other firms in Malta to embark on this initiative and to support NGOs that are directly linked to animal welfare and helping those who have no voice.