[kictanet] KCB cited for software piracy - Business Daily

Fri Mar 31 15:36:53 EAT 2017

+1 Ahmed

The worst position you can find yourself in is being held a hostage by a
vendor.

Such risks should be noted pretty earlier and nipped in the bud.

On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 at 3:16 PM Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> I think this issue needs a proper investigation before we jump into
> conclusions.
>
> I find it rather surprising that there was no exit strategy option visible
> - which hints to a high degree of vendor lockin without a termination
> roadmap (for a Bank that manages a huge chunk of our country's financial
> sector).
>
> I think before we jump into conclusions there are many moving parts that
> need to be looked at, such as how it was possible to have to be held
> hostage by a single vendor in the process for a very important bank in the
> banking sector (which also happens to handle other banks in receivership).
>
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:06 PM, Ronald Ojino via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Interesting hmmm...however, it would be of great importance to know the
> basis of the ruling...was it informed by any local act..which specific
> clause?
>
> On 30-Mar-2017 10:10 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Indeed. Not sure how this can be justified. The bottle line is that we all
> must respect IP.
>
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> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 5:39 PM +0300, "Ngigi Waithaka" <ngigi at at.co.ke>
> wrote:
>
> Ali,
>
> That ruling is a bit interesting... You uninstall and yet are banned from
> either developing or sourcing for a replacement!
>
> On 30 Mar 2017 10:13 a.m., "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Listers
>
> Interesting development. Potential precedence setting.
>
> The High Court has stopped KCB Group from using a banking IT platform
> following a multi-million-shilling lawsuit where the lender is accused of
> software piracy.
>
> Nagalakshmi Solutions Ltd (NLS) obtained orders stopping KCB from using
> its banking software after the lender continued using it despite
> terminating the five-year contract in November.
>
> Judge Fred Ochieng also ordered KCB, Kenya’s largest bank by assets, to
> uninstall the software that works together with its core banking
> application and barred the listed lender from developing a similar IT
> application.
>
> Read on:-
>
>
> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/KCB-cited-for-software-piracy/539550-3870220-b7e92lz/
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