| May 15, 2009
PKBA takes on credit union
Peter Kazacos' latest services company PKBA has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provide managed services to Australian Central Credit Union, which has customers in South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory.
The Wintel contract requires PKBA to support more than 700 PCs and laptop computers, a mix of business applications, applications servers, and a data communications network linking the credit union's sites, explained mark Stead, CEO of PKBA. PKBA will provide an on-site team, Stead added. www.pkba.com.au
Defence takes home grown solution
NGA.NET, a Melbourne-based developer of Web-based HR software, has been selected to provide its e-recruitment software to the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO). NGA.NET will provide its eRecruit supported by the recently-launched Natural Talen talent management platform to service DMO's 7500 employees.
"Like other government agencies, the Defence Materiel Organisation will be able to capitalise on the software's capability to reduce the time and money spent on recruitment, as well as enhance the analytics of their recruitment process," claimed Mike Giuffrida, CEO of NGA.NET. "We believe the intelligent analytics of this software, and its capacity to reduce or eliminate labour-intensive tasks, will allow users to refocus their roles on far more strategic aims." http://nga.net
CIBIS takes on uni recruitment
Australian solutions provider CIBIS International has been selected to provide an integrated system to manage the international student recruitment requirements of Victoria University.
Anthony Heitmeyer, general manager of CIBIS, said the system will help the university improve student transition and recruitment, and will also enable it to reduce its environmental impact by "embracing paper-free records management for international applications." www.cibis.com.au
Vic council builds site on Netcat
Manningham City Council in Victoria has built its recently-launched public Web site on a content management system, software, and consulting services supplied by Australian developer Netcat.Biz.
Steve Walker, general manager of sales at Netcat, explained that the council had been looking for software that could be used easily by trained council staff to create and manage Web site and intranet pages, and would serve its development needs for at least five years. www.netcat.com.au
Runge helps Vics build geo-models
Australian mining software and services provider Runge has implemented a system that allows GeoScience Victoria to build, manage, and distribute high-quality three-dimensional models. The system was based on Runge's Mining Dynamics software.
Glen Kuntz, Runge's Mining Dynamics manager, noted that 3D models are becoming a primary tool for resource explorers looking for new mineral deposits, geothermal energy, or groundwater resources. GeoScience Victoria receives models in a variety of formats, which must be viewed, checked, and stored with appropriate security measures in place.
Kuntz claimed that the 3D model management system developed for GeoScience Victoria has attracted interest from companies and government agencies in Australia and overseas. www.runge.com
CSIRO goes to water over wireless
CSIRO's wireless technology is being put through its paces in Queensland where SEQWater is using the organisation's Fleck sensors to monitor environmental conditions on Lake Wivenhoe and the surrounding catchment. The catchment, which supplies water to 1.5 million people living in and around Brisbane, is being monitored by about 120 sensor nodes, some floating and some placed on land.
The nodes operate in a meshed network, which allows them to record environmental variables and co-operate with each other to set up an ad hoc network to transfer data wirelessly, explained Dr Matthew Dunbabin, senior research scientist with the CSIRO. "This gives us the capacity to monitor events in real time, such as high rainfall, droughts, or contaminants entering the waterway. If the network detects an event it can autonomously advise the boat to sample in more detail," Dunbabin added. www.csiro.au
InfoMaster to manage council assets
InfoMaster, a subsidiary of Australian software and services company Sirius Corporation, has been selected to implement its corporate asset management system for Wyndham City Council in Victoria. The Australian developer was selected after demonstrating its ability to integrate with council's existing systems, explained Frank Licciardello, managing director of Sirius. "The asset management information system will be pivotal to council's long-term effective and efficient management of more than $A1 billion worth of infrastructure assets," Licciardello added. www.sirius.com.au
ICSGlobal scores UK hospital
Thelma-EU, the UK subsidiary of health netowrk provider ICSGlobal, has picked up a contract from a major private hospital to use the services of London Patient Billing Service (LPBS), a business it acquired in 2007. The contract covers a billing trial.
Thelma-EU has changed the name of LPBS to Medical Billing & Collection to reflect the business' activities more accurately. www.thelma.com.au
Macquarie hosts arts centre
Macquarie Hosting has been selected to provide full managed hosting services to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. The services will provide a virtual solution to support QPAC's ticket and merchandise sales, and assist its push into online travel, entertainment, and accommodation services. www.macquarietelecom.com/hosting/
* NZ Post's B2B messaging solution provider ECN Group has selected the Sterling Collaboration Network as its international value-added network connection. www.sterlingcommerce.com.au
* Lenders' mortgage insurance provider Genworth Financial has deployed the first phase of a loss mitigation management platform, which is based on the ClaimCentre system from US company Guidewire. www.guidewire.com
* Bupa Australia -- which owns MBF, HBA, and Mutual Community -- has launched an information service for iPhone users.
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