| February 5, 2010
CCK scores second Indonesian banker
Australian developer CCK Financial Solutions has won its second customer in Indonesia's banking sector with an order to deliver its Guava Suite of treasury management software to PT Bank Pan Indonesia (PaninBank). Last month the software went live at PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Rust Report, Jan 15, p2). PaninBank will use the software to manage its entire treasury operation, from dealing and risk management to settlement and reporting.
"CCK is gathering momentum in Indonesia as we have won both of the two latest contracts awarded for treasury management systems in the country," claimed Joseph Wong, managing director of CCK. "To support our growing client base in Indonesia CCK has established its own support team in the country." www.cck.com.au
Bravura builds on Vietnam business
Australian developer Bravura has joined forces with British company SSP to win the first Vietnamese customer for SSP's InsureJ general insurance administration system. The customer is Bao Viet General Insurance Corporation and the contract covers licensing and implementation of the system.
Bravura had earlier provided its TalisLife life insurance system to Bao Viet Life Insurance Corporation, noted Simon Woodfull, group CEO of Bravura.
SSP's InsureJ will be integrated with TalisLife, Woodfull added. www.bravurasolutions.com
Building society goes live with Rubik
Queensland's Maleny and District Community Credit Union went live this week with the Bank-in-a-Box technology platform developed by Australian company Rubik Financial. The system allows the credit union to offer a range of new services, including mobile phone banking, as well as enhancements to existing services, explained Brent Jackson, CEO of Rubik.
"The Bank-in-a-Box allows Rubik to provide any organisation the technical ability to make and sell financial service products with the security and regulatory reporting the market demands," Jackson added.
Other recent business for Rubik included letters of intent from two Middle Eastern banks to take the CWX collection system, and a contract with "a major bank" for a refresh of its Internet banking system, which is "the largest Internet banking sale in Rubik's history", Jackson said. www.rubik.com.au
Aussie tech puts dealers in picture
MapData Sciences has upgraded a dealer location facility of the Website of irrigation products supplier Toro Australia. The enhanced facility allows customers to search for dealer locations and provides them with a visual presentation of locations, including driving directions. www.mapds.com
TechOne app bursts on to market
An application developed by Queensland-based developer TechnologyOne to help government departments manage the use of grants to achieve policy outcomes, has chalked up orders worth more than $A500,000 while still in its initial launch phase. Adrian Di Marco, executive chairman of TechnologyOne, said the first customers include the Australian Department of Innovation, Industry, Science, and Research; the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment; and the City of Melbourne.
Research commissioned by TechnologyOne showed that there is huge demand for software covering the complete grants lifecycle. "An ad hoc approach to grants management means many large organisations are struggling to keep up with customer expectations and increasing levels of reporting, while spending unnecessary amounts of time and money supporting disparate systems," Di Marco explained. www.technologyonecorp.com
Empired picks up WA cops
Perth-based IT services provider Empired has been awarded a contract to provide IT strategic consulting services to the Western Australian Police. The deal has been valued at $A5 million over its three-year term, which includes two one-year options to extend, explained Russell Baskerville, managing director of Empired.
"Empired will provide collaborative and high quality independent services in the areas of strategic advice and planning, benefits realisation, plus project and program delivery assurance to assist WA Police in achieving their business requirements," Baskerville added. www.empired.com
C4i flies high on RAAF deal
C4i, an Australian developer of communications systems for the defence, aerospace, transport, and utilities markets, has been awarded a contract to provide equipment to Daronmont Technologies for use by the Royal Australian Air Force. The contract covers the IP-based Red/Black Switch Plus system, which will be customised for RAAF requirements. "The system is based on C4i products that have been specifically designed for mobile and transportable applications, such as this project," explained Peter Harrison, managing director of C4i's parent company LongReach Group.
Harrison added that the Queensland Government has also placed a recent order with the company for the supply of a communications system for Townsville ports. www.c4i.com
EMC puts telco in the clouds
Macquarie Telecom has acquired EMC storage and automation tools to support its private cloud hosting services. The deal, which includes Clarion networked storage and the Ionix IT management software, is valued at more than $A1 million.
"We are expecting to realise savings of more than $A260,000 over the next three years through the reduction of operational costs with the Ionix infrastructure and service management solutions," claimed Aidan Tudehope, managing director, hosting, Macquarie Telecom. http://australia.emc.com
Orders and Implementations
* Suncorp has extended two business-processing contracts with the Australian arm of Unisys Payment Services. Under the terms of the deal Unisys will provide cheque-processing services for a further two years and direct-entry electronic payments for a further three years. www.unisys.com.au
* Mincom has been selected to play a part in an Australian Defence Force project to improve military logistics across the entire ADF organisation. The developer had also been involved in a previous phase of the project, which included delivery of the Military Integrated Logistics Information System. www.mincom.com
* The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility has implemented an IBM server infrastructure with the help of Datacom Systems SA. www.datacom.com.au
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