Telstra goes live with T-Suite SME software applications

Peter Dinham
Wednesday, 01 April 2009 11:20

Business IT - Technology

Telstra seems to be going all out to try to project an image of a company that is all caring and concerned about Australia’s thousands of small businesses doing it tough in difficult economic times, with two announcements in as many days about new services for those struggling businesses.

Yesterday, Telstra business group managing director, Deena Shiff, announced the opening of the first of 67 new business centres around Australia to provide local face-to-face help for small businesses faced with the difficulties of the economic downturn.

And, today, Shiff  has announced that Telstra has just released a bunch of online software applications available to businesses with its T-Suite Software as a Service (SaaS) platform going live across Australia.

Shiff says the T-Suite applications are available to lease online for a predictable monthly fee and without expensive upfront licensing fees, meaning businesses can preserve vital cash reserves during the current tough economic climate.

Shiff said Australia was a nation of small businesses, with approximately 1.9 million companies, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and “in the current economic climate, those small businesses are looking for ways to improve cash flow and better manage risks and compliance obligations and we believe the T Suite service provides a cost effective answer at the right time.

“A business simply goes to www.telstra.com/T-SUITE, selects the application they would like to use in their business and signs up. The software applications are available 24/7 and automatically updated with the latest versions.  Most applications are available for a free month trial.

“Three out of every four businesses in Australia are SMEs - they employ nearly half of the workforce and contribute nearly half of our total GDP.  Access to online software through the T-Suite service can help boost their productivity, optimise IT and information security and ensure business continuity,” Shiff added.

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