Smartcard access systems provider BQT Solutions (ASX:BQT) and technology services provider to the education market, Monitor Business Solutions, have partnered to deliver a smartcard access system to schools and universities.

Teradata, the high speed number crunching division of NCR, and IT outsourcer EDS have won a contract with the Australian Customs Service  to provide a passenger analysis system to improve service and security at Australian border points.

IBM Australia has won a contract with automotive company DaimlerChrysler Australia/Pacific to provide services, software and hardware in a supply chain transformation project.

Pronto Software has beaten seven other vendors to win a contract to provide an ERP solution for Australian mining communications company, Mine Site Technologies.

CRM vendor StayinFront has been chosen to develop a CRM solution for listed tanning pills pharmaceutical firm, Epitan Ltd.

Anti-virus vendor, Sophos, and Sun Microsystems have struck a development and reseller agreement, in which Sun will become an accredited Sophos reseller and will add Sophos products to its price list.

The Australian Stud Book (ASB), the body responsible for ensuring the integrity of thoroughbred breeding in Australia, claims to have saved more than $200,000 on IT costs and vastly improved online access to its records database since migrating from a mainframe system to Microsoft Windows. 

ICT solutions provider, NetStar Australia, has been chosen by large second tier accounting firm Pitcher Partners to deploy a converged Cisco IP Telephony solution.

The war of words between HP and Sun continues with HP Australia lauding it over its high-end server hardware rival in a $450,000 deal with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.

Mobile wireless field sales solutions provider, O4 Corporation, has won a contract with Australian food group, Mrs Crocket’s, to provide a handheld field operations solution for its sales force.