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by Peter Dinham
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Japanese IT services group, NTT Data, has completed its acquisition of Australian SAP services company, Extend Technologies, as part of a strategy to expand its global SAP consulting business, by taking up a 51 percent shareholding in Extend.
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by Peter Dinham
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SAP has beaten off a number of competitors, including IBM, to secure a contract with sporting footwear and apparel manufacturer, ASICS, to deploy its business intelligence (BI) software as part of a program in the Japanese company’s Australian arm to increase business efficiency.
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by Peter Dinham
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ERP provider, Lawson Software, has secured a contract to deploy its ERP manufacturing solution for Australian hydraulics manufacturer and distributor, RYCO Hydraulics, with a phased rollout to RYCO plants in Melbourne as well as Dalian in China and Kuala Ketil in Malaysia.
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by Peter Dinham
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Office products and solutions retailer, Officeworks, is looking to get a better handle on how to engage and communicate with its customers and further build its online and offline business with its contracting of business intelligence provider, Site Intelligence, to deliver a customer analytics and BI system.
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by Peter Dinham
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The Treasury has selected Fujitsu to supply and support software for the federal government’s Standard Business Reporting (SBR) initiative which has been launched by the government as part of its strategy to reduce the regulatory reporting burden on Australian businesses.
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by Peter Dinham
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CRM vendor RightNow has deployed a cloud-based customer care system for new online car insurance business, The Buzz, with the insurer claiming it is the first insurance provider to shape its business by asking an online community what they wanted from their insurance provider.
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by Peter Dinham
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IBM has won a contract with packaged foods company, JR Simplot, to deploy its new Cognos 8 enterprise business intelligence tool in its Australian operation in conjunction with Simplot’s new ERP system.
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by Peter Dinham
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The makers of Australia’s iconic Four’N Twenty pie, Patties Foods, has deployed a Lawson Software learning accelerator solution to train staff on Lawson systems as the company creates customised, role-based training simulations and documentation for its employees.
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by Peter Dinham
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Australia's largest listed health information technology company, iSOFT, has entered the US market for the first time with acquisition of application integration software group, BridgeForward, boosting its product offering with the addition of a broader range of interoperability solutions and services.
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by Peter Dinham
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Cloud computing vendor, NetSuite, is rolling out its SaaS ERP software solution to hundreds of fast food outlets across the United States and Asia in a contract with Filipino company, Jollibee, as it undergoes rapid worldwide expansion of its chain of fast-food stores.
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by Peter Dinham
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Food and consumer goods distribution group, Metcash, has contracted SAP and Fijitsu to deploy a new financial software platform in its Australian business to improve efficiencies and compliance with financial, corporate risk and environmental regulations.
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by Peter Dinham
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Western Australia’s Water Corporation, which services customers over a 2.5 million square kilometre area of the state, has selected Sybase to provide management of mobile devices deployed to its field force.
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by Peter Dinham
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Enterprise content management vendor, Objective Corporation, is deploying its ECM solution to support community health services delivery for New Zealand’s Counties Manukau District Health Board.
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by Peter Dinham
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Australia’s largest pharmaceutical skincare company, Ego Pharmaceuticals, is to roll out SAP Business All-in-One software in a $2 million investment in software and systems which Ego says will realise benefits of over $100,000 a month to the company.
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by Peter Dinham
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Business software and services company, ComOps, has won a contract to deploy its safety and risk management reporting software at Australian-listed construction and property company, Watpac.
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by Peter Dinham
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Australian retail systems vendor, Retail Directions, has deployed its store management system in the first retail outlet in the UK opened by Elle MacPherson Intimates.
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by Peter Dinham
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A newly formed, Australian-owned supply chain company has emerged from the merger of ASA Logistics and International Concept Forwarding (ICF) in a deal announced in Melbourne today.
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by Peter Dinham
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Queensland’s Moreton Bay Regional Council has selected Objective Corporation’s process, content and collaboration management solution to help it achieve management efficiencies and cost savings in the wake of its formation from the amalgamation of three former councils.
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