Netcat selection as part of NSW government efficiency program

Peter Dinham
Tuesday, 17 March 2009 16:43

IT Industry - Deals

The New South Wales Government has selected Netcat as a specialist web content management (WCM) software provider to its agencies with the company’s inclusion in the government’s Information and Asset Management Systems Panel (IAMS).

Netcat general manager sales, Steve Walker, said today the initial contract under which NSW Government Agencies must purchase the nominated solutions runs to 31 May 2011 after which there would be two one-year extensions.

According to Walker, Netcat’s inclusion on the NSW government panel had
the potential to generate wider use of the Netcat WCM solution in the state Government at a time when there was real concern in the market about economic conditions and lack of growth opportunities for Australian companies.

He said the IAMS was a component of the government selected application systems (GSAS) program, first launched in 1994 as part of a core strategy within the NSW Government to establish preferred software vendors for corporate applications.

“The objective of the contracts is to reduce the costs to Government associated with the procurement, development, implementation and operation of those application packages.

Walker said the IAMS strategy addresses the requirements of all NSW Government agencies, both large and small, as well as the disparate complexity of their information management needs, and recognised that agencies had different requirements in relation to the maturity of their information management assets.
 
He maintained that Netcat’s selection on the panel was validation of the company’s commitment and successes over the past 10 years with government agencies in all Australian jurisdictions.