TechnologyOne wins Qld utility $2 million systems upgrade

Peter Dinham
Monday, 07 September 2009 14:14

IT Industry - Deals

Di Marco said the water sector had undergone massive structural and governance changes over the last decade, necessitating an industry-wide review and overhaul of ICT systems, and said this rapid change had made the water industry an increasingly important market.

“Water corporations and authorities are highly regulated yet progressive, so intelligent investment in ICT is fundamental to their day to day management and future planning. We believe there are more developments to come for the water industry, which makes our flexible, integrated software solutions an ideal choice for the market.”
 
According to Di Marco, TechnologyOne reinvests approximately 20 per cent of its annual revenue back into research and development to keep up with the latest and best technology innovations, and the changing needs of its customers “so whatever happens in the water industry, our solutions will keep pace.”

Di Marco also maintained that a shift towards choosing local suppliers was beginning to take shape, with Australian organisations preferring to deal with locally owned and supported operations rather than overseas based multinationals.

“This is a trend that we’re starting to see here in Australia.  Both corporate and government organisations want to know that they are going to get great support and service; it’s a decisive factor.

“Investment in technology can involve spending a significant amount of money and organisations want to know that they are going to get value and long term security from this investment.”