Stories by Peter Scott

Solution 6 takes CABS to France

Solution 6 has won a multi-million dollar contract to supply its CABS2000 practice management system and associated consulting and support services to KPMG's French operations.

Chunk of Iridium falls into Aussie hands

Western Australian minerals exploration and telecommunications investment company Quadrant Australia appears to have bought itself a chunk of the ill-fated Iridium satellite communications network after agreeing to acquire Bareena Holdings.

Philippines carrier looks for Clarity

Recently listed Sydney software developer Clarity International has finalised funding that will lead to the completion of an $A18 million telecommunication contract for provision of operational support systems to the Philippines Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT).

CommSoft picks up Kiwi Brains

Recently-listed developer CommSoft has agreed to buy Kiwi company Marketing Technologies, which has developed the Brains customer relationship management application.

Keycorp maintains IT export momentum

Whether inspired by an invigorating intake of Christmas cheer, the give-away Aussie dollar, or sheer good technology, Australia's IT suppliers have kicked off the new year with a stack of solid export contracts. Included on the latest list of exporters are regulars like Keycorp and Objectif, plus a few others like Solution 6 to whom a bit of good news will be welcome tidings indeed.

Objectif wins Dutch extension

Listed telecommunications software developer Objectif Telecommunications has won a contract extension with Dutch carrier KTN Telecom.

Hansen's call centre manager finds US user

Software developer Hansen Technologies, which specialises in the development of billing systems for telcos and utilities, has won a contract to supply its ResourcePro call centre management system to Southwestern Bell in the US.

Telstra takes a Lotus position

Telstra expects to extend its WAP offerings though an alliance it has negotiated with Lotus Development, which will allow the Aussie carrier to offer access from WAP devices to Domino servers for mail, calendaring and corporate directory.

Adacel scores first in US aviation market

Specialised software engineering company Adacel Technologies has won a contract to provide an integrated air traffic control tower and radar simulator to the University of North Dakota Aerospace Foundation.

Solution 6 tries a bit of acquisition therapy


Despite being bathed in red ink, Solution 6 has followed the acquisition trail to Kiwi company exo-net International. Other big players have blazed their own trails overseas, and some of the financial results announced during the week raised eyebrows

Y2K: CEOs warned 'your cleaned code won't cut it!'

Year 2000 remediation is not working. Tests of cleared code from 19 MVS mainframe sites in Australia and NZ found problems in every single sample and in one case a batch of 100,000 lines of code contained 78 errors. Non-compliant code was the most serious error, followed by warnings and syntax errors.
The report appears in The Rust Report, and Industry Insiders newsletter launched yesterday.
http://www.rustreport.com.au/Notebook/index.html

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