SDM received two awards for its PocketPhrase Application at the Consensus Software Awards night at the Four Seasons, Tuesday 6 May 2008.
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Perpetual Limited (Perpetual) completed the first stage of a major consolidation of Perpetual’s unit registry system in January. The project involved migrating Perpetual’s largest legacy system onto a single Service Oriented Architecture platform and was the first step in developing a new back office structure which would deliver a robust and scalable system that retains the functionality of its legacy systems.
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The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) SA Chapter today announced the South Australian winners for the iAwards. Strategic Data Management (SDM), a DWS subsidiary, was the state winner for its PocketPhrase* application and is now a finalist in the national iAwards being held 28 May 2008. PocketPhrase General Manager, Mike Pearson today accepted this award, presented to the most innovative ICT solutions in the category of education and training.
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A business user’s passion for technology is often driven by their desire to do things in the shortest, most efficient time possible. As a long time client of SDM, George Freney understood the impact a smart solution has on a business and knows how to get the most out of the systems and data already available.
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People on the autism spectrum, and the educators, professionals and families who care for them will soon be able to access a world-first software solution which assists in communication, developing executive functioning skills, boosting confidence and reducing the stresses and anxieties encountered daily.
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Redundancies and staff cutbacks across the IT industry has left some organisations with concerns that skills shortages could put a hold on outsourced and internal project plans. In the midst of this SDM is able to provide its clients with the right people at the right time.
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A disaster recovery protocol has been in place at Connex Melbourne (Connex) supporting its world leading Fault Management Protocol (FMP) application for many years and required further tightening of the processes and introduction of even further redundancy. For many years, SDM has been working with Connex Melbourne conducting the ongoing development and providing 24/7 standby support for FMP.
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As of January 2, 2008 Strategic Data Management Pty Ltd (SDM) became a 100% owned subsidiary of DWS Advanced Business Solutions Pty Ltd. With the acquisition, all of SDM’s 85 staff have joined DWS, bringing the total staff number to well over 550 nationally. “This is providing our clients an even greater pool of knowledge across Microsoft and other technologies”, says SDM’s Geoff Rohrsheim.
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The NSW Attorney General’s Department needed a tool that would enable it to make sound investment decisions around competing strategic objectives. The NSW Attorney General’s Department (AGD) needed a single view of all project activities across the entire organisation in one place.
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“The conference identifies new ways in which an EPM solution can help organisations to increase operational efficiency across the business by embracing add-ons, processes and methodologies which are supported by a software platform like Project Server,” said Mr Soester. “I look forward to sharing these with members of the Project User Group during our sessions in December.”
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A picture tells a thousand words. For some time now, both business and marketing people alike have been swapping plain text for images delivered on paper or on screen to help them communicate information. Whilst this has proven to be beneficial, it is from visual analytics that businesses will derive the greatest benefits.
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At the Microsoft Australia Partner Conference Awards Dinner on the 31st of August 2007, SDM took out first place for its Custom Development Solution for Department of Environment and Water Resources (DEW): an Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting (OSCAR). This award recognises SDM as the Application Infrastructure Development Partner of the Year.
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Land Management Corporation (LMC) realised that it needed to create a more effective and readily available solution for managing its financial data. The SDM solution was to develop a financial reporting tool which would feed into their global Contract/Financial Management Intranet Site and reduce their turnaround time from three days to instant reporting.
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This year’s Worldwide Microsoft Partner Conference was testament to Microsoft’s broad product capability across both software and services. The conference showcased approximately 1500 exhibitors as well as running an average of 20 seminars every hour. SDM’s Geoff Rohrsheim and Andy Neumann were on hand to bring the latest in trends and technologies back home to you. “The conference gave us great insight into the innovation that Microsoft is bringing to the market in the coming year. We look forward to sharing the relevant/applicable component of that innovation with our customers.”
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Been to www.sdm.com.au recently? Now is the time to take the time to explore the fresh new web-face of SDM. Designed to provide its visitors with an opportunity to learn about the depth and breadth of SDM’s services, you may be surprised with what you find.
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SDM has implemented over 80 Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solutions since 2003. Now it is providing the Project Management community the opportunity to leverage this depth and breadth of expertise.
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In one month, SDM has employed three contractors, nine full time and three part time recruits all starting within four weeks of each other. So how does SDM manage the induction, training and set-up which need to be undertaken before and after they join?
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SDM has had continued success and growth as a provider of Business Intelligence (BI) solutions for over eight years by staying on top of the latest technology and trends across the IT industry.
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The world’s first insider guide for Microsoft Business Scorecard Manager is published this month thanks to an international collaboration involving SDM’s Nick Barclay.
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SDM is adding real value to customers wanting to integrate the latest technology by actively encouraging its staff to study for advanced accreditations in their areas of speciality.
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SDM has appointed qualified accountant Mark Fuller to manage its national Business Intelligence group and further strengthened its Melbourne team through the appointment of Kate O’Keeffe as a Project Manager.
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Strategic Data Management (SDM) has slashed turnaround times for approving staff expense claims from four days to just five minutes.
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Victorian water company South East Water has sped up its capital expenditure approvals and Key Performance Indicator reporting after SDM deployed Microsoft Office 2007 to eliminate manual, time-consuming and inefficient systems.
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Senior IT executives attending SDM’s recent Off-Site CIO Forum have forged new relationships with their peers in the dusty Australian outback.
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