News

The Department of Corrections has selected the OHR consortium, led by New Zealand-owned IT specialist Optimation, as its outsource partner for the outcomes-based provision of its Application Development, Application Maintenance and Application Support services.

The other members of the OHR consortium are Wellington-based IT specialists and business consultants Resultex Group and Optimation’s global partner HCL.

Jon Cumming, Chief Information Officer at the Department explained, “The Department is undertaking a major programme of business transformation that needs to be supported by an adaptable, low-risk information technology environment. The outcomes-based outsource model OHR has developed offers a powerful way of meeting our objective of delivering significantly higher quality and robustness of service.”

Corrections has worked with all three members of the OHR consortium on previous projects, including redevelopment and enhancement of the core Integrated Offender Management System (IOMS) and a major SAP upgrade.

“OHR have extensive knowledge of our business and technical environment, along with breadth and depth of expertise across all our core application platforms. The members of the consortium have proven capability and the ability to scale, and we look forward to working with them to deliver the business and technical outcomes we require,” says Cumming.

The services OHR has been contracted to provide cover end-to-end application development, maintenance and support across four major areas:

•       IOMS, which Resultex implemented and has supported since 2005 and Optimation migrated to .Net in 2009
•       the Oracle-based Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence environment
•       the SAP environment
•       public and internal web environments and electronic content management systems

The OHR consortium draws on a unique outsource model that blends New Zealand-based and offshore resources to ensure speed-to-scale, high levels of responsiveness, and robust governance.

Optimation Chairman Neil Butler explains, “Together, Optimation and Resultex combine the strengths of our local skills, business knowledge and relationships with the global outsourcing expertise and scalability of HCL. We have found this to be a potent formula for government and enterprise organisations that want fast access to specialised resources, but also need to know there is local executive accountability and decision-making authority.”

For further information, please contact:

Neil Butler, Chairman
Optimation
Phone: +64 4 470 5821
Email: neil.butler@optimation.co.nz

Or,
Amanda McVitty, PR & Communications
Optimation
Phone: 64 21 898 798
Email: Amanda.mcvitty@optimation.co.nz

Inov8 are delighted to announce that they are proud 'Bronze' Sponsors of the SharePoint conference being held this year.  The SharePoint conference and the wider support to the SharePoint community within New Zealand is the combination of Microsoft valued support; excellent product and added support from SharePoint partners, professionals and enthusiasts alike.

http://whitireia.ac.nz currently sits in first place for Top SharePoint Site of the Month on TopSharePoint.com

The website features images from a recent photo shoot of Whitireia students, here on campus. It also has a gallery of student work and the latest in news and events at Whitireia. The ‘real’ voice of Whitireia students is echoed throughout the website with quotes from current students and graduates, student stories and will be used as a communication tool for students and staff to engage.

Inov8 Web development will bring the Whitireia website into the 21st century

Whitireia Community Polytechnic signed a web development contract yesterday with web design company Inov8 Limited, which will see the Whitireia website propelled into the future.

The primary communication tool for TNZ to the network is their web-based dealer portal, providing a knowledge sharing platform, delivering transactional links to mid and back office systems along with technical, product, marketing and image resources.

Inov8 has recently been engaged by CRS Software Ltd to deliver a database synchronisation solution for its farm management software package. The solution provided data replication between 8

Inov8 has just completed an intensive two day training course covering off the core components of Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 (PPS). The course, delivered by Nick Barclay

Wellington, New Zealand — 13 June 2008 — Inov8, Software Solutions Success, today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency

FMG is a New Zealand owned mutual providing specialist financial services to the rural sector since 1905. In 2007 FMG embarked on an Intranet redevelopment program encompassing content