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Insight Informatics Appoints Global Integration as Exclusive Distributor for Australian-Developed CivicView Local Government Software
Sydney, Australia – March 31, 2008 – Insight Informatics, a long-standing Brisbane-based developer of local government and library software solutions, today announced that it has appointed Sydney-based Global Integration as exclusive distributor for the CivicView local government solution.
“Until now, local government organisations have grappled with a dilemma,” said Colin Richardson, Managing Director for Global Integration. “Their existing software suppliers do not offer all the functions they require. But the alternative, to rip out and replace their systems, is disruptive and, with most councils facing limited additional revenue sources, too expensive an option.
“Organisations urgently need focused software solutions which solve their business problems, which are quick and cost effective to implement and which have plug-and-play connections to their existing systems,” said Richardson. “This is what Insight Informatics offers with its new Connectable Solutions Architecture and why we see great potential as exclusive distributor to grow the CivicView market.”
Global Integration will be responsible for all sales and marketing activities, and for the implementation and support of CivicView. The appointment is part of Insight Informatics’ strategy to better meet the software solutions needs of local government with its new Connectable Solutions Architecture.
“Our Connectable Solutions Architecture means that local government organisations can now plug the gaps that their existing software solutions do not cover,” said Santo Cavallaro, General Manager from Insight Informatics. “Working with Global Integration, our customers can implement CivicView software modules which offer functions they do not currently have within an integrated platform.”
Insight Informatics has previously offered CivicView as a comprehensive, fully integrated software solution for local Australian government organisations. Going forward CivicView, and a series of new component modules, will be offered as connectable applications built on Ensemble, a next generation integration platform from InterSystems.
Using the advanced integration capabilities of the underlying Ensemble platform, new CivicView modules can be easily and seamlessly integrated with existing local government software to create a comprehensive, fully integrated solution.
Global Integration is an Ensemble Implementation Partner and specialist in InterSystems technologies. “This expertise will be of great value to existing and future CivicView clients who face increasing requirements to integrate complex systems and extract more value from their data,” said Richardson.
Insight Informatics is progressively upgrading existing CivicView modules to the Ensemble platform as well as developing additional modules that meet requirements for which local government organisations cannot easily find solutions.
The first modules offered using the Connectable Solutions Architecture are Road/Transport Asset Management and Contracts Management. Global Integration will immediately begin offering the new modules to new and existing customers. Other CivicView modules include Property, Rating, Purchasing, Creditors, Debtors, General Ledger, Payroll, Human Resources, Customer Service and Mapping.
About Global Integration
Global Integration Pty Ltd is a wholly Australian owned company specialising in helping local government and similar organisations to access and manage their data more effectively. Through the use of the InterSystems CACHÉ® high performance object database and InterSystems Ensemble® rapid integration platform the company increases the business value of existing systems and data.
About Insight Informatics
Insight Informatics Pty Ltd is based at Kelvin Grove in Brisbane, Queensland and is a wholly Australian owned company. Insight began operations in 1986, providing competitive software solutions and efficient service. The pursuit of quality standards for long term customer satisfaction has earned the company a reputation for productivity through robust, reliable and efficient software and professional service.
CivicView was initially created in 1998 as the result of a joint venture between Insight Informatics and Kempsey Shire Council, which is situated midway between Sydney and Brisbane on the New South Wales coast. Together, they developed the system to meet the specific needs of local government authorities Australia wide.