2001 Press Releases

UK Success for Objective Corporation

Sydney, AUSTRALIA --- Objective Corporation (ASX:OCL), Australia's leading developer of knowledge management software, today reported new success in its overseas expansion.

The company announced that the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) in Northern Ireland has chosen the Objective software suite for its Trading Standards Services (TSS) division. TSS provides services to businesses and the public regarding trading standards (weights, measures etc.) within Northern Ireland and is responsible for enforcing legislation covering trading standards.

The system will be implemented at DETI's Belfast headquarters and a regional office at Ballymena.

Initially, DETI employees will use Objective's technology to test the department's electronic and physical record keeping procedures and workflow will also be examined while the organisation assesses its future knowledge management requirements.

DETI has a potential installation base of 1500 DETI employees throughout Northern Ireland for workflow and record keeping applications.

Mr Tony Walls, Joint CEO of Objective Corporation, said this latest UK contract win confirmed that the company can compete successfully against global industry leaders in the international marketplace.

"This is the second UK government contract we have secured within a few months of establishing operations in the UK," said Mr Tony Walls, Joint CEO, Objective Corporation.

"We're confident that our business will grow rapidly in the UK as the Blair government strives to meet its commitment to move all its services and record keeping online by 2005."

In November 2000, Objective Corporation announced a major contract with the Local Enterprise Development Unit (LEDU), the British Government's small business development agency for Northern Ireland.

Objective Corporation has already established itself as the leading supplier of knowledge management solutions to Australian state and federal government. It participated in a trade delegation to the UK in February, presenting its Australian government solutions to senior UK officials and systems integrators.

Over the past 12 months the company has secured contracts valued at more than $15 million with Australian federal government clients including the Federal Attorney General's Department, IP Australia, ATSIC, the Department of Transport and Regional Services and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.

Objective Corporation is also working with the Australian Defence Organisation where its Objective knowledge management solutions are being implemented for up to 50,000 users.

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