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Thursday, July 16, 2009

2009 DELL Global Finalists Announced!

 

  
 
DELL has announced the National Finalists for the 2009 Global Small Business Excellence Award. National Winners will be announced in September, followed by the selection of a global winner in Fall 2009. All national winners will compete for the Global Award, which includes an entrepreneur's summit hosted by DELL Chairman and CEO Michael Dell; $50,000 USD in DELL products and services; a lifetime membership to ICSB and engagement with Endeavor's network of business leaders and high-impact entrepreneurs.

The DELL Global Small Business Excellence Award honors small businesses that apply technology in innovative ways to improve the customer experience and grow. The SMEs listed below represent a variety of industries, but each has successfully utilized IT solutions to increase profitability and improve the customer experience.
 
For more information, please visit www.dell.com/ceaward.
 

2009 USA National Finalists
  • Acadia Foot & Ankle, P.A., Bangor, ME, is a three-physician foot and ankle medical and surgical treatment center using advanced three-dimensional scanners, digital x-rays and a Web-based answering service to provide high-quality patient care, speed transfer of information and cut costs.
  • In an industry still using paper and pen to conduct inspections and inventory, American Wire Rope & Sling of Fort Wayne, IN, uses barcoding and RFID for more efficient inventory control and inspections, to better track repairs in cooperation with OSHA requirements, improve productivity and save money.
  • Known as the "e-harmony of tutoring," Appleton Learning, Madison, AL, specializes in tutoring and test prep services, distinguishing itself by matching students and tutors based on the human elements of education. They credit their unique software as essential in providing this innovative service.
  • Bellingham Internal Medicine, Bellingham, WA, leverages a custom-designed computerized medical office system, integrating electronic medical records, all aspects of business operations and communications to streamline operations. Through its use of technology, the four- provider practice is able to provide high-quality primary care internal medicine to Medicare recipients at Medicare rates, schedule an average of 30 minutes per patient visit, and earn near the median income for primary care providers in the area.
  • Much like the soft-ware-as-a-service model, BusinesSuites of Austin, TX, offers clients subscription-based office space and services to free them of the burden of traditional long-term leases. BusinessSuites credits their investments in IT and people with saving the company and enabling them to deliver a superior customer experience.
  • Forensic Training Network, San Francisco, CA, provides online and onsite training services to crime lab employees, law enforcement and attorneys on forensic science-related topics. Innovators of the ForensicHub, an online resource that connects the forensic community, and the first in its industry to create online and self-paced training modules, the company is helping clients address budget shortfalls and travel restrictions without sacrificing competency.
  • GeoSource, Florence, AL, performs environmental assessment services for large timberland acquisitions being considered by institutional investors. Using a GIS-enhanced database application for aerial reconnaissance from helicopters, GeoSource is able to deliver faster, more thorough results of remote areas difficult to reach by ground.
  • Specializing in immersive applications for the web, GroundWork Design, Richmond, VA, helps clients like The Julliard School and the University of Miami bring their campuses and experiences to life via rich multi-media.
  • Interactive Marketing, Warrenton, VA, maker of the web-based Welcome Back Rewards customer loyalty solutions, offers small companies an affordable, cross-marketing loyalty program for capturing repeat business called City Masterkey. The Masterkey links merchant groups together in a loyalty coalition and brands the merchant group while giving the consumer one card that rewards them everywhere they shop or dine.
  • Vitals, Lyndhurst, N.J., is an online doctor evaluation and comparison service that helps patients identify the right doctor for them. With more than 720,000 physicians nationwide and a daily user base of 100,000 and growing, Vitals' flexible database and web-user interface helped

2009 UK National Finalists
  • Galmarley Ltd – BullionVault, London, opened London's gold bullion market to the world's private investors, now controlling more gold than most of the world's central banks.
  • iComplete Limited, Swindon, run an online business services suite aimed at micro to small business, combining applications (such as CRM) with telecommunications and virtual PA services, all built from the ground up using web 2.0.
  • A Suit That Fits.com, London, the world's first online hand-tailored suit-making company. Customers can use unique web technology to individually design suits and buy them at off-the-peg prices.
  • Sure Languages, Exeter, provides translations, interpreting and multi-lingual creative services such as web content and technical specifications. A network of professional linguists from around the world enable these services in over 100 languages.
  • Cruise 118, Manchester, an independent cruise retail business that prides itself on offering unparalleled customer service and supplier relations by making innovative use of their IT systems.
  • Europa Technologies Limited, Cobham, Surrey, a digital mapping business that works with Global Fortune 500 companies and the United Nations. Their products help companies better understand customers and markets in a geographical context.
  • Significan't (UK) Limited, London, operates a video contact centre that provides online video sign language interpreters. The company also provides video-conferencing facilities for local businesses and individuals.
  • Postcode Anywhere, Worcester, a location-based services software provider, which includes route optimisation, UK and international contact address management, demographic profiling and geographic data (i.e. “Where's my nearest...?”).
  • Labels4Kids Limited, Stirling, sells a wide choice of personalised labels and stickers for children in every shape and variety. As well as iron-on labels, they offer dishwasher- and microwave-proof. Available internationally online or by mail order.
  • Eastern Storage Equipment, Norwich, started out as a traditional storage equipment supply and installation business in 1975. After developing into mail order, the company now has a fully integrated IT system to improve customer service and reduce workloads.

2009 Canada National Finalists
  • Britec Computer Systems, Calgary, Alberta, is a multi-disciplinary technology solutions provider specializing in design, implementation, operation, and administration of corporate computing environments in Canada. Britec uses customer relationship and project management tools to enhance productivity and also has a virtual infrastructure that allows for business mobility and faster customer service.
  • Canadian Institute for the Relief of Pain and Disability (CIRPD), Vancouver, British Columbia, mission is the prevention and reduction of pain, pain-related suffering, and disability by creating and disseminating evidence-informed best practices through technology-enabled collaborations and partnerships.
  • Hour-Zero Crisis Consulting Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, specializes in K-12 school emergency preparedness. Powered by a robust web-based application, which features interactive mapping, online training, critical data management, pandemic planning and first responder access, the organization helps school districts develop, operationalize and maintain their plans quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively.
  • Jolera Inc., Toronto, Ontario, is a global provider of IT solutions with a key focus on the not-for-profit sector. Jolera's suite of services includes: 24/7 technical support, onsite service personnel, network migrations and deployments, sharepoint and .net development, as well as disaster recovery planning/implementation. Jolera utilizes various technology applications to enable data management, employee training, client documentation, internal workflow, employee collaboration and task management.
  • Nisha Technologies Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, is one of Canada's fastest growing aboriginal suppliers of professional services and enterprise products. The company's robust IT infrastructure enables it to manage its telecommunications systems and client interactions to deliver better customer service in a cost-effective manner.
  • Race Headquarters, Coquitlam, British Columbia, specializes in processing sporting events' timing and results using technology tools that record participants running times for over 120 events throughout Western Canada. By keeping its website regularly updated with event statistics and results, the organization enables its clients and event participants to access relevant information and resources.
  • RIGHTSLEEVE, Toronto, Ontario, is a promotional design agency that uses creative design, promotional products and technology to deliver marketing results for its clients. Through its internally developed open source customer/vendor relationship management and employee collaboration system, the agency benefits from real-time feedback and input from internal and external stakeholders.
  • RITZ Machine Works Inc., Dauphin, Manitoba, is a tube-bending/machining company in rural Manitoba that produces components for original equipment manufacturing customers in Canada and the United States. The company deployed computerized hi-tech machines to measure and bend tubes for higher precision and speed, and also uses advanced handprint technology to efficiently manage employees' work-hours and payroll systems.
  • SAFEC Inc., Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Support and Financing for Entrepreneurs in Canada was created to provide those wishing to develop or establish a business in Canada with the assistance and support needed to achieve their most daring projects. Powered by a unique web-based search tool, this organization provides crucial and specific information to help entrepreneurs accomplish their business goals.
  • Wildplay Ltd., Victoria, British Columbia, is an adventure recreation company that brings wilderness playgrounds to urban areas. To improve guest experience, streamline reservation processes and simplify sales, Wildplay developed its own Reservation and Point of Sale System to meet its specific business needs and improve customer experience.

2009 Italy National Finalists
  • ACR di Udine (http://www.acr.it/), from 1994, specializing in construction of machines and machines theatrical scenographic for theatres of tradition and for theatres on board large cruise ships.
  • Avalpa SrL di Bologna (http://www.avalpa.com/), Avalpa Digital Engineering born to enable the traditional broadcaster and new suppliers of content to the potential of digital television on any media, satellite and terrestrial IP.
  • Netphilo SRL di Milano (http://www.netphilo.com/), offers its services and their advice on every aspect of books in print and web, the graphics and computers linked to the construction of software and database.
  • Officine BRG di Reggio Emilia (http://www.officinebrg.com/), produces components for agricultural machines, sound-proof canopies, sound proofed for generating sets and ramps of loading/unloading of goods.
  • Progetto6 SrL di Brescia (http://www.progetto6.it/), born in 1994, with the aim of providing companies advanced solutions for many areas of business management: management and access control, attendance audit, control of production and logistics of stock.
  • QBerg SrL di Milano (http://www.qberg.com/), QBerg meet a team of experts with experience and training varied from market research in the analysis, to consulting the end.
  • S.E.S.A. SrL di Taranto (http://www.sesasensor.com/), Production of sensors and systems for the measurement of physical quantities in the industrial field.
  • Sistematica SrL di Cuneo (http://www.sistematica.it/), born in 1987, and becomes in the years 2000, the point of reference for the production of control systems on means in motion.
  • Telemaco SrL di Firenze (http://www.telemaco.it/), marketing consulting, was born in 1995, with the aim of providing technical advice and Corporate strategic use of the Internet.
  • Teleparking di Milano (http://www.teleparking.it/), offers various integrated solutions in the field of info-mobility.

2009 Spain National Finalists
  • Bluguia (Vigo): developed an audio-guide that is based on a multimedia tour guide geo positioning satellite that guides the user through predetermined routes and passes through the points of interest, offering relevant information. www.bluguia.com
  • E2000 Financial Investments (Madrid): umbrella organization and provides services to over 500 brokers. Its aim is to launch business initiatives on new technologies for the benefit of its professional members in order to modernize the insurance sector. www.e2000.es
  • Gamco (Madrid): offers solutions to any business by developing computer models for prediction, analysis and classification from the corporate experience gathered both quantitative and qualitative data. www.gamco.es
  • Grupo Fivasa (Valencia): develops information systems for the exchange of professional experience focused on clinical research and technological development as applied to real processes, coaching and self. www.grupofivasa.com
  • Idifarma (Navarra): is a leading company in the supply of research, development and innovation for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology. They are specialists in design and process design and manufacturing of drugs in development and validation of analytical methods. www.idifarma.com
  • Lleida.net (Lleida): is the first SMS operator and a communication network that reaches SMS to 201 countries. Lleida.net allows communication between computers and mobile Internet. www.lleida.net
  • Marine Instruments (Pontevedra): is dedicated to the development of electronic products for communications and positioning and is specialized in the field of fisheries and tracking solutions in real time using GPS and satellite communications. www.marineinstruments.es
  • S.A.V. Serralleria i alumini Vilaro (Barcelona): company dedicated to designing, re-engineering and production of metal parts. Starting as locksmith in the'70s and has modernized through technology. www.savvilaro.com
  • Solid Quality Mentors (Alicante): is a small company specializing in global value-added services, mainly training and consulting on the Microsoft Application Platform. Operates through eight subsidiaries around the world, controlled by a holding company based in Spain. www.solidq.com
  • Virtus360 Software (Barcelona): this company has developed Virtus360 Platform, an application for the management of students and educational tutorial on the concept-based software as a service. http://www.virtus360.com/

2009 Mexico National Finalists
  • Board Media. Brings together CEOs of different companies to improve business processes through the exchange of experiences and creation of commercial relationships between them. Media Board has twelve employees. http://www.board-media.com/
  • Cacto Arte e Ideas. Company dedicated to providing marketing services in the field of loyalty with over 2,500 outlets connected to real-time platforms for their loyalty. Is comprised of eighty-five employees. http://www.cacto.com/
  • Compañía Sánchez Peña. Development of engineering and construction of roads, urban and suburban roadways, buildings, industrial plants, including phases of civil engineering, hydraulic, sanitary and electrical, mechanical work, electrical work and instrumentation. Located in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz. http://www.cncopesa.com/
  • MBGE Intersistemas. It is located in Zapopan a company specializing in the development of simple and innovative technology tools for industry in Mexico to operate in a reliable, flexible and secure. MBGE Intersistemas is a team of sixteen employees. http://www.mbge.com.mx/
  • Mercadotecnia La Lotería. This company of Tuxtla Gutierrez, used audio equipment to provide next-generation tourists a multimedia tool that allows you to better understand the cultural heritage of an educational, entertaining and interactive. It has eight employees. http://www.ipodtours.com.mx/
  • MW Consulting. Regiomontana company that works with its customers in the innovation of business processes, focusing on delivering IT solutions that provide competitive advantages and operational efficiencies. It has seventy employees. http://www.mexware.com/
  • Tatiana Bilbao. This company design and architectural practice principal, however, has partnerships with urban planners, artists, politicians, philosophers, landscape architects, sustainability experts, industrial design, graphic, journalists, researchers, sociologists and botanists. Account with twenty-seven employees. http://www.tatianabilbao.com/
  • Tecnologías de Información Móvil. Enterprise software solutions and services, located in General Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, is focused on maximizing productivity and increasing the income of medium and large enterprises that base their solutions on Microsoft platforms. Is composed of ninety-five employees. http://www.ti-m.com.mx/
  • Vista Diagnóstica. Through computed tomography and ultrasound in high definition, this company achieves reconstruction, management and dissemination of thousands of images of the human body which are processed in minutes to clinicians for an immediate diagnosis. Vista Diagnostics is composed of fifteen employees. http://www.vistadiagnostica.com/
  • X-Stream Networks. Specialists in audio and video transmission over the Internet, this company offers services and high quality products that allow breaking the geographical barriers of communication, training and entertainment. It has fifty employees. http://www.xsn.com.mx/

2009 Germany National Finalists
  • ART+COM (www.artcom.de), Berliner formation office for new media with 70 colleagues, translates and produces contents by means of interactive media in the real and virtual room. Complex subjects in museums, displays, visitor centers and science centers, on fairs, in Showrooms and in the public room TYPE + COM makes therewith accessibly. In the fusion of even developed and emerge produced medium technologies with conventional IT totally new estimates of the of future-oriented communication.
  • imsys – immersive systems (www.imsys-vr.com) Out of Leonberg develops and makes hardware technology with its 13 colleagues for the construction of highly productive Virtual Reality (VR)-Umgebungen in all scopes. The business offers a portable VR complete system that enables also small and middle business a fast entry into the Innovative technology in comparatively slight costs.
  • Mediaclipping (https://mediaclipping.de) From Bremen, business with eleven colleagues and developed a unique technology to the Indixieren of video and Audioinhalten. The Engine abolishes the conventional, manual Verschlagwortung and enabled an almost automatic Clippen of avenged-media-contents. New that which is sought concepts can be integrated in shortest time. The Engine works thanks to intensive hardware use almost in real time.
  • Nino Druck (www.ninodruck.de) Out of new city at the wine street has 92 colleagues and offers a complete care round around the subject of pressure. To the service, the philosophy, consultation and conversion of the pressure belongs just as the qualified customer care and the processing department and logistics department with own Versandfuhrpark. Through the networking of the business, an optimal material river, a transparent Controlling as well as simple and fast data transfers are possible.
  • One to Smile (www.onetosmile.de) From Berlin specialist in the area of the Bildpersonalisierung is with 12 colleagues. The business developed from the idea to develop really personal products and gifts. The highlight: the name of the addressees is bound into complete picture subjects, would be it in the Print or in the Web. One to Smile has among other things one own Renderpark for the picture generation. Without the Innovative IT utilization, the business would not be in a position to transfer the measure customizing so effectively and known friendly.
  • Questico (www.questico.de) In Berlin, leading group is Germany for service, Content management and life consultation all around astrology, horoscope and Kartenlegen. Questico busies 120 colleagues and revolutionized through its Innovative computer telephony technology the market of the value-added telephony, that was applied earlier with Print- and TV notices as well as 0900-numbers, in Germany.
  • Rameder Anhängerkupplungen (www.kupplung.de) Out of people mountain in Thuringia specialized with 90 colleagues in the sales and marketing of follower couplings and electro sentences for automobiles and vehicle. Through the optimization of its server landscape and with the help of Virtualisierungstechnologien, Rameder can react more quickly and more efficiently to desired changes of customers. The business voted also its Onlineshop flexibly on the needs of the customers.
  • SRS-Management (www.srs-management.de) In the Hessian Bensheim, a software manufacturer is for mobile enterprise solution and busies 15 colleagues. The kernel product Paper Dynamix optimizes the business processes through a digital ball-point pen and the pertinent software all around the detection of handwritten data. It can be used in the service, sales and marketing and administration and usefully make information directly for all central ITS systems.
  • Studio Soi (www.studiosoi.de) In Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, has nine colleagues and busies further 40 freelancers. The business was established of a group of directors in order to produce new, visually strong and technically exceptional animation films as an animation film production in the medium sector. Studio Soi is international for its Innovative, computer generated animation films well known. On the basis of the IT being based 3D-Animation, studio Soi understands itself as a manufacture in the Premium area, that wants to ban the view every spectator.
  • Xplace (www.xplace.de) In Göttingen, specialist is for interactive customer information systems in the trade. They come on digital advertise display and so named newsstand terminal to the use. At the Touchscreen, consumers can inform himself in detail about CDS, DVDs, computer game and audiobooks as well as over numerous others its groups (mobile phone tariffs, wine/Spirituosen etc.). Next to Soft- and hardware, the business delivers and maintains also the digital contents.

2009 France National Finalists
  • 7° Sens, Chartres (28), is the editor of a progiciel of covoiturage specifically intend for the professional movements of the assistants of businesses. The 7th progiciel feels, can be established on a waiter intranet or a site Internet of corporation and not through the only connection to a site Internet external. The principles and functionalities of this software lean on his central, true kernel System of Geographic Information. This one integrates in particular the places of public transit (parks, subway, airport) allowing thus to manage the trip of the covoiturage while including all the means of which transportations that they be. http://www.covoiturage-entreprise.com/
  • Cabinet J Lejeune, Rouen (76), Is an office of expertise accountant that puts forward the counsel with a clientele composed essentially of TPE and SME. The office Jacques Lejeune uses the tools technologicals available (recuperation of bank data, electronic management of the documents…) that induces less than administrative loads and allows for him itself recentrer on his trade heart, the counsel. http://www.cabinetlejeune.fr/
  • DotRiver, Oullins (69), Propose a solution éco-innovante of virtualisation and centralization of the posts of work. While creating a complete potential office for the businesses of all size, DotRiver optimizes the systems information customer while the adapting to their activity, while mastering the usage of their computer park and while increasing the security. The customers avoid thus too high investments in misfit equipment to their needs. The character innovating DotRiver lies in a radical change of the usage and perception of data processing. http://www.dotriver.eu/
  • Express Falaise, Chassieu (69), is a business of road transportation of merchandise, specialized in the cable (tourets and cable way), the industrial products (merchandise coming from various activities, in palettes, going furniture of garden to mechanical pieces), and the dangerous matters. Express Falaize uses a site of logistical follow, that allows for them scanner the receipts émargés and other documents. The customers can thus follow the deliveries and the receipts émargés in real time. This géolocalisation allows thus to inform the customers on the sequence of the realized deliveries. http://www.express-falaize.com/
  • Freesecurity, Paris (75), Is specialized in the computer security for the businesses, notably in the bank sector. The activity of Freesecurity is based on the triptyque: audit, counsel and formation. Freesecurity deployed a system of management of the quality that allows its customers to evaluate each of its benefits. This approach allows checking the quality of the furnished work and to guarantee the quality of the carried out missions. Freesecurity equally deployed the voice on IP that allows posting the news at the time of the call d 'a customer and to receive by email the vocal messages. http://www.freesec.com/
  • Implanet, Martillac (33), Furnishes orthopedic implants for the different markets of orthopedic surgery. The innovation of Implanet rests on the implement of a system RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) baptized Implanet Smart System, that allows assuring the tracking of the Medical Devices Implantables (DMI). It allows equally automatic and reassured archiving of the data of tracking in a date center for legal the whole length of conservation of the data. http://www.implanet.com/
  • Tortue Concept, Suresnes (92), Specialized business in lodging reassuring, bring personalized solutions to the parents of young children while the assistance to reassure their lodging, and proposes to the senior a complete service of assistance to the maintenance to residence. Tortoise Concept realized a specialized software in the detection of the potential risks of the customers. These risks next are associated with prerecorded solutions and to the statistics of corresponding traumatisms. http://www.tortueconcept.fr/
  • Typlume, Paris (75), Invent personalized books of which the principal hero is the doudou of a child. Playful and unusual, these books present the doudou of the child in real positions thanks to photomontages, illustrations and histories. The order process, followed by the sending of the photos of the doudou, the seizure of one dedicates that will figure in the book then the sending of files and of information to the imprimeur is done directly through the site Internet. That allows at once to diminish the time of creation and the total cost of the book. Without the new technologies, the creation of such books would have necessitated the double of time and an additional cost. Besides, the network of the blogosphère, Facebook and all the community plateformes are essential for the commercial development of Typlume. http://www.laviedemondoudou.com/
  • Vertice, Chartres (28), Is a young business innovating that develops and distributes the range of software Nova (a tool of creation and of visualization 3D in real time) and accompanies its customers in the personalization of the application logicielle chosen. Vertice set up Nova Server, a technology innovating patented, that has for goal to give an access in real time to potential visits of sites or of buildings. The goal of this realization was of "to democratize" the access in real time. http://www.vertice.fr/
  • Vitalliance, Boulogne-Billancourt (92), Offer services of assistance to residence for the elderly persons, depending and handicapped understanding guards of day and of night, assistance to the toilet, to the cares, to dressing, to the mobility, to the meals, to the household, to the races as well as administrative assistance. Vitalliance developed a trilogy logicielle: the "Vitacenter", the space "Intervening to residence" and the space "Customer". These three applications web are organized around a single basis of central data under waiter SQL, which allows every customer to carry out a service online transmitted live request and visible by the employees of Vitalliance and intervening them medical. http://www.vitalliance.fr/

2009 Australia National Finalists
  • Fusion Books, Perth, Western Australia ,has developed a fast and convenient way to create yearbooks and graduation books. Typically creating a yearbook was stressful and time-consuming. However, Fusion Books streamlines the workflow into a simple and easy-to-use system, which can be accessed online by the whole team. Innovative technology enables Fusion Books to offer low prices to their clients throughout Australia.
  • Connect Language Services, Docklands, Victoria is Australia's leading language solutions provider, assisting all levels of government and private enterprise to reach new and existing multicultural markets. With over 4000 professional linguists, powerful technological systems and proven language solutions, Connect offers professional and high quality translation, localisation and on-site interpreting in over 80 languages. In particular, Connect has implemented innovative technology that allows their clients to seamlessly manage their language requirements as well as provide solutions for the long term. These technology-driven solutions have also produced significant upfront and long-term cost benefits as well as significant time savings.
  • Flexischool Systems, Manly, Sydney, NSW partners with school canteens, both volunteer-run and commercial, to provide a simple and efficient way of receiving, processing and fulfilling daily lunch orders over the internet or using prepaid cards at the counter. The web-based system has been built in-house and includes an advanced Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool for dealing quickly and professionally with customer (parent) enquiries.
  • Veritas Engineering: Perth, WA, a finalist in the 2008 awards, a consulting and professional services company that provides tailored engineering solutions and products to organisations in the defence, maritime and offshore, financial services, telecommunications, information technology, and transit industries. Through the use of an online application and development of a strategic partnership with Australia Post, Veritas Engineering, alocal Perth consultancy, effectively has over 3,000 retail outlets across Australia.
  • Sydney Writers' Centre: Milsons Point, Sydney, NSW, through integrated and active social media campaign grew a database of users to become a leading provider of short courses to individuals and corporate groups in magazine writing, travel writing, fiction, book publishing, business writing, online writing and much more. Courses are available face-to-face and online with students enrolling from all over Australia and the world including, the UK, US, Afghanistan, Italy, Hong Kong, Singapore, The Netherlands, France and more. Blog named one of Top 15 business blogs by SmartCompany.
  • QSR International: Doncaster, Victoria, is the world's largest qualitative research software developer and an innovative leader in its industry. Privately owned, QSR has over 400,000 users spanning more than 150 countries and an estimated 49% share of the global qualitative research software market. QSR's NVivo software allows customers to manage, shape and analyse non-numerical information - including Word and PDF documents, audio recordings, videos and digital photos - allowing them to quickly and easily glean insight and deliver informed, robust findings. NVivo is used by decision makers and researchers in every field, from health and market research, to sport and criminology.
  • Tgarage: Mt Helen, Victoria, , a group of highly experienced Senior Marketers and Marketing IT Specialists with a focus on Word of mouth marketing that has created Vibe Village - social networking site - drawing on consumer's desire for straight, honest and useful product and service recommendations. Vibe Village exists to find the people who are talking about a brand, formalising their role as a key influencer and communicator and then reporting back to customers with measurable outcomes for their brand campaigns.
  • BuyaShed.com.au: Ipswich, Queensland, an e-tailer of outdoor products including sheds, carports, garages, garden sheds, patios, relocatable buildings and more, revolutionising its market and employing cutting edge online marketing strategies to drive business and pass cost savings onto the customer. Prices are 25% less than competitors due to build to order model and no/low inventory costs.
  • Catalogue Central: South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia's first online catalogue business, aggregating catalogues and retail offers to advertisers and consumers in one location. With its commitment to delivering uniquely superior marketing analytics and exceptional return on investment, Catalogue Central has more than 260,000 active subscribers and lists Australia's retail elite amongst its clients.
  • The Personnel Risk Management Group, Moonee Ponds, Victoria, a pre-employment screening company, initiated the first online police checks in Australia and are the leading provider to, the Commonwealth Department which oversees criminal history records in Australia. PRM was the first in Australia to introduce the online system cutting down time of the checks from 4-6 weeks (for the paper system) to 24 hours. The PRM Group is currently working with international biometric companies to ensure more positive identification of people undergoing police checks and for other purposes.
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