It has been another successful month for ATS Members & Alumni, with great results from the Western Sydney Industry Awards announced recently. 

Successful ATS members were:
- Pavement Management Services (road quality management software): Winner of Most Outstanding SME
- Lindsay Piemaking Equipment (flexible piemaking equipment for small bakeries): Highly Commended Innovative Product or Service.
- ASP Healthcare (disposable medical sharps equipment): Winner Large Business Outstanding Product.

ATS Alumni member Argus Solutions develops security products using iris recognition and facial recognition technology.

The Australian Department of Defence has commissioned Argus to expand and upgrade its “Cornerstone” identity management software, and place it at new sites. Defence already has Cornerstone applications installed at a number of its facilities to secure highly sensitive working environments. Defence continues to be an important customer for Argus, and the high integrity products and systems it has developed can also be applied to businesses outside of government.

ATS member Circuitlink International has secured orders for Incident Data (black box) Recorder from transit authorities of Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Montebello, Orange County, San Diego, Houston, Miami and the state of Florida. The company is confident of securing further orders from these authorities over the next few years.

ATS Alumni member and software and interactive development company Internetrix has announced that it has been selected by Google to join the new Website Optimizer Technology Partner program. Internetrix is one of only six companies globally to be selected, and the only company outside North America.

ATS member Mobbiexpress International has announced that, following an ATS Export Support Grant funded visit to Malaysia, it has signed an agreement with a large Malaysian multi-level marketing company for the implementation of 14,000 units of Mobbiexpress Mobile eCommerce Aggregator services.

ATS Alumni company Bio Recognition Systems (BRS), a leader in the design and manufacture of biometric readers and associated software solutions, was awarded “Most Innovative Security Product” in the Sensor category at the 5th Annual The Security Summit on June 5 in San Diego, California. Over 30 companies representing five nations participated in the competition judged by an international panel of security experts.

ATS Alumni company and internet payment services provider Paymate has launched a Chinese/English language mall, “Haiwaibao.com”, that will enable Australian merchants to showcase products for sale to the booming Chinese market.

ATS Alumni company MYStaff markets an internet delivered fully integrated Human Resource Management System delivered as a Software as a Service (SaaS) model in single and multi-tenant modes for single client and mass market implementations in the SME sector. It entered the Chinese market in late 2006 and more recently the Japanese market looking for opportunities in the e-portal and system integrator space.

On a recent ATS Export Support Grant supported visit to meet partners in Japan and China, Fujitsu Japan has offered to make MYStaff a SaaS Application Partner, one of only 20 worldwide. This has opened opportunities to work with other Fujitsu partners in China, Japan and other parts of Asia.

The Security 2008 exhibition and conference is the ‘must-attend’ event for anyone responsible for the protection of intellectual property, assets and people.

The exhibition component will showcase the latest products and technologies designed to protect Government, business, home and society, while the ASIAL conference program boasts an impressive line up of speakers.

A practical workshop for SMEs and entrepreneurs

Wednesday 9th July, 2008
5.30pm for 6-7.30pm
Venue: MLC Centre, Sydney
Presented by: TiE, DSRD

Brett Shadbolt, founder of specialist valuation and advisory group, Censere, will present this practical, hands-on workshop, that will focus on the value of business and IP for transactions and how value can be created for your Business and its IP. 

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Application Life Cycle Management
Disciplines for pain-free IT projects and software development

Presentation by Chris Birmele, Product Technology Specialist for Microsoft Australia and New Zealand.

Thursday 3 July, 2008
5:15pm for a 5.30pm start - concluding around 7.00pm and followed by drinks and nibbles

Cliftons
190 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000

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Breakfast Seminar - Decision Making for Forging into New Markets

Friday 25 July 2008
Western Sydney Business Centre, NSW Department of State and Regional Development
Level 2, 470 Church Street, (corner Harold St) North Parramatta
7.15 for 7.30 am to 9 am, followed by a roundtable discussion.

Free event

With a presentation by Aheda Zanetti, Founder of Ahiida

The “Hosted Business Process Management Tools for Call Centres” technology developed by Crows Nest based PipeVines Pty Ltd has been accepted into the ATS program. The technology is a software as a service productivity tool for the call centre industry. By enabling deployment over a hosted environment, PipeVines is able to provide a lower cost service than competitors.

If you are a NSW ATS Member or Alumni and have some news that you would like to share with our subscribers, please send your document to Greg Ross greg.ross@business.nsw.gov.au .

More information about the ATS, including details on membership, can be found at www.ats.business.gov.au