Contracts news stories

Dicker Data
Dicker Data cancels distribution agreement with Kaspersky
One of the largest distributors in Australia and New Zealand has cancelled its distribution contract with Russian based cybersecurity company Kaspersky.

Infrastructure
Empired wins $59M, multi-year contract with Water Corporation
"This strategic partnership with Empired will focus on innovative solutions to provide the best experience for our people from anywhere, anytime, across the State to ensure we can deliver great value to our customers."

Education
Tribal Group wins five year, $55M contract with Callista Senior Executive Group
The contract provides the participating universities in the group with continued support and development of the Student Management System and an upgrade path to Tribal's modular, cloud based, next generation SMS.

Artificial Intelligence
Salesforce and DocuSign bring AI into contract process
"As we deepen our partnership, we’re excited to offer customers new ways to solve emerging challenges from anywhere by bringing their agreement processes and agreement intelligence into the Customer 360.”

Small Business / SMB
Govt sets 5% target to include more Māori business contracts
“This new target for government procurement will further improve cash flow to Māori businesses. It also helps diversify the customer base for Māori businesses and build more resilience into Māori economic activity.”

CRM
Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is Tradify?
On this IT Jam, we speak with Tradify CEO Michael Steckler, who discusses the value proposition of Tradify, how it can streamline the backend processes undertaken by tradespeople, and how the business has adapted to the changes necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

onboarding
Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is Globalization Partners?
Today, Techday speaks to Globalization Partners general manager for Asia-Pacific Charles Ferguson, who talks about Employer of Record technology and its strategic advantage for companies looking to expand internationally.

Hyland
How contract management can streamline entire business operations
Techday interviewed Hyland director Eugene Chng about the company's contract management solution, which streamlines the entire contract lifecycle.

Cloud
Vendor negotiation becoming more challenging for IT pros - report
50% of IT decision-makers reported they work with 11 or more different vendors, and nearly half (48%) claim they can spend weeks, or months, renegotiating vendor contracts each year.

Government
Unisys clinches multiple government contracts from across the world
Unisys also released a report indicating a 7% growth in the company's revenue in the public sector.

Meridian Energy
Vodafone wins telecommunications services deal with Meridian
Vodafone announced it has been selected as the preferred provider for Meridian Energy’s telecommunications services.

Australia
SNP Security wins regional airport security contract in Australia
"SNP’s appointment was made through the Council’s stringent process."

SaaS
TechnologyOne picks up 7-year SaaS contract with Victoria University
The two institutions have an existing partnership spanning 20 years.

New Zealand
Veeam provides Hastings District Council with new data management platform
The Council serves nearly 75,000 citizens and has 550 employees across 17 sites.

SaaS
TechnologyOne ink multi-million-dollar contract extension with Moreton Bay Regional Council
The eight-year deal will see Moreton Bay Regional Council adopt the vendors OneCouncil SaaS solution.

SaaS
TechOne inks 8 year SaaS contract extension with Noosa Shire Council
The company has been delivering the council’s corporate systems through Amazon Web Services since late 2013.

Migration
Canberra-based MSP OPC scores government website migration contract
The websites will be migrated to the govCMS Drupal 7 platform.

Government
Cirrus Networks snatches up $1.6 million Austrade contract
The contract was won through the company's newly acquired subsidiary Correct Communications.

Recruitment
Good news for IT workers - if they are looking for temp work
"There’s a change taking place in the way businesses staff their IT department.”

Artificial Intelligence
Remark Holdings wins multi-million dollar AI contract in China
Remark Holdings will deploy artificial-intelligence-based object-recognition software to monitor content streamed via the Internet in China.

Cloud
Empired strikes oil with second oil and gas win this week
Empired continues winning streak with second oil and gas sector deal this week, this time netting $10 million in a three year contract.