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August 2002

HRCharter Professional Edition provides Web Publishing option
Now, with HRCharter Professional Edition you can process hierarchy data from your existing HRMS database, or you can load data into HRCharter's database for subsequent chart creation. In either case you can print paper charts or use the optional Web Publishing module to deploy  charts on your intranet. This module generates attractive charts with hyperlinks, indices and profile pages. For more details and a demonstration of web publishing, click here.

September 2001

The Optimise Group announces low-cost version of HRCharter
New this year is HRCharter Desktop Edition, a low cost version of the leading organisation charting and HR planning system, HRCharter. Previously available for enterprise-wide deployment in a client/server or web environment, the new desktop version of the software brings much of the richness of HRCharter's high-end functionality to companies or departments with less than 500 employees - and costs less than $A1000. For more information, click here

August 2001

HRCharter Enterprise Edition interfaces to PeopleSoft
HRCharter Enterprise Edition is a powerful web-native application that dynamically builds organization charts and corporate directories from data held in PeopleSoft HRMS, improving communication and understanding enterprise-wide.

More than just a charting solution, HRCharter makes it easier to review and maintain the reporting relationship hierarchies that underpin many e-HR processes. With advanced modeling and data mapping functionality, HRCharter is also a valuable tool for HR planning and organization design. For more information, call us.

June 2001

Survey Management Services grow on strength of 360 degree
The trend by larger corporations to make use of the 360 Performance Appraisal concept for evaluating staff performance has resulted in rapid growth in The Optimise Group's Survey Management Services over the past 6 months, with a number of major Australian and overseas organisations making use of the service for all staff evaluation on a regular basis. For more information, click here

August 2000

The Optimise Group and Yeti Sightings in joint venture
The Optimise Group has announced a joint venture with Yeti Sightings Pty Ltd, a Melbourne-based web development and consulting company. The joint venture will build on Yeti's knowledge of web-based technology and The Optimise Group's established reputation in the IT industry. Through this exercise, we believe we will be in a position to offer a service which few other organisations can match - attractive and effective web front-ends integrated with advanced, industrial-strength back-end computer systems. For more information, call us.

May 2000

Survey Manager use expands globally
Survey Manager continues its rapid expansion and is now running a number of global surveys for large corporations. These include 360 degree performance appraisals, employee surveys and remuneration surveys.

April 2000

Web applications become major focus
The Optimise Group, in conjunction with web company Yeti Sightings Pty Ltd, has announced the establishment of a new division dedicated to applying advanced web technology. The division will focus on web consulting, web site development, and development of leading-edge web-based applications.

October 1999

Survey Management Pty Ltd formed
To handle the rapidly escalating demand for a comprehensive web-based survey management system, Survey Management Pty Ltd has been set up to supply survey management software and bureau survey services.

September 1999

Butler Report - Customer Relationship Management
If "In the land of the blind, the one-eye man is king", then in the world of commerce, businesses are totally sightless, and the customer is only visually impaired.

Thus starts the August Butler Group Report, which goes on to give an in-depth analysis of the world of CRM and the major solutions available on the market today. For more information, contact us.

June/July 1999

Survey Manager now available
Survey Manager is designed to run and manage all types of surveys including 360 degree multirater surveys, and is arguably the most advanced web-based survey management system on the market today.

Recruitment Division web site upgraded
The Optimise Group has upgraded its recruitment web site to provide a new look and wider selection of IT jobs

RECRUIT V2.5 released
The RECRUIT recruitment database system has been enhanced to provide a people-centric structure, an easier user interface and improved skills matching

Butler Group e-business report
The 398-page Butler Report on e-business is one of the most comprehensive analyses of the current status and future direction of e-commerce and e-business ever produced. For further comment see June 1999 comment below.

For further information on all of these items, contact us.

June 1999 comment

In recent months, the Australian Press has carried numerous articles discussing the emergence of e-commerce and e-business in Australia. Is e-commerce a viable option in Australia? Or is our culture different from the North American culture of catalogue shopping - meaning acceptance of the new technology will take longer than we have expected. Or is the failure of Australians to shop on the web simply a reflection of the fact that there is nothing worthwhile to buy.

In the light of these questions, it is interesting to view the issue from another, non-Australian, non-American perspective. The Butler Group, Europe's leading commentator on the IT Industry has just released its latest publication - a 398 page analysis of the current status and future direction of e-commerce and e-business around the world generally. The report provides an in-depth analysis of where the market is today, which organisations are succeeding, which are failing, why some succeed and some fail, and what the future holds.

It is not easy to sum up 398 pages in a couple of paragraphs, but the message is clear. It is not just North American that is plunging headlong into commercial use of the Internet. Europe is following hot on its heels. If Australia doesn't move quickly, we'll be e-left e-behind.

For more information on the Butler Reports, contact us.

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