TOWER Software and Western Australian Partner Sigma Data Solutions Selected for WA Government Preferred Supplier Panel
Perth, Australia – September 25, 2006 – TOWER Software, the leading Enterprise Content Management provider to government worldwide, has announced its selection to the Western Australian government’s preferred supplier panel through its WA partner Sigma Data Solutions.
Sigma Data Solutions, which has successfully represented TOWER Software in Western Australia for 15 years, will supply TOWER Software’s TRIM Context® ECM platform to WA government departments and agencies and provide associated services.
Selection for the 3-year preferred supplier panel, Common Use Arrangement (CUA) 8005, commencing September 29, 2006, follows TOWER Software’s establishment of a direct presence in Western Australia earlier this year.
Sigma Data Solutions has previously sold TOWER Software’s ECM solutions to more than 70 government departments and agencies in WA.
“The CUA has the potential to dramatically expand the government user base for our solutions providing a major boost for us, our partners and local business to the tune of $20 million over the next three years,” said Christopher Stokes, Managing Director for Sigma Data Solutions. “We thank the Western Australian Government for their faith in our organisation.”
CUA 8005 is a new arrangement introduced to assist government departments with Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) including records management, content management, access control & security, process management & workflow, import & export administration and archiving.
Under CUA 8005 TOWER Software and Sigma Data Solutions plan to offer ECM solutions which build solid information management platforms on which to automate business processes and further improve the efficiency of government in WA.
“At a basic level CUA 8005 is designed to ensure WA government departments have solutions to manage information internally with proper compliance,” said TOWER Software Western Australia Branch Manager, Richard Robertson. “But there is also a strong focus on government efficiency, something TOWER Software’s TRIM Context is ideally suited to providing.”
About Sigma Data Solutions
Sigma Data Solutions is a Perth-based provider of enterprise content management solutions. It has been a pioneer over the past 19 years building a marketplace for electronic document and records management solutions that are now successfully helping corporate and government organisations address their compliance, regulatory and process efficiency needs. For further information, please visit www.sigmadata.com.au.
