Itree's Wollongong office became one of Objective's four world class development centres on Monday following an acquisition that has brought together two Illawarra IT success stories.
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Since Objective founder Tony Walls started the company at his parents' home in Port Kembla in 1987 it has grown to become an ASX listed company with over 400 employees working with over 1000 organisations across 60 countries.
And iTree has more than 20 years' experience developing award-winning software for government agencies and regulators in Australia and New Zealand.
Mr Walls said the companies shared parallels in delivering outcomes for government and communities and expects that will open the door to exciting possibilities.
"Today marks a new chapter in this journey of two companies with similar values and visions becoming one. We're coming together just at the right time and we are going to make something outstanding with our combined experience and passion," he said.
"This is the next major step to delivering outstanding outcomes for our governments and communities."
Former Itree chief executive Ben Hobby said the team at the Innovation Campus remain dedicated to helping customers productively carry out the essential work of delivering safety, regulation, compliance and enforcement outcomes that make communities safer places to live.
Mr Hobby said the same products Itree customers know and love still exist and are now known as Objective RegWorks and Objective Reach.
"Under iTree, these products have delivered improved outcomes for government and communities for decades," he said.
"Now an integral part of the Objective family, we will continue to innovate and lift to a greater scale of providing exceptional community outcomes, through crafting outstanding software delivered with excellence."
- Itree developed intelligent software for government agencies and regulators in Australia and New Zealand. The solutions save lives and environments by improving safety, productivity and efficiency in the areas of regulation, compliance and enforcement. community outcomes.
- Objective RegWorks offers a suite of cloud-based industry solutions that address the regulatory processes of government, including agencies such as the Department of Home Affairs, Department of Conservation NZ, Victorian Commission for Gaming, and Liquor Regulation, WorkSafe Tasmania, Queensland Rail, NZ Ministry of Primary Industries, Return to Work SA and Maritime New Zealand.
- Objective Reach provides an innovative approach to child protection services and cross border data matching. It is a natural partner for Objective's Connect solution, which was recently IRAP certified to Protected level on public cloud infrastructure. Objective Connect provides a highly secure way of exchanging more detailed case information.
- Objective Corporation creates information and process governance solutions that are effortless to use and enable organisations to advance their own digital transformation.
- Designed for regulated industries, these solutions turn the imperative of compliance, accountability and governance into an opportunity to streamline business processes and deliver the innovative services that customers expect.
- With a heritage in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Objective's expanded solutions extend governance across the spectrum of the modern workplace; underpinning information, processes and collaborative work-spaces.
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Greg Ellis
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
