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Certus Solutions and Syclo announce Australasian reseller agreement
Auckland, 01 May 2009: Certus Solutions, New Zealand’s largest specialist IBM software and services company, has entered
into a partnership agreement with mobile work applications provider Syclo.
Certus General Manager of Enterprise Asset Management, Maarten van der Zeyden, says the reseller arrangement will see
Certus promote, implement and support Syclo’s SMART mobile work and asset management solutions throughout Australia and
New Zealand.
“This agreement represents an excellent fit for our asset management practice. We have been working with asset-intensive
businesses for over 20 years and have watched the demand for mobile workforce solutions soar, as pressure grows to
optimise processes and enhance lifecycle performance.”
Van der Zeyden says to be truly effective business processes need to extend out from the office ‘think tank’ and into
the field where the work is delivered.
“The key to making good decisions about asset condition and appropriate maintenance activity is accurate and timely
information, gathered using efficient, technology enabled processes. This is where Syclo’s solutions provide a unique
advantage by extending the reach of an enterprise’s service, work and asset management systems.”
Syclo’s SMART suite of products includes pre-packaged and pre-integrated applications that allow enterprise
organisations to remove paper processes and give remote workers the ability to collect data at the point of performance.
Syclo integrates with the world’s leading enterprise asset management system, IBM Maximo.
Syclo Vice President, Marc Chesover, says appointing Certus as one of its key partners in the Asia Pacific region
ensures the company’s mobile products will be supported by specialists who understand the needs of companies managing
extensive information, network and physical infrastructure assets.
“In Certus we have found the perfect partner. They mix deep domain expertise of their target industries with a wide
range of technical and application software skills.
“This translates into an organisation we can trust to represent our SMART mobile solutions in an important region for us
and to effectively partner with customer organisations to achieve strong business outcomes.”
Certus’ core focus is implementing and supporting asset management solutions using IBM Maximo. The company is the
premier distributor and support organisation of IBM Maximo in New Zealand and the Pacific, and is currently expanding
the business into Australia.
About Certus
Certus Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) is an IT and business services consultancy specialising in practical business
solutions for asset-intensive organisations. It is part of Certus Solutions, New Zealand’s largest specialist IBM
software and services company which has more than 50 highly skilled and certified IBM software professionals, supporting
all five key IBM software brands: WebSphere, Information Management, Tivoli, Rational and Lotus. Certus EAM customers
include some of New Zealand’s largest utility companies (Genesis Energy, Contact Energy and Westpower), offshore
companies (Downer EDI Engineering), large infrastructure organisations (NZ Refining Company, Methanex, Fulton Hogan,
Port Nelson and Port Taranaki), local government organisations and educational facilities.
About Syclo
Since 1995, Syclo has helped over 750 companies streamline workflow and improve productivity with its innovative mobile
solutions and first-in-class execution expertise. Syclo delivers quick ROI by offering rapidly deployable mobile
software applications built on a 100% configurable mobile Agentry platform. Syclo's SMART suite of products includes
pre-packaged and pre-integrated applications for the fastest path to extend enterprise systems to field workforces.
Unlike other mobile solutions, Syclo simplifies enterprise-wide deployments with a leading strategic architecture for
one or more mobile applications, letting organisations concentrate on business processes. Syclo also sets the standard
for adapting to rapid change. For more information, visit www.syclo.com, or email info@syclo.com.
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