Partners

Absoft Group maintains partnerships with a number of industry leaders. This provides our consultants with access to product information and developments which can be used for the benefit of our clients.

 

Q LIMITED - Great Australian Survey

Aussie Surveys provide demographic, lifestyle and purchasing data of consumers in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. It provides marketers and researchers with information that consumers have voluntarily entered online when they opt-in.

In October 2007, Q Ltd buys The Great Australian Survey - Interactive advertising and digital marketing services group Q Ltd has bought The Great Australian Survey (Aussie Surveys) for $8.5m.  With deferred consideration (to be paid in a combination of cash and ordinary Q Ltd shares) tied
to the future earnings of The Great Australian Survey through to 30 June 2009.

MULTICARD

In August 2009,  Bluehill ID (which had previously acquired ACG Identity GmbH) announced the global expansion of its signature Multicard brand into the Asia-Pacific region with headquarters in Brisbane, Australia.  Bluehill ID’s recent acquisition of Fastcards , the Australian entity announced that it will adopt the trading name of Multicard, aligning with sister companies Multicard in Switzerland and Germany.

Absoft group spin-off company Fastcards Pty Ltd www.fastcards.com.au, which was purchased by BlueHill has now effectively become Multicard, a patented secure online issuer of Photo RFID cards holding Issuing Body status for the Australian Maritime Security Identification Card www.msic.com.au, contactless smart card supply and managed identification services.

History: June 7, 2007 - Bluehill announced  purchase of Syscan International Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SYA)  Syscan has issued 2,676,291 million shares at an assigned value of Cdn$0.23 per share and shall within 120 days make a cash payment of A$300,000 (approximately Cdn$265,000) to the shareholders of the Austin RFID Group. Additionally, the Austin RFID Group shareholders can earn out up to Cdn$395,708 worth of Syscan shares over the next two years subject to the attainment of certain growth projections. The issue price of these shares will be the greater of Cdn$0.23 per share and the market price at that time.  The combined revenues of these companies for fiscal 2006 were approximately Cdn$1.3 million and Syscan expects a positive cash flow and earnings contribution to its overall operations.

 

SMS POLL

SMS Poll is a text message voting application that allows its customers to quickly and easily gather in-moment data from students, fans, customers, conference attendees, employees, or any other type of live audience.

SMS Poll works by allowing a poll organiser to use a simple web interface to quickly create, customise, and share his/her poll online. The audience votes by sending an SMS to a local phone number or by browsing to a mobile friendly webpage, and the results for the poll update in real-time, right before the audience’s eyes. The poll organiser can then download all the results for the poll for further analysis.

The SMS Poll service is currently available in Australia and the UK, with the company having launched its offering in early July, 2008. A live demonstration of SMS Poll can be seen here: www.smspoll.net/demo

September 2008, Absoft Group co-founded SMSPOL an innovative mobile voting and live audience polling application wins the NSW Pitch ‘08 competition, and a listing on Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB) and corporate multimedia package, valued at $40,000 (based on an average of $500,000 capital raising)

RAYV

Online community and business review directory RAYV (www.rayv.com.au) has launched today to offer Sydney-siders a new and rewarding way to find, review and talk about businesses in their local area.  A key feature of the site is the RAYV Compatibility tool that allows members to view their compatibility with a given review or reviewer. People who register with RAYV are invited to complete a profile detailing their interests and lifestyle habits. Registered users are then given a compatibility score for every review published on RAYV, allowing other members to see if they have the same interests as the reviewer.

June 2008, Absoft Group partner company RAYV ranked 72 in BRW Magazine’s Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 applications after only five months of operations

 

Phenix Jewellery

June 2010,  Phenix Jewellery successful tendered for a National Supply Agreement for the Jewellery (Insurance Claims) Industry.

Phenix provides software solutions to enable uniform and systematic jewellery claims validation, all directed toward increased policyholder satisfaction.  The  objective of the business has been to create a national jewellery claims solution that supports equitable and efficient claims settlement.  Since Phenix established its first expert jewellery claims procedures, it has worked to create a full suite of software, information and network services, to reform the jewellery claims replacement process for the benefit of all participating parties.