Australia Market
Australian Information and Communications Technology
Is your Information Technology Company thinking of Australia? Or, if you are already here, have you wondered what else you could do? Are you missing out on valuable opportunities?
Australian developed solutions often translate into major technological advances that sell globally, providing international profitability for the developers. With a significant research infrastructure, some of the world's best minds, and a technology hungry, solutions driven customer base, Australia is worth considering as a strategic global and regional operation and where you can establish:
Australian developed solutions often translate into major technological advances that sell globally, providing international profitability for the developers. With a significant research infrastructure, some of the world's best minds, and a technology hungry, solutions driven customer base, Australia is worth considering as a strategic global and regional operation and where you can establish:
- Product Development (R&D) Facilities – Avaya, Canon, Citrix, IBM, RSA Security, SAP Research, and Unisys all have global research and development labs in Australia. They are productive and integral to the global R&D strategies of the parent company, developing core product offerings, and delivering global sales success.
- Content Development – From electronic games to mobile content, from simulation to mobile location tracking, from film production to curriculum development, Australia is the ideal location to develop digital content for both entertainment and business purposes. Andrew Corporation, Google Maps, Warner Bros, Fox studios as well as Australian companies Animal Logic and the ABC all develop profitable international content in Australia.
- Technical Assistance Centres – Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems and Sophos all run advanced technical assistance centres for their global customer base from Australia. These centres take advantage of Australian IP, market maturity and high level skills to deliver advanced business functions on a global scale.
- Global Sourcing – Australia is central to the global risk reduction strategies of LogicaCMG, Reuters, IBM, Infosys and EMC. With a stable geopolitical environment, highly skilled business analysts, project management and systems architects, a large services sector, supportive regulatory and legal frameworks and reliable infrastructure, Australia delivers high quality service at a good price.
Sophisticated market - Increasingly, Australian businesses are looking for new generation IT solutions to maximise the productivity and financial benefits – which translates into solutions development and global deployment opportunities for ICT companies.
Research and development - Australia offers a network of advanced facilities that can assist to lower the cost of research, and a dynamic research community, with strong linkages between business and Universities.
Skills and expertise - With some of the most competitive prices for quality IT, project management and business skills among competing locations, Australia is internationally recognised for exceptional productivity, innovative flair and accountability.
ICT infrastructure - Australia’s telecommunications infrastructure is extensive, advanced and is well suited to serving the needs of international and modern businesses. The latest in 3G solutions are being commercially proven in Australia and solutions to extend the life of existing technology developed and exported worldwide. The state-of-the-art technology, that links Australia to the rest of the world, is available at a competitively low cost.
Strategic global centre - A large IT market in its own right, Australia's linkages to the Asia Pacific region, and multilingual skills base encourage Australia's inclusion into global business strategies as regional and global sourcing location.
Government support for ICT - The Australian Government has responded to the opportunities offered by information and communications technology by establishing the environment to encourage uptake across the consumer and business markets and providing support for the development of new technologies.