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PTG Global eNewsletter - Intuitive

January 2006 3 rd Edition

At PTG Global, we make technology work by getting the design right the first time.


Hi,


Firstly I’d like to wish you all a very happy New Year! From our conversations with many of you, 2006 is going to be a big year and we’re riding that wave with you. We have a number of key initiatives for this year that will deliver a significant benefit to our customers and the usability and user interface industry, in general.

So far, we have already released the ground-breaking new product Certified Usable™. This will benefit both vendors and buyers of technology by providing a recognised guarantee that a technology product is genuinely usable. You can find out more about Certified Usable in the Client News section of this enewsletter or on our website.

As we progress on the other initiatives, you’ll hear about them here and on our website.


We also held our New Year drinks on Thursday the 19th January. We had a wonderful night with conversation and alcohol flowing until late hours. Thank you to all of you who attended, for making the night a wonderful one! Congratulations to Jillian Panizza from Ticketek for winning the door prize of a bottle of Moët & Chandon!


Photos from the New Year drinks

 

 

Simone Bachmann (SinoCode), Trisha Treanor (Optus), Mal Anderson (Changedrivers), James Breeze and Craig Errey (PTG Global)

Malcolm Thornton (Object Consulting), Nicole Thornton & Scott Porter (BlueArc Group) and Xi Liu (PTG Global)

 

 

Julienne Broad (Hutchison), Kylie-Ann Flower (PhD Creative), Zoe Soon (PTG Global),

Nick Mountford & Brent Trimnell Ritchard (Gruden), James Breeze (PTG Global), Mark Stanton (Gruden)

PTG News and Papers

Another Fine Mess 

Author: BRW

While CIOs are desperately trying to do something about IT failures, they are falling into an old trap of looking at everything except for the root cause. PTG Global Managing Director Craig Errey comments on the fundamental causes of the high IT failure rates.
Read more about Another Fine Mess

Application Development - A New Way?

Author: TECHwatch

Trace the history of software development from past to the present. Read about the new approach that may finally bring "software engineering" to the same echelon as other engineering disciplines.
Read more about Application Development


Shrink your IT spend

Author: Australian Anthill

How can you shrink your IT spending in 2006? What is the key success indicator for a new businss IT system? Australian Anthill talks to PTG Global General Manager James Breeze about what it means to create a clear line of sight between business strategy and the IT application behaviour, so that your users will "get it".
Read more about Shrink your IT spend

New Paper: Measuring IT performance

Author: Craig Errey

IT will always remain an integral part of the business, and with billions of dollars spend globally, its return on investment must be qualified. The traditional approach to measuring IT performance using statistics, such as transactions per hour fail to account for factors crucial to business decision making. Like any other expenditure in business, IT performance can be more accurately measured using the Balanced Scorecard.
Read more about Measuing IT performance

Conferences and Workshops

Web Accessibility Workshops in Melbourne

Date: 1st - 2nd February 2000
Location: Melbourne

These full-day workshops run by Vision Australia provide a thorough overview of accessibility issues and how to address them.
Read more about the Web Accessibility Workshop

Enterprise Architecture for Government Conference 2006

Date: 21st - 22nd February 2000
Location: Canberra

Tailored specifically for the government, this conference will provide you with tools and methodology to successfully build a bridge between your strategic goals and information systems. PTG Global's General Manager, James Breeze, will be chairing Day 1 of the conference.
Read more about the Enterprise Architecture for Government Conference

Enterprise Architecture for Government: Pre-Conference Executive Tutorial

Date: 20th February 2006
Location: Canberra

James Breeze will also be holding a pre-conference tutorial on how to achieve your Enterprise Architecture vision by setting clear goals and objectives.
Read more about the Pre-Conference Tutorial

Please visit our website for more papers and usability news

PTG Global Contact Details

You can contact us by email or call us on 02 9251 4200 or 1300 660 973 for further information.


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In this issue
 Photos from the New Year drinks
Another Fine Mess
Application Development - A New Way
Shrink your IT spend
Measuring IT performance
Web Accessibility Workshop
Enterprise Architecture for Government Conference 2006
Enterprise Architecture for Government Conference- pre-Conference Executive Tutorial

Client news

The feature product this month is Certified Usable™:


Whether you’re selling technology or using it to service staff or customers, Certified Usable is your guarantee that end users can use it quickly and easily, without error and with satisfaction.
Read more about Certified Usable™


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