The latest news and press releases about Computech.
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
June 2008: Computech is acquired by Daltron, and is now part of the WR Carpenter (PNG) Group. Read more below.
February 2008: Computech awarded project by AusAid for nationwide thin client roll-out.
June 2007: Computech develops Sage ACCPAC financial management system for Fiji Water and Sewage Deparment.
February 2007: Computech awarded IT Technical Assistance Contract for PATIS - Samoa Health Project. This is a second contract given by JTA International for the further evaluation and enhancements of the main Samoan Health program.
January 2007: Computech awarded a two-year extension on its one-vendor solution to the outsourcing needs of both the PUBS billing system as well as the network, hardware, cabling, and WAN intranet systems of Fiji's Department of Water and Sewerage.
November 2006: Fiji Ministry of Health renews its overall IT outsourcing contracts with Computech, including high level support to both hardware, networking and software systems. In these contracts Computech is responsible for the maintenance and support of all 18 servers and 600 pcs comprising the IT infrastructure of the Ministry of Heath. This includes the replication processes as well as maintenance of the SQL database. At the same time, the contract for the further development and maintenance of the Patient Information System was renewed with Computech handling all development, testing and new applications together with the counterparts in Australia who developed the system.
October 2006: Computech awarded initial IT Technical Assistance Contract for PATIS - Samoa Health Project. This contract was for a comprehensive analysis of the entire Samoan Health database, recovery of system operations and recommendations on program enhancements together with evaluation of tie ins with related database programs already in existence in the Health area.
September 2006: Computech is formally awarded the distinction of being a designated IBM Business Partner
August 2006: Computech, following a tender process overseen by the Asian Development Bank PMU reform group, is awarded a contract for the implementation of a nationwide Financial Management System for the Fiji Department of Water and Sewerage. This system is being implemented using Sage ACCPAC EPR.
November 2005: Computech deploys new Credit Union Management System, developed in ASP.net as a browser- based solution.
September 2005: Computech awarded contract for the implementation of the ACCPAC Pro Series financial management system for Fiji's Department of National Roads.
March 2005: Computech awarded PATIS High Level Technical Development and Support contract for Ministry of Health covering Fiji's nationwide Health Sector Patient Information System.
January 2005: Computech awarded contract for outsourcing of all High Level Information Technology Support by Fiji's Ministry of Health.
February 2005: Computech has successfully developed and deployed a supply chain tracking System for Bumble Bee Seafoods.
PRESS RELEASES
Computech Acquired by Daltron
from Post Courier/ Pacnews
Port Moresby, PNG - June 2008 - A Papua New Guinea (PNG) based company has acquired a top Fiji technological company to drive its quest in delivering world-class ICT solutions to its clients, reports Post Courier.
Daltron, owned by the WR Carpenter (PNG) Group announced yesterday that Computech IT Solutions, which is based in Fiji and a leader in Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) solutions and customer software development, has been acquired.
Daltron already has offices in Port Moresby, Lae, Solomon Islands and Fiji as it intends to expand its services to Vanuatu this year and Samoa next year. Over the last 30 years it has developed into a diverse ICT company offering ICT products and services with emphasis in the last three years on delivering world class ICT solutions to its increasing client base.
Daltron general manager Bruce Mead said the intention of the acquisition was to expand Computech's expertise to Daltron clients in the region.
"Our intention is to expand Computech's proven expertise in the deployment of software services to Daltron clients throughout the South Pacific region," he said.
"Effectively the Fiji-based Computech will become the software hub of Daltron's ICT Solution offerings throughout all our locations in the South Pacific," he added."
Computech has a proven track record of 16 years in the private and government sector in the region and they are also the first Fiji company to successfully enter the large and emerging market for offshore programming delivering to industry leaders such as the United States-based Bumblebee Tuna.
"We have spent considerable time looking around for a strategic ICT company acquisition in Fiji and Computech is the perfect fit for us," Mr Mead said.
"The Computech team is world class, and is strongly committed -- bringing the latest in computer technology, financial management solutions and custom designed software applications to government and private sector customers in the South Pacific region
The combined resources of the Daltron group will provide a solid foundation as well as an experienced and creative source for IT solutions into the future," he said.
Computech Deploys Credit Union Management System
Suva, Fiji - November 2005 - Computech has developed new software allowing local credit unions to store information for and about their members. The system allows users to manage loans details, benefit details and subscription payment details. The software also includes automatic importing of payroll data, automatic printing of checks against loans and benefits as well as a sophisticated search across all types of member information. All financial data entered into the system is also easily exported to external accounting systems.
Computech's credit union software has been developed in ASP.net and provides a browser-based solution incorporating state of the art technology for ease of deployment and scalability.
Fiji Department of National Roads Selects Computech to Implement SAGE PRO Financial System
Suva, Fiji - September 2005 - In 2005, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) proposed a loan guarantee to the Fiji government to assist in the process of moving the Roads Department of the Public Works Ministry to a Department of National Roads. The aim is to ultimately make the 28 Roads regional depots commercial entities over the next 3 years. A key aspect of this is the installation of a computerized Financial Management Information System (FMIS). Tenders were called and SAGE PRO (formerly ACCPAC PRO) was selected. Computech, Fiji's sole SAGE Pro Authorized Reseller, was awarded this contract by the Fiji Major Tenders Board.
The Asian Development Bank had indicated its preference for a system which was sold with source code so that their 3 million dollar Roads Asset Program (CONFIRM) could be integrated with the accounting system. SAGE Pro comes with source code and was deemed the most flexible and superior solution over all other major accounting systems.
In addition, the ADB wanted an overall approach to the Department of Roads developing IT system which would be sustainable once the hardware and software was put into place.
Fiji Ministry Of Health Outsources IT Consulting To Computech
Suva, Fiji - August 2005 - The Ministry of Health has, over the past several years, deployed an AusAid funded patient information management system and database for all hospitals in Fiji. This system, known as “PATIS” is now established across a large national computer network, including Viti Levu, Vanua Levu and Taveuni, comprised of over 400 computers and 18 file servers.
This PATIS system has been designed to First World standards and enables ordinary members of the public to have easy access to their entire health history including date and type of diagnosis, treatments and medications no matter where they are in the country.
As this large nationwide computer and IT management system has grown over the past years, it has recently been reviewed and the Ministry determined the need to get additional expertise on the design, further development and maintenance of the system from the private sector in Fiji.
Dr. LDL Waqatakirewa, CEO Health has recently written a letter to the Government Computing centre [ITC], a strategic partner in all government computing systems, indicating “In order to provide the additional expertise necessary to advise and support our extensive IT networks, we have just completed a tender process in order to evaluate and acquire additional local IT resources. Acknowledging the limitations of our own IT staff, we have opted to outsource some of this work.
After a careful and extensive review, with important input from an outside IT expert from the international banking, input from the Public Service Commission, the Fiji Health Sector Improvement Program as well as our own MoH senior staff, we have selected Computech to provide this expertise and high level IT support.”
Computech has, since its engagement, begun a process of assisting the Health Ministry evaluate, redesign and optimize their national system of computer networks to operate in the most efficient manner in conjunction with the wide area “govnet” infrastructure provided by the Fiji Government’s ITC computing department. This work is intended to allow the Health Ministry networks to address their own business needs and continue providing their own critical operational requirements while working in conjunction with resources provided by ITC and in spite of any temporary interruptions in the ITC wide area network service.
Computech has also been working with the Ministry by providing software database development personnel to assist with the design and development of a laboratory module for the main PATIS database system being used around the country.
Computech Develops Supply Chain Tracking System for Bumble Bee Seafoods
Suva, Fiji - Feburary 2005 - Computech's has successfully developed and deployed a supply chain tracking system for Bumblee Bee Seafoods, LLC. Wayne Kotow, Bumble Bee Seafoods' Vice President of Information Technology and CIO, describes the project:
“Bumble Bee Seafoods, LLC is a worldwide operation that sources fish around the world and processes the fish in multiple locations until its final canned and labeled product. Bumble Bee Seafoods, LLC had a requirement to develop a tracking system to follow the movement of tuna throughout its supply chain processing. The goal was for the detailed data to be used for reporting and analysis to gain greater efficiency and profits. Computech IT Solutions, in Fiji, was chosen to aid Bumble Bee in creating this system.
“The new system was developed and deployed by Computech in the Bumble Bee Co-managed Fiji processing plant and tracks the tuna from the dock to the can capturing vital data like weights, pallet numbers, species, shrinkage, and related QA data. After minor alterations to the system for local currencies and weight translations, it was deployed by the Bumble Bee Operations team to all of the manufacturing facilities. This system has been very successful in aiding the Operations and QA teams with vital data to make business critical decisions.
“Future enhancements have been discussed and utilization of new internet based technology is opening opportunities to expand the usage of this system to other parts or partners in the Bumble Bee business.
“Thanks to Computech IT Solutions for being a great business partner and in a successful and rewarding project and we look forward to future development opportunities. ”
About Computech
Computech is a leading provider of IT services in the area on financial management, database and web development, network and system management, with offices in Suva, Fiji.
Computech began operations in 1991 and shortly there after designed and implemented the $4m New Zealand Aid funded IT infrastructure for the Fiji Land Information System [FLIS]. Since that time it has worked on many large local and offshore projects including development of the fish tracking systems for Bumblee Tuna out of San Diego in use around the world from the PAFCO facility in Levuka to Trinidad, Ecuador and many other sites. With many private companies and government departments facing problems in retaining skilled staff and maintaining complex IT systems, outsourcing is becoming a common solution for organizations in Fiji, mirroring a world wide trend.