World Headlines
SIF Association AU Welcomes Inaugural Member
Insight4 — Saturday, August 28, 2010
Melbourne, Australia, 25 August 2010 - Insight4 has become the very first SIF Association AU member. Jared Hill is the Managing Director of Insight4, an Australian based enterprise application development and ICT consulting company that undertake custom software development, systems integration and data management solutions architecture across a range of industries including education, utilities, finance, health and Government sectors.
In seven years, the Hobart-based software development and IT consultancy has become a key supplier in the Tasmanian market. From a four-person team at launch, it has grown to twenty full time staff and remains a business operating at the cutting edge of technology.
Insight4 was successful in winning the AMP Innovation Award at the 2010 Telstra Tasmanian Business Awards. In addition to winning the AMP Innovation category, they were also Finalists competing for the MYOB Small Business Award and the Sensis Social Responsibility Award, and one of only two businesses to compete across three categories. http://telstrabusinessawards.com/award-winners/past-winners/2010/2010-tasmanian-winners-179.aspx
“We have developed a reputation for our problem solving, innovation and forward thinking solutions,” explains Richard Roff, Marketing Manager.
When asked why Insight4 made the decision to become a SIF Association AU Member Jared explained, “Insight4 is pleased to become the first
SIF Association AU member as it highlights our efforts in implementing SIF in Australia and demonstrates our commitment to improving the data standards in the Australian Education system."
Congratulations and welcome to Jared and Insight4 from the SIF Association AU Team.
About the SIF Association AU
State education CIO's have funded the development of the “Towards SIF-AU” project to establish an appropriate SIF Specifications for the Australian context. Towards SIF-AU has support from all K-12 jurisdictions in Australia and the project plans to provide a robust framework for interoperability in Australian education. The purpose of the Interim Board is to be the initial governance body to oversee the establishment of SIF Association AU. Members of the Interim Board include CIOs from state and commonwealth education departments, as well as cross-sectoral representatives. The Interim Board will also prepare for on-going governance and operational arrangements for SIF Association AU. Information about SIF Association AU can be found at http://www.sifassociation.org/au.
About the SIF Association
The SIF Association is a unique, non-profit collaboration composed of over 3,200 schools, districts, states, US and International Ministries of Education, software vendors and consultants who collectively define the rules and regulations for educational software data interoperability. The SIF Implementation Specification enables diverse applications to interact and share data efficiently, reliably, and securely regardless of the platform hosting those applications. The SIF Association has united these education technology end users and providers in an unprecedented effort to give teachers more time to do what they do best: teach. For further information, visit http://www.sifassociation.org.
Contact: Jill Abbott, +1 202.491.8214. jabbott@sifassociation.org
