AIIA benefits everyone in the ICT industry, from SME's to Global Companies.See the videos below to find out more about the benefits of AIIA membership.
Microsoft Australia is a very early member of the AIIA. THe AIIA is a great representation of the induestry, especially back to Government. The AIIA knows the needs of the industtry, its policies and they look after our interests.
You cannot afford to not be a member, as they have great industry events, they have many connections, they are good for networking and they are known for their policy work. I would encourage you to consider being a member - come and join us at the AIIA.
Pip Marlow
Managing Director
A multinational IT consultancy focusing on custom software development and consultancy services relating to software development.
I am on the AIIA NSW Committee. That enables me personally and also Thoughtworks as an organisation to get much greater access to the industry, to be able to influence it, to be able to network and understand what other players in the ICT industry are doing and to give back to the ICT community generally.
The events program also provides a great platform for us to network and to learn more about what’s going on in the industry. We’ve sponsored a number of events in NSW and that has provided a platform for us to credentialise ourselves with a number of new target audiences.
Overall we are very happy with our membership of the AIIA, it provides us with significant benefits, and we are hoping to continue our involvement and increase that involvement over time.
Chris Murphy
Managing Director - Asia Pacific
4Impact is a consulting services company which has grown successfully over the last five years.
Why did you become an AIIA member?
We joined the AIIA three years ago as it was an opportunity to give back to the industry. The industry has been kind to us in terms of supporting our business and growing the industry. The AIIA is a great forum to do this; they are the pre-eminent organisation in terms of information and IT in the country from our perspective.
How does AIIA benefit your business?
Personally, being a member has been very rewarding, as I have been a part of the QLD AIIA committee where you can talk about similar goals, objectives, service to customers and create good relationships.
Is a US telecommunication company that is the leading developer of converged VoIP, voice, video, and data collaboration and conferencing applications for the service provider, government, and corporate enterprise markets.
Why did you become an AIIA member?
I became a member of AIIA basically for networking, to make more contacts in the industry, and to keep up with what is happening in the industry because IT and telecom is a very fast moving area.
How does AIIA benefit your business?
I had terrific opportunities in the network particularly working with the committee members and running the exporters club provide me a wide upper range of networks and people. The number of those colleagues has become friends.
Don Kordick
Compunetix
A global ICT outsourcing, system integration and consulting organisation.
Why did you become an AIIA member?
At CSC we see great value in working through an organisation like the AIIA to work with government more effectively than we could on our own, as the voice of the industry carries more weight effectively.
How does AIIA benefit your business?
AIIA is a very effective organisation to help both state and federal governments to assist the growth of the ICT industry in Australia.
Would you recommend AIIA membership?
We really value our relationship with the AIIA as we see great outcomes from it and we are enthusiastic supporters of the AIIA.
Bob Hayward
Chief Technology and Innovation Officer
AIIA member for over 15 years.
Is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's third-largest ICT company. Fujitsu chiefly makes computing products, but the company and its subsidiaries also offer a diversity of products and services in the areas of personal computing, telecommunications and advanced microelectronics.
Why did you become an AIIA member?
Fujitsu have found that membership with the AIIA has enabled us to get involvement in the industry and put something back into the industry that l've been part of for more than 30 years, this includes being able to provide advice and guidance and thought leadership to Government task forces.
How does AIIA benefit your business?
Personally as a member AIIA has enabled me to develop a number of networks both professionally and develop some friends.
It is an American multinational corporation which provides Internet-related products and services, including internet search, cloud computing, software and advertising technologies.
Why did you become an AIIA member?
AIIA is the organisation that is leading the charge for the digital economy.
How does AIIA benefit your business?
Google has aligned with the AIIA on driving the digital economy agenda. The AIIA is representing the needs of the IT Industry in particular in the areas of Public Policy, Skills Development and Education.
The Mastermind Group (tmg100.com) is a boutique IT Services organisation that I started back in June 2006 which prides itself in having some of the most talented people in the business and IT sectors. The focus of the business is in the areas of Asset Portfolio Management, Data Intelligence, Strategy & Planning and large scale Infrastructure Project Delivery.
We became AIIA members to increase the profile of our
organisation amongst our industry peers and also to extend our network of
potential prospects, to include State Government in particular where we don’t
have a strong presence and through the assistance that the AIIA has given the mastermind
group, we have been able to confidently respond to the recent e-services tender
and based on events that have been conducted by the AIIA and they have helped us
significantly.
Fulvio Inserra
Managing Director
Data#3 Limited (DTL) is an ASX listed company that provides market leading technology solutions across a wide range of industries throughout Australia and Asia Pacific. Headquartered in Brisbane, we operate from nine locations across Australia.
Data#3 is a National listed IT company and we have been actively involved with the AIIA for a number of years. I have myself, had the opportunity as a Director and have chaired the association for three years; this experience was personally valuable which has also assisted to increase the profile of the business.
The AIIA has influence over what might or might not happen as they were the driving force behind the recognition that the NBN was important for the country. Through the representation of AIIA in Victoria with the restructure of the E-services panel - AIIA worked with the government to get a better outcome for the E-services panel. So there are many reasons why the AIIA needs our support as a company and why it needs the support of the Industry and I believe.. The more you put in the more you get out.
John Grant
Managing Director
Konica Minolta Is an IT firm that manufactures business and industrial imaging products, including copiers, laser printers, multi-functional peripherals (MFPs) and digital print systems for the production printing market. The company also makes optical devices, including lenses and LCD film; medical and graphic imaging products, such as X-ray image processing systems, colour proofing systems, and X-ray film; photometers, 3-D digitizers, and other sensing products; and textile printers.
Why did you become an AIIA member?
We Want to be a part of AIIA for the very important advocacy work done with government and other industries.
How does AIIA benefit your business?
The AIIA does a considerable amount of work around the whole 'GreenlT' initiative reinforcing the fact with government that the industry can self-regulate and come up with very viable and responsible and sustainable initiatives that don’t require as much regulation or intervention.
David Cooke
Executive General Manager
Prima Consulting is a professional services company specializing in Information Management. They provide services and solutions to major Australian organizations as well as government departments.
Why did you become an AIIA member?
The industry participation: we feel that by participating in AIIA we have the ability to input into policy and the direction of the industry.
From a marketing perceptive, being a small company it is important to us to continually have the opportunity to promote our brand and to continue to widen the knowledge and the awareness of our brand beyond our immediate network. We believe our involvement in AIIA provides us with a terrific opportunity to do that.
How does AIIA benefit your business?
AIIA provides us not only to extend our networks with other vendors but also the opportunity on how we can partner and how we can collaborate with a wide range of sectors in the industry.
That collaboration is valuable because it broadens your horizons and increases the opportunities for developing partnerships.
Bill Leropoulos
Prima Consulting
Unique World is a leading information management and knowledge management consultancy. We work with Australia's major enterprises to help transform their business through enabling technologies such as collaboration, business process automation, business intelligence, document and records management, intranets and portals.
Why did you become an AIIA member?
As a company, we needed to understand more about the local ICT industry and to invest in the growth of the industry. We wanted to have a seat at the table and really influence the way that corporations and governments across the country approach and understand the use of technology.
How does AIIA benefit your business?
Early on, we attended an AIIA event and met a company who has since become our biggest customer. That's been a tremendous benefit for us, and one we didn't plan on at the start.
Around four years ago, we also ended up halving our insurance premiums through AIIA's services. AIIA.biz gave us access to a broker who took our premiums from $50k to $25k – another great benefit for us, obviously, that we didn't quite appreciate at the start.
The journey's really begun and hopefully we will remain members for a long time to come.
Eddie Geller CEO
It is an online accounting software for business. Web based system for invoicing/billing, accounts payable, bank reconciliation and bookkeeping.
Why did you become an AIIA member?
One of the thing that occurred to me is that the business was starting to grow. We certainly wanted to have a voice and build our profile in the Australian market and I was aware of what AIIA could bring to our organization. Xero as a small organisation looking to build its profile, some of the advantages of getting involved in AIIA was to network, to understand other executives, to be able to share our ideas and get perspectives.
How does AIIA benefit your business?
Its been fantastic being involved in AIIA, we have been able to get great contacts. We have an agenda to take cloud technology into the SME sector and a number of contacts within AIIA have really helped us to be connecting in the government circles within the Department of Broadband Communications and Digital Economy and that really helped us gain profile.
Chris Ridd
Managing Director
ALGONQUIN INVESTMENTS
Algonquin Investments provides advice and guidance to the CEO and founders of innovative, technology companies with plans to grow their companies into global and significant companies. Our strong network of connections in the ICT industry and funding sources with experience in raising capital together with our extensive connections with State and Federal governments is a valuable resource for all entrepreneurs.
Why did you become an AIIA member?
8 or 9 years ago we were doing a lot of government work and we joined AIIA because it gave us an opportunity to get to know the major government players and decision makers and to be able to network and collaborate to other major providers of the Victorian government.
Russell Yardley
Executive Chairman
Gartner is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. They deliver the technology-related insight necessary for their clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, they are the valuable partner to clients in 12,400 distinct organizations.
The AIIA is an important part of the local Australian community and the local Australian IT Industry. The IT industry in Australia is probably at its most important peak in history and it has certainly been realised that the IT industry can deliver benefits in terms of productivity and enhanced deliverables to other industries more so than we’ve ever seen in history, and the AIIA leads that charge.
So we feel it’s important to be part of that community in driving the change and the adoption of IT in the Australian landscape. We get a lot of benefit from being a part of the AIIA and we have been a member for many, many years.
We get benefit from the fact that we feel responsible for driving the local agenda for IT and that’s important for our organisation. It’s also important for us to understand how the local IT community’s feeling, and we find the AIIA is a great network for us to be able to leverage in terms of understanding that.
We attend a lot of the events, both as contributors, where we are talking to the local IT community, and that’s important for us. It gives us a large part of the IT community for us to be able to talk to, to be able to steer them in the right directions and how to adopt and leverage IT, but its also an important network for us to understand exactly how other leading IT organisations are looking at the Australian markets to make sure that we are advising our clients in the right way. We feel it’s absolutely beneficial for IT organisations to be part of this leading Industry Association.
Warren Anderson
Ricoh has recently joined AIIA as a member and I had the privilege of attending my first NSW Government working group. At the working group we discussed a number of issues that NSW government finds important.
There were a number of suggestions made, there was a lot of discussion around the pertinent topics, there were recommendations made and all of them are being taken in going forward.
I feel that more companies should be part of this process, I think they would all benefit, especially in the IT area. In doing so, by collaborating with the NSW government and contributing, they would promote their companies and at the same time be able to influence policy.
I found the experience to be very fruitful. There are some meetings that are fruitful, but this one to me was like a whole orchard. I’m looking forward to attending more meetings and contributing as much as I can and I think it would be a good idea for any company interested in promoting themselves, contributing to the effort of the government, and making the experience for the NSW public a better experience to join in .
Charles Salinas
National Partner Manager
BDO is one of the largest full service accounting and advisory network in Australia and globally.We excel at creating strong relationships with clients who are seeking a combination of technical excellence with a specialised range of services and a desire for outstanding client relationships.
BDO joined the AIIA over twelve months ago. The main reasons of joining were to increase industry knowledge and awareness, increase our company profile an to expand existing networks in the Media and Communications space.
Since joining, BDO have been very active with AIIA including sponsorship at the annual iAwards - being judges for categories and hosting AIIA taskforce groups within our BDO offices, Being a member with AIIA has increased our knowledge, networking and contacts and has improved our brand profile.
Simon Coulton
Partner
The strength of the AIIA is to be able to anticipate issues that are becoming critical to the industry. The AIIA can access ministers and work with the government to produce strategies that address the concerns; which can then be understood and be implemented in a meaningful way.
The AIIA has done very important work in which many parties have benefited. The AIIA spearhead the whole approach on developing a new policy on behalf of the industry with government and all key stakeholders so that we have a 'voice' to influence the outcome and to influence the environment in which we want to do business - a great win and success for the AIIA.
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