049/06
29 May 2006
$1.965 million for twelve new e-business projects
Twelve e-business projects worth $1.965 million were announced today by the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, as part of the Information Technology Online (ITOL) program.
Since 1996, the Government has allocated more than $15.4 million to 131 innovative ITOL projects across a range of industry sectors and geographic regions. ITOL grants of up to $200,000 are awarded to encourage businesses, particularly small-to-medium sized enterprises, to adopt e-commerce solutions.
“The benefits these sorts of business-to-business projects generate go well beyond the life of the funding,” Senator Coonan said.
“They will make information exchange and business transactions more efficient and lead to increased productivity across a range of sectors. The 12 successful projects in Round 14 of ITOL will assist a variety of industries.
The selection of the projects in this funding round support a cross section of professional and community activities.
The projects are from a range of industry sectors including four in health, two each in the arts, manufacturing, agriculture/live stock processing, and one each in transport and the building/construction industries.
“This is good news not only for the areas that were funded in this round but also for the related industries and the broader community,” Senator Coonan said.
For further information about the ITOL program visit www.dcita.gov.au/communications_for_business/funding_programs__and__support/ITOL
Twelve new projects funded in ITOL Round 14 are:
- Clinical Desktop Wizard, a decision-making tool for haematologists to make informed and timely decisions on the diagnosis and management of blood cancers.
- Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) software application, a solution to improve the auditing processes in the meat processing industry.
- A Breast Cancer Management and Monitoring System, a browser-based system to assess a patient’s risk of breast cancer and monitor the patient’s treatment.
- Demand Responsive Transport Demonstration, a system to provide more flexible transport services to a wider community, to be trialled in greater Sydney.
- e-Production Theatre Software, a solution to assist stage managers maintain and keep records and reference to details of each show produced.
- Precision Pasture Network, an online system for pastoralists on how to accurately assess the quantity and quality of feed available and utilise it effectively by adjusting stocking rates accordingly.
- Tooling Australian On-Line, a web site to promote tooling industry groups to businesses in the domestic and overseas markets.
- Prescription Management in Aged Care Residential Facilities, a solution to complete and manage the cycle of prescription generation for patients in aged care residential facilities and in community based care.
- Packaging Impact Quick Evaluation Tool (PIQET), a tool to provide a rapid, credible, easily accessed, and life-cycle assessment based evaluation and modelling of the environmental impact of a packaging system.
- A Web Based Knowledge Based Tool, a decision making tool for designing OHS decision support in the building and construction industry.
- Applied Ideas Online, a portal offering e-commerce services to arts and crafts professionals.
- Better Care through Intelligent Referrals System, an application to provide a fast identification and referral of patients as an alternative to hospitalisation.
For further information about the ITOL program visit www.dcita.gov.au/communications_for_business/funding_programs__and__support/ITOL