iQNewsletter November 2009

In this Edition:-

ONIQUA WINS AT QUEENSLAND EXPORT AWARDS

On October 20, 2009, the Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, presented two prestigious QLD Export Awards to Andy Hill, CEO and Chris Wright, Executive Vice President – Solutions of Oniqua. Oniqua took the honors in winning the Information and Communication Technology Award and the Dermot McManus Award for Innovation. The company was the only organization to be nominated in three categories, also being a finalist in the Small to Medium Business category.

Andy Hill, CEO, stated, “This is a tremendous honor and exciting recognition for our team and the outstanding work they do. The Export Awards means a great deal to us, as 80% of our revenue comes from export.”

The Awards are acknowledgement and a follow on from a highly successful year that saw Oniqua, a developer of Asset Performance Management (APM) software solutions for asset-intensive industries, sign global deals with BHP Billiton, Newmont Mining and Conoco Phillips, along with several other key international clients such as Vale Mining in Brazil.

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Chris Wright (Executive Vice President), Pip McManus and Andy Hill (CEO) for Dermot McManus Innovation Award

Anna Bligh (Premier), Andy Hill, Chris Wright and Raynuha Sinnathamby (Sponsor - Greater Springfield) for ICT Award

Andy Hill (CEO)

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ONIQUA FINALIST AT PRESTIGIOUS AUSTRALIAN EXPORT AWARDS

Oniqua, a world leader in Asset Performance Management and Enterprise Analytic solutions for asset-intensive industries was a finalist at the prestigious 47th Australian Export Awards in the Information and Communications Technology category. The award ceremony was attended by Andy Hill, CEO of Oniqua, and Chris Wright, executive vice president of solutions on November 20 in Canberra.

Given the importance of exporting to the Australian economy, the objective of the awards program is to showcase Australia’s top exporters. The winners are role models for the businesses of Australia – demonstrating their drive to achieve success overseas and their significant contribution to the economy, encouraging other Australian businesses to strive for success in world markets.

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ONIQUA APPOINTS VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL MARKEING AND STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

Oniqua has announced the appointment of Steve Herrmann as Vice President of Global Marketing and Strategic Alliances. Reporting directly to Andy Hill, CEO, and based out of Oniqua’s U.S. Denver Office, Steve Herrmann will oversee the company’s strategic marketing and channel development efforts worldwide.

Herrmann is a seasoned technology veteran who brings over 20 years of marketing and channel development experience to the company.

Prior to joining Oniqua, Herrmann spearheaded the marketing efforts for a variety of enterprise software companies and channel organizations, including Access Graphics (now Avnet), the world’s largest distributor of Sun Microsystems computer equipment, and Artemis International Solutions Corporation, a global enterprise project and portfolio management company where he served as vice president of worldwide marketing.

“Steve brings a wealth of marketing and channels experience to the company,” stated Andy Hill, CEO of Oniqua, “and will be instrumental in helping us reach our growth goals, further expand our strategic footprint and deliver complete analytical solutions to organizations within mining, oil and gas, utilities and other asset-intensive industries. I am very pleased that Steve has joined the team and am confident he will help us take the company to the next level.”

Welcome aboard Steve...

Yes - Oniqua's global headquarters in Brisbane, Australia, have moved office. We have taken up residence at Level 5, 16 Marie Street, Milton, Brisbane - not far from our previous office location.

Please note our new Physical Address for your records - our Postal Address and Telephone Numbers remain the same.

Photos of Oniqua's new office..

Oniqua have distilled years of industry experience along side industry experts to develop a Procurement Strategy training course specifically designed for the asset intensive industry environment.

All registered participants will be sent a procurement-related questionnaire beforehand. Then, the main objectives achieved through the course are:

• To assess the participants Procurement Strategy at the high level, through the questionnaire responses. 
• To increase awareness about the importance of Strategic Procurement throughout the course.  The questionnaire itself is also intended to increase awareness of the importance of procurement planning, strategy development and procurement data analysis and will act as a Strategic Procurement guide

These are the main Strategic Procurement topics to be covered over the course:

• Assessing your current Procurement Strategy
• Why you undertake Spend Analysis initiatives?
• Identifying Business Needs, Projects & Visibility requirements
• The importance of achieving stakeholder buy-in
• Understanding your Spend Data: Identifying Risks & Opportunities
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Procurement risk management & mitigation strategies

The 2 x day Course costs $1600AU + GST per person - for more details on our Procurement Strategy Course - please click here...

This year we decided to go with a different format in place of the annual Oniqua User Conference.  This year we held two regional user workshops, one in Salt Lake City, USA and one in Brisbane, Australia.    The Regional Workshops focused on customer case studies, workshopping of business problems and their solutions, knowledge sharing in the use of Oniqua Analytics Suite (OAS) and Oniqua Standards Dictionary (OSD), OAS Roadmap and product directions, feedback from the Oniqua User Advisory Forum and hands-on OAS usage time.

The Americas Regional Workshop was held at Little America (despite the name a large and grand hotel). OAS users representing Oil & Gas, Mining and Utilities industry attended.  Case studies were presented by BHP Billiton, ConocoPhillips, Rio Tinto, Newmont Nevada and Freeport.  Curtis Barton from Rio Tinto Procurement presented on the User Advisory Forum activities during the year and led a panel discussion on determining the most important directions and enhancements required to Oniqua products and services.  Lindsay Clarke, the Oniqua Inc President, discussed the roles and objectives of the new, expanded Oniqua Americas’ team.

The Workshop was repeated for APAC users in Australia at the Brisbane Hilton the following week.  The APAC workshop had some additional sessions and more of a focus on procurement and master data content, it included a case study on Supplier Performance Management presented by Murray Elton of ActewAGL. Damian O’Hara of BHP Billiton led the Advisory Forum feedback and panel discussion.  There was a large degree of overlap in ideas and priorities between the two Workshops. One point of difference is that the economic recovery appears stronger in APAC region, and is almost back to boom times in some commodities. This is reflected in a greater focus on risk management, for example supply risk, in APAC.
The new format was very well received by delegates; feedback was that the knowledge sharing was particularly valuable.   As such we plan to hold Workshops in this format again next year.

A big thank you to the User Advisory Forum members and Oniqua staff who brought this new format together and delivered these Workshops.  Oniqua is also delighted to welcome Anglo Coal Australia, Energex and Ergon as new members of the User Advisory Forum (APAC Chapter).

Regional User Workshop - Brisbane

Oniqua will sit on a panel at the upcoming ARC Annual Forum in Orlando, which takes place February 8-11. The panel discussion will be held on Wednesday morning, February 10 as part of the Winning IT Strategies for Asset Performance Management session:

Winning IT Strategies for Asset Performance Management
Ensuring that everyone has convenient access to the right information at the right time is vital for effective Asset Performance Management. But achieving this goal is challenging.  Asset information comes in many forms and is created and consumed by a variety of IT solutions and O&M stakeholders.  Enabling information sharing across all of these sources and ensuring proper change management requires a proper Asset Information Management strategy and a collaborative IT platform.
 
This session will begin with case-studies of the Asset Information Management strategies being adopted by leading companies to gain control of their  information assets. Following this ARC will facilitate a panel discussion with owner/operators and IT solution providers about current challenges and future directions in IT technology and solutions for this area.  

This session continues ARC's ongoing efforts to educate people about the enormous opportunities in Asset Information Management and keep them abreast of successful strategies.  This will be a valuable learning experience for anyone who is involved in Asset Information Management, whether they are an owner/operator, a supplier of O&M services or an IT solution provider.

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