San Ramon, Calif. (September
8, 2008) Accela, Inc. announced today that is has opened an office
in Melbourne, Australia to provide a springboard for business development
and operations throughout Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia.
Our goal is to enable governments across the world with the best technology
available so they can provide the public with access to services that
are fast, functional, and cost effective,” said Maury Blackman,
Accela president and CEO. “Our software can be deployed anywhere
to modernize government organizations, manage growth, and dramatically
impact how the public accesses government services over the Internet.”
Accela’s Melbourne office is located at:
Level 4
460 Collins Street
Melbourne, Australia 3000
Significant marketing will commence immediately in the region with worldwide
partners and Accela introducing their products to the region at the Cisco
Networkers 2008 event in Brisbane, Australia September 15 -18. In the
subsequent months, Accela will host a multi-city Web Technology Roadshow
in the region to introduce local government organizations to next generation
software products that provide full service e-government products to citizens
and businesses around the globe.
Accela currently manages operations for thousands of government organizations
in North America and provides software solutions that connect citizens
and the business community to government services. Accela’s footprint
in the public sector covers 41 of the U.S. states and major metro areas,
cities, and counties including the San Francisco Bay Area, Washington,
D.C., Miami-Dade County, Atlanta, Kansas City, San Diego County, and many
others.
In April, Accela opened an office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,
to manage business and pursue opportunities in the Middle East and northern
Africa.
Accela solutions being offered internationally include:
Work Order management. As local populations expand, so
do service requests to manage infrastructure such as roads, signs, water
supply, and waste. Accela’s asset management product provides a
complete work order management tool for opening and closing orders, as
well as arming field workers with a complete mobile office to receive
and close work orders while in the field.
Inspection management. Software tools that help manage
fast-paced growth, while still ensuring quality in the construction and
development process, are a requirement for governments looking to attract
growing companies. Accela’s solutions provide this technology to
automate and streamline workflow and project management processes, support
inspectors with the world’s only mobile application optimized for
Intel® Centrino® Mobile Technology, and provide multiple ways
for cities to deliver their services to their communities – via
the Web, by phone, smart phone, etc.
Commercial licensing. Governments looking to attract
the international business community need to create business friendly
processes that are efficient and easy to navigate. Accela’s licensing
solutions enable this by moving commercial licensing activities to the
Web, and creating streamlined e-government portals that deliver information
and services from a central location.
About Melbourne
Melbourne is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan
area population of approximately 3.8 million. Located around Port Phillip
Bay in southeast Australia, Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria
and is a major center of commerce, industry, and cultural activity. It
covers an area of 3,400 sq. miles. August 30, 2008 marked 173 years since
Melbourne was founded by European settlers. For more information, please
visit http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/.
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