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30.01.08 - Vivid Group wins Wesfarmers Limited MOSS Intranet contract

From its origin in 1914 as a Western Australian farmers' cooperative, Wesfarmers has grown into one of Australia's largest and most successful companies. It operates through a portfolio of diversified business interests including retail operations covering supermarkets, general merchandise and speciality department stores, fuel and liquor outlets and home improvement and office supplies; coal mining; gas processing and distribution; electricity generation; insurance; chemicals and fertilisers; and industrial and safety product distribution. Wesfarmers employs more than 200,000 people across Australia and New Zealand and has a shareholder base of more than 400,000.

Vivid Group has been engaged to undertake consultancy, development and implementation of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 for Wesfarmers corporate intranet and knowledge management requirements.

30.01.08 - West Australian Newspapers selects Vivid Group for MOSS Intranet

West Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited is the leading media group in Western Australia.

The flagship of the company is The West Australian daily newspaper which is published Monday to Saturday.

The West Australian was first published in 1833 and it now sells an average of approximately 200,000 copies Monday to Friday and 350,000 copies on a Saturday.

The Saturday edition of The West Australian includes the Seven Days and West Weekend Magazines.

The group also publishes thewest.com.au, one of the State's leading digital news and information services.

The group's other publishing interests include:

23 regional newspapers and magazines
4 business directories across the State
the Streetsmart and Travellers Atlas street directories
the quarterly Vita and Habitat & Lifestyle magazines
the Quokka - WA's biggest classified newspapers
2 commercial printing plants

The group also operates a regional radio network covering the northern half of the State, including Broome, Karratha, Port Hedland and Geraldton.

Vivid Group has been engaged to undertake consultancy, development and implementation of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 for West Australian Newspapers corporate intranet and knowledge management requirements.

30.01.08 - Vivid Group rolls out MOSS Intranet for Great Southern Plantations

Great Southern is an investment manager specialising in the agribusiness sector, providing Australians with an opportunity to invest in agriculture.

The company’s strategy is very clear: to identify agricultural commodities which are in demand globally, particularly from Asian markets, and then to package projects which allow investors to participate in their development.

Great Southern is focused on particular segments of agriculture which the company believes can provide signifi cant economic and social benefits through economies of scale. The key to this is the selection of commodities that have international markets and operate on a large scale basis.

From day one, forestry has been the company’s core focus, and this remains the case to this day. Our hardwood plantations produce woodchip which is in high global demand for use in the paper production process. The company’s hardwood plantation estate is now being harvested, with regular shipments of woodchip leaving the Port of Albany in Western Australia destined for the pulp and paper mills of Japan.

Over the past three years, Great Southern has progressively expanded its product range. Wine grapes, organic olives and beef cattle have all been identifi ed as meeting the rigorous criteria we apply to the commodities in which we offer investment opportunities, including a favourable supply / demand position and sustainability over the long term.

Great Southern believes there are outstanding global opportunities for Australian agriculture, especially throughout Asia. In essence, our business model allows us to pool our investors’ resources to deliver economies of scale and thereby compete on a world stage.

The company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1999, and it is now part of the S&P/ASX 200.

Vivid Group has been engaged to undertake consultancy, development and implementation of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 for Great Southern Plantations corporate intranet and knowledge management requirements.