IBM Secures Services Agreement With Australian GovernmentARMONK, NY--(Marketwire - July 14, 2008) - IBM ( NYSE : IBM ) today announced that IBMAustralia Limited has been selected by the Australian Government to supportits Standard Business Reporting (SBR) initiative, which aims to reduce thereporting burden for business. As part of the initial design phase, IBMwill provide architectural and design services under a contract valued atapproximately AU$10 million.
During the project, IBM will leverage its global expertise to provide arange of architectural design and program management skills for thedevelopment of a detailed design for a system that will enable businessesto electronically interact with Government through a range of software andaccounting packages.