INDUSTRY GROWTH/DECLINE

While researching the information technology (IT) industry, I came across an article titled 'Growth Left In IT Services As Spending Cuts Hurt'.  I found this piece to be very interesting and of great relevance, as it discussed the growth/decline of IT in Australia and its impact on software companies like Integrated Research.  To view this article, please clink on the link provided.     

http://www.afr.com/p/technology/growth_left_in_it_services_as_spending_NdjTiLmc2Z2pcXxysuM3KP

LEADING PROVIDER

As I was exploring the position of my company within its industry, I came across a key article titled 'Managing Communications Systems Is More Effective With Prognosis'.  Brian Smits, Director of Strategic Alliances for Integrated Research, talks with Avaya about the focus of IR; the fundamental shifts coming in the communication industry; the technologies believed to have the biggest impact in the next 5 or 10 years etc.  I encourage everyone to view this article via the link provided below, as it has given me a much greater understanding of Integrated Research and its industry.  Happy reading :-)

http://realtime.ir.com/category/managing-communications-systems-is-more-effective-with-prognosis-created-by-integrated-research-this-weeks-featured-partner

Brian Smits, Director of Strategic Alliances for Integrated Research

DID YOU KNOW...

Integrated Research customers include:

• 9 out of 10 US Banks
• 4 out of 5 Oil and Gas companies
• 5 out of 10 Fortune 500 Global companies
• 8 out of 10 Telecommunications companies
• 2 out of 4 Stock Exchanges

For further information, please refer to the link below.

http://www.ir.com/About_Us/Clientspage__1371.aspx

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS

Integrated Research's company highlights include:

• Founded in 1988, publicly listed in 2000
• Offices in USA, UK, Germany, Singapore and Australia
• Global, direct and channel driven distribution network
• Customers in 50+ countries
• Dominant share of HP NonStop performance monitoring market
• Solution of choice for large scale single and multi-vendor VoIP and UC deployments
• 2013 Avaya DevConnect Technology Partner of the Year

For further information, please visit the link below.

http://www.ir.com/About_Us/Company_overviewpage__1685.aspx

ANNUAL REPORTS

Please find below the links to Integrated Research's last three annual reports. 
Happy perusal :-)

2013 Annual Report
http://www.ir.com/mediaLibrary/investor_reports/IR-AR2013-WebVersion.pdf

2012 Annual Report
http://www.ir.com/mediaLibrary/investor_reports/IR_AnnualReport_2012_WEB.pdf

2011 Annual Report
http://www.ir.com/mediaLibrary/investor_reports/2011AnnualReport.pdf

PROGNOSIS

As I was reading the company overview for Integrated Research, I noted that they were the creator of an award winning system, known as Prognosis.  I personally had never heard of this program and as it appeared to be of great significance to the company, I was very curious to learn more.  


I established that Prognosis is a comprehensive software suite that provides performance management solutions for ATM and EFTPOS sytems, Voice over IP and Unified Communication networks, critical IT server infrastructure, and web applications such as online banking and travel systems.  As a user of EFTPOS systems, online banking etc, I found this fact extremely interesting and believe that over the years I would have benefited from the services IR provide.  Please let me know your thoughts?

For further information regarding IR's award winning product, please visit the link below and/or view the video.

http://www.prognosis.com/

WELCOME/INTRODUCTION

Hi and welcome to my very first blog.  I would like to introduce my allocated company, Integrated Research (IR).  IR is a leading global provider of high definition performance monitoring, diagnostics and reporting software.  The creator of award winning Prognosis - IR builds scalable, customizeable solutions designed to manage continuity critical IT infrastructure, payments and communications ecosystems.  IR provides real time solutions that give customers the insight they need to run their business, reduce their operating costs, minimize risk and gain competitive advantage.

In August 1988, Stephen Killelea formed the Australian company (IR), which was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2000.  Headquartered in Sydney, IR has over 200 employees with offices in the US, UK, Germany, Singapore and Australia serving over 1 000 customers in more than 50 countries.  The company's main business is systems management for international corporations such as Visa, MasterCard and American Express; the New York, London and Hong Kong stock exchanges; and most of the world's ATMs.

To summarize, IR is a publicly listed Australian technology company, focused on the development, sales and marketing of its Prognosis performance monitoring software to organizations around the globe.

For more information regarding Integrated Research, please refer to the link below.  Thank you for taking the time to view my blog and I look forward to your questions/comments/feedback.  Enjoy and good luck :-)

www.ir.com