SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 15 February, 2012 -- Broadreach Services, responsible for delivering and managing video technologies to some of Australia’s largest organisations for more than ten years, announced today that it has met all Cisco TelePresence Video Master Authorised Technology Provider (ATP) program requirements and criteria necessary to earn the designation of Cisco TelePresence Video Master Partner in Australia.

The Cisco TelePresence Video Master ATP status designation recognizes Broadreach as having built on its existing video capabilities and its Cisco Unified Communications (UC) certification, which it has held for some years. Broadreach also holds the Cisco Digital Media System (DMS) and Cisco Developer certifications, which provides significant breadth of product and depth of expertise across all aspects of integrated video solutions.

CEO of Broadreach Services, Shaun Wormald says, “Broadreach has been a long time innovator in video and is the only non-telecommunications company in Australia to sell, educate and manage the full range of Cisco TelePresence solutions.

“Achieving the certifications is a significant milestone for our company and puts us in an extremely good position to expand our market presence in our area of focus and specialty – all things video”

Sara Adams, managing director of the Partner Business Group for Cisco Australia and New Zealand says, “This is an outstanding accomplishment for Broadreach and demonstrates its strong commitment to helping Australian customers use video to enhance collaboration, improve the customer experience and simplify business processes.

“Broadreach and Cisco will continue our partnership to meet customer business requirements and help customers achieve new levels of productivity and innovation through the use of visual collaboration.”

To qualify as a Cisco TelePresence Video Master ATP, Broadreach was required to meet the rigorous Cisco requirements, ensuring that Broadreach can demonstrate, sell, design, install, and support customers to the highest levels.

About Broadreach

Broadreach has more than ten years’ experience in transforming the way organisations communicate. Broadreach is the managed services provider to some of Australia’s largest organisations with its IP video expertise, 24/7 video network operations centre (VNOC) and RealEYES business video benefits program. Broadreach enjoys working relationships with the world’s best video technology and service providers, including Cisco.

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Educators from across Australia recently came together on the Gold Coast to discuss, debate and challenge each other on the use of video conferencing, virtual reality, video games and all things digital. From 2-4 November 2011, Broadreach was delighted to host the Teaching and Learning with Vision (TLV11) conference to share ideas and transform teaching and learning opportunities through the use of video technologies. Cisco was a key sponsor for the event, which was also sponsored by Blink Mobile and Vaddio.

Delegates represented over 50 educational institutions from around Australia, including schools, universities, colleges and TAFEs. As well as presentations from internationally recognised keynote speakers, who covered topics aimed at bringing classrooms into the future, delegates participated in interactive workshops, attended networking activities and had the opportunity to speak to exhibitors displaying the latest learning technologies, including TTGroup Communications, my.TAFE Queensland, Eduss Learning, Transition Systems, Steelcase, Leading Digital, Australian Flexible Learning Framework and eLearning eXperts.

Practical demonstrations of applying video and related technologies included an application for smart mobile devices, a location based mobile adventure, an interactive scavenger hunt using QR codes and personal QR coded name badges, providing great networking opportunities.

Feedback from delegates indicated a high level of satisfaction, with 79% indicating they would recommend the conference to colleagues. Particularly noted was the quality of presentations, conducted by such internationally recognised educators as Professor Stephen Heppell, Professor Gilly Salmon and the Canadian brothers Alec and George Couros. Comments included:

“Very impressive set of speakers.”

“Ensuring a balance of theoretical and practical is paramount. Well done on this year’s speakers!”

The conference enjoyed good social media attention, with approximately 2,000 tweets and a trending topic position in the education space for the two days.Dozens of educators not attending the conference participated in robust debate via twitter, with many stating that they would definitely be attending next year. Interest and discussion started several days before the conference and continued for several weeks after the conference. The event also received coverage inEducation Technology Solutions (the conference media partner), Education Services Australia andFlex-e News (Australian Flexible Learning Framework).

About Broadreach

Broadreach has more than ten years’ experience transforming the way organisations communicate. Broadreach is the managed services provider to some of Australia’s largest organisations with its IP video expertise, 24/7 video network operations centre (VNOC) and Realeyes business video benefits program. Broadreach enjoys working relationships with the world’s best technology providers, including Cisco, Microsoft, Radvision, as well as some of the largest system integration and professional service organisations in Australia.

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Broadreach Services, an Australian based leading independent service provider of visual communications and collaboration solutions, today announced that Western Australia’s Country Health Service has extended its contract for the maintenance and support of its Telehealth infrastructure for an additional 12 months.

Telehealth improves access to health care for the entire state of WA, connecting remote communities to essential health services. Broadreach supplied, installed and commissioned the core video communications infrastructure for Telehealth, which was launched in 2010. Since then, Broadreach has continued to maintain the infrastructure and provide support services, as well as technical consulting services.

Videoconferencing is used by Telehealth to provide health services, education, training and support to local health care providers and improve communication between health care providers, who are spread across wide ranging and remote areas of Western Australia. One example is virtual family visiting, where a long stay patient dislocated from their hometown can videoconference with family and friends for emotional and social support.

Broadreach CEO Shaun Wormald says, "Broadreach is excited about the opportunity to continue working with WA CHS over the next 12 months. 


“Providing ongoing support to the organisation to help them achieve greater efficiencies and improve health service access for so many people allows us to apply our experience where it is particularly relevant," he concludes.

About Broadreach

Broadreach has more than ten years’ experience transforming the way organisations communicate. Broadreach is the managed services provider to some of Australia’s largest organisations with its IP video expertise, 24/7 video network operations centre and Realeyes business video benefits program. Broadreach enjoys working relationships with the world’s best technology providers, including Cisco, Microsoft and Radvision. 

About WA Country Health Service

The WA Country Health Service is the largest country health service in Australia and one of the biggest in the world, providing health services to approximately half a million people, over a vast 2.5 million square kilometres area. The range of health services provided cover primary health care, emergency and hospital services, population health, mental health, Indigenous health and aged care.

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Broadreach Services is pleased to announce the Carbon Reduction Institute (CRI) has recertified it as carbon neutral for another year. CRI audits and reports on Broadreach’s continuing emissions, ensuring that all business activity continues to have zero net impact on the environment.

The audit found that Broadreach’s emissions footprint, with the exclusion of cost of sale items, decreased by 27% in FY2011compared to FY2010 (FY2011 was the first year that cost of sale items emissions were calculated). Overall, the majority of Broadreach’s emissions were the result of cost of sales (54%), followed by electricity (23%) and flights (11%). While emissions from electricity increased slightly in FY2011, Broadreach was able to reduce its travel, flight and waste emissions compared to FY2010, while at the same time expanding its operations.

CEO of Broadreach Services, Shaun Wormald says, “Broadreach believes it is important to address its own environmental footprint as it helps other organisations reduce carbon emissions through the efficient use of business video.

“Including cost of sales items in the FY2011 audit improves our understanding of the sources of our emissions and will allow us to identify further opportunities for emissions reductions activities in the years ahead.”

Broadreach Services joined CRI’s NoCO2 certification program in August 2007 and was the first business video company in Australia to be certified. CRI analyses GHG emissions produced by Broadreach’s operations over a one year period for the purpose of reducing and offsetting these emissions. 

CRI audits follow the standards outlined by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard. This standard is widely accepted as the benchmark for carbon accounting.

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Broadreach has more than ten years’ experience transforming the way organisations communicate. Broadreach is the managed services provider to some of Australia’s largest organisations with its IP video expertise, 24/7 video network operations centre and Realeyes business video benefits program. Broadreach enjoys working relationships with the world’s best technology providers, including Cisco, Microsoft and Radvision.

About Carbon Reduction Institute
 

The Carbon Reduction Institute is one of Australia’s most experienced and reliable carbon management organisations. It was established in 2006 for the purpose of promoting awareness and action on climate change.For more information on CRI visit http://www.noCO2.com.au.

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Broadreach Services, responsible for delivering and managing video technologies to some of Australia’s largest organisations for more than ten years, has been appointed by the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) to the Whole of Government Telecommunications Management Panel (TMAN).

The panel enables Federal, State and Territory Government agencies to select from a list of select providers to deliver a range of services that may be required to manage their overall telecommunications project requirements.

CEO of Broadreach Services, Shaun Wormald says, “Broadreach’s appointment to the TMAN Panel represents a significant acknowledgement of our 10 year commitment to the provision of successful video managed services to some of the largest organisations, both business and government, in Australia.

“Broadreach is proud to be selected to deliver its video expertise to Australia’s public sector.”

Director, Sales and Marketing, Steve Kruize adds, “Business video is going through an unprecedented era of growth in the telecommunications industry and Broadreach sees this appointment as an important opportunity to use its experience and focus to deliver organisational efficiencies where they can be of real benefit.”

Broadreach has been involved in numerous video technology and managed service projects to many key government departments and organisations, including WA’s Country Health Service, NSW Roads and Traffic Authority, NSW Corrective Services, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, ACT Department of Education, Qld Department of Public Works, Australia Post, Federal Department of Health Services, Federal Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Federal Department of Health Services, and more.

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Broadreach has more than ten years’ experience transforming the way organisations communicate. Broadreach is the managed services provider to some of Australia’s largest organisations with its IP video expertise, 24/7 video network operations centre and Realeyes business video benefits program. Broadreach enjoys working relationships with the world’s best technology providers, including Cisco, Microsoft and Radvision.

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Broadreach Services, an Australian based leading independent service provider of visual communications and collaboration solutions, today announced the appointment of Andrew Tucker as Executive Chairman.

Andrew Tucker has more than 20 years of experience as a business owner and entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of successful IT businesses. Andrew is also a member of the Entrepreneur Organisation, where he has served as both the President and Mentor Chair on the Board. He has also done voluntary work for the Acceler8 foundation.

CEO of Broadreach, Shaun Wormald, says this appointment will provide Broadreach with strong board leadership that will allow an accelerated growth stance to be taken by the company. 

“Broadreach’s positioning in the strong growth markets of video conferencing, unified communications and digital media requires that the company focus on growing its market share for products and services,” he says.

Andrew Tucker says he felt this was an opportunity he could not turn down.

“Video conferencing is a very hot topic and in a massive growth stage.

“Broadreach is a true leader in the space and I am very excited to be on board.”

About Broadreach

Broadreach was founded in 2001 by a team of dedicated IT professionals with a vision to transform the way organisations communicate. Broadreach focuses on the delivery and management of high-quality, dynamic video and digital media communications. Broadreach enjoys working relationships with the world’s best technology providers, including Cisco, Microsoft and Radvision. 

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Join us on the Gold Coast for two days of expert opinion, networking and sharing ideas about teaching and learning with vision. The conference will bring together practitioners and experts in the use of learning technologies for education and training. Our keynote and featured speakers will challenge and extend your thinking. Our case study speakers are real-life educators who are using these new technologies to engage and extend their learners in ways that are not possible with traditional methods. You’ll also have access to the conference exhibition where you’ll be able to investigate the latest technological innovations.

Read more and sign up for updates on the conference website or join the online community for those interested in teaching and learning with vision.

About Broadreach

Broadreach was founded in 2001 by a team of dedicated IT professionals with a vision to transform the way organisations communicate. Broadreach focuses on managed services to support the delivery and lifecycle of high-quality, dynamic video and digital media communications.Broadreach enjoys working relationships with the world’s best technology providers.

Broadreach Services is pleased to announce it has been recertified as carbon neutral by the Carbon Reduction Institute (CRI) for 2009. CRI audits and reports on Broadreach Services’ continuing emissions, ensuring that all business activity continues to have zero net impact on the environment.

The 2009 audit found Broadreach increased its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 14% compared with the previous year. This growth in overall emissions is predominantly the result of increases in emissions from its business expenses, asset purchases and electricity usage. Emissions from waste disposed remained static and emissions from travel decreased slightly compared with previous years. Increased GHG emissions can be attributed to Broadreach’s continued expansion. CRI collated data for Broadreach’s Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.

CEO of Broadreach Services, Shaun Wormald says, “Broadreach is pleased to be able to grow its business while keeping emissions in check using the information from CRI to actively monitor its footprint and supply chain.

“Broadreach is working with many of its customers to help them minimise emissions by using video communications solutions that reduce travel, making the reduction in its own travel-related emissions important.”

Broadreach Services joined CRI’s NoCO2 certification program in August 2007. CRI analyses GHG emissions produced by Broadreach’s operations over a one year period for the purpose of reducing and offsetting these emissions.

CRI utilises a combination of published life cycle emissions factors and input output tables produced from a CSIRO triple bottom line analysis to calculate emissions impact within Australia. For more information on CRI’s Low Carbon Economy visit www.LowCO2.com.au.

Australian based service provider of visual communications and collaboration solutions, Broadreach, has joined the Tandberg (now part of Cisco) partner network as an Authorised System Integrator.

As a Cisco Unified Communications Specialised partner, Broadreach sought the Tandberg certification to demonstrate continued high quality service delivery to Cisco partners and customers. Broadreach has made significant investments in working with Cisco-based partners and the Tandberg certification is further evidence of its commitment to strengthening these relationships. Broadreach mitigates commercial and technology risk for Cisco-based partners through its industry knowledge, experience and technical competence in business video communications.

Broadreach also recently developed its Dynamic Content Management Server to provide additional tools to help users experience the full potential of Cisco Digital Media System.

Broadreach has begun the process of certification as a Cisco Technology Developers partner.

Broadreach Services is delighted to announce an expansion of its service capabilities in Western Australia following the recent appointment of Jason Scrivens and Olivier Bruyendonck as Convergent Technology Engineers. These appointments will enable Broadreach to provide more extensive technical services directly to its growing client base in WA. Broadreach recently announced its successful bid for WA Country Health Service’s (WACHS) Telehealth videoconferencing central infrastructure contract and has also been recently chosen by two of the largest WA community organisations to deploy room to desktop video conference solutions.

Jason will be based in Perth, providing technical support services and managing technical operations. Both have expert knowledge in unified communications. Jason has over 10 years experience as an engineer, account manager and networking team leader, including roles with Netlink and Siemens. He holds the Cisco qualifications CCNA, CCDA, CCNA (Voice) and Cisco IP Telephony Design Specialist and a Bachelor of Engineering – Electronic and Communication, as well as Clipsal, Microsoft and Siemens certifications.

While Olivier will be based in Sydney, he will be particularly focused on support for large corporate and government organisations, including in WA. Olivier will also be involved in supporting the market growth in this region. Olivier also has three years pre-sales, implementation and technical support experience with SCC and Dimension Data in Europe, Tandberg and Polycom certifications and a Master’s degree of Electronics and Electrical Engineering.

Broadreach CEO Shaun Wormald says, “Broadreach is excited about bringing on board Jason and Olivier to further assist our clients in the WA market, which has specific challenges.

“Our team has demonstrated its commitment to working with both government and business organizations in WA and throughout Australia to provide high quality visual communications solutions, supporting some very large scale projects,” concludes Shaun.