Mobile inspection application wins Consensus Awards 2009

Australia’s leading provider of mobility solutions, Retriever Communications, announced today that it has been presented with a 2009 Consensus Software Award for its Retriever Service for Inspections. In making the award, the judging panel noted that Retriever’s Service “enables the sharing of a vast array of digital content such as workforce scheduling, GIS maps, photographs, graphics and company rules between mobile field workers and back office personnel and systems”.

The Consensus Software Awards, sponsored by IBM, recognize excellence in software design and business innovation as voted on by a panel of industry judges. The awards identify the most innovative software in Australia and New Zealand and are endorsed and supported by Austrade, NZ Trade & Enterprise, Australian Computer Society and New Zealand Computer Society. The awards are the only independently judged software award in Australia and New Zealand, using a panel of over 50 independent business, venture capital and software industry experts.

The award was presented to Retriever’s Founder and CEO Mary Brittain-White by ACT Labor Senator Kate Lundy. In accepting the award, Ms. Brittain-White said “Retriever is constantly listening to our customers and developing new ways to make the delivery of mobile solutions more efficient and productive. We are honored to receive such a prestigious award.”

Retriever Service for Inspections combines Retriever’s Web 2.0-based scheduler, Retriever Schedule, with a mobile framework for business users to replace paper-based inspections. The product, offered as a Service (Software as a Service or SaaS) or as software, lowers the cost of compliance inspections and makes the audit process more streamlined and efficient.

The judging panel was impressed by the Retriever application, stating “This is a company that knows its customers and is equipping them with the tools they require to increase productivity whilst driving down the cost of doing business.”

About Retriever Communications: Retriever Communications has been a world-leader in the provision of wireless field-force automation systems for over 12 years. Headquartered in Sydney Australia and with offices in London and Milan, Retriever delivers software and SaaS-based mobile services. Retriever’s partners include IBM, Microsoft, Intermec, Motorola, Datalogic and Motion Computing. Retriever is the current Microsoft Mobility Partner of the Year, Intermec Asia-Pacific Partner of the Year and now a Consensus Software Award winner.