August '24 Wrap

It was certainly an actioned-packed August! Keep reading to get details of Atturra's full-year financial results, company news articles, our client success story of the month and the latest from recent industry conferences.

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Client Story of the Month!

Atturra and Brisbane Grammar School have a long-standing partnership dating back to 2016. This year we have collaborated to develop a cutting-edge student information system (SIS) for their school, called Scholarion. Built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, it’s an exciting innovation and a crucial part of their digital transformation journey. Read the full client story here: Student Information System Supporting Brisbane Grammar School’s Digital Transformation

Company News

Exent Acquisition

Headquartered in Brisbane, Exent is an advisory and consulting services firm specialising in business transformation across people, process, technology, and data. The recent acquisition of Exent will build out Atturra’s advisory capability beyond the Canberra market, expanding business into the commercial sector. For more information refer to the ASX announcement: Microsoft Word - ATA_Draft ASX announcement Neutron_Completion_FINAL (002).docx (yourir.info)

Expansion of Sovereign Cloud Capabilities with NEXTDC

Atturra have expanded our sovereign cloud capabilities through a new deployment in NEXTDC‘s S3 datacentre. This will allow us to better meet rapidly growing client demand for domestically located cloud compute and storage capacity. It will also enhance Atturra’s ability to support the increasing need for AI-as-a-Service workloads for clients across Australia. Read more: Atturra Expands its Sovereign Cloud Capabilities with NEXTDC - Atturra

Atturra and Nuix harness enhanced AI technologies from Hewlett Packard Enterprise

This is going set to drive 10x faster processing, with our collaboration incorporating T3K.AI to also double image processing speeds. This breakthrough will empower our clients to analyse unstructured data faster and with greater accuracy. Read more: Nuix and Atturra harness enhanced AI technologies from HPE

2024 Financial Year Results

Last month we announced our FY24 financial results, with revenue of $243.4 million (a 36% increase year on year) and Underlying EBITDA of $25.5 million, both above previous guidance. Find out all the details here: FY24 presentation (yourir.info)

Conference & Events

Education

• 2024 Heads of Student Administration (HoSA) Conference - We were proud to sponsor the Conference at Australian Catholic University, where we connected with leaders to discuss our new Student Systems Health Check service. The Gala Dinner was a highlight of the event, and we were thrilled to award John Hegarty from Swinburne University of Technology with a set of Sennheiser Headphones.
• AI in the Classroom Luncheon - We hosted an education event focused on the role AI is playing in our schools. Supported by vendor partners HP and Microsoft at the beautiful Rockpool Dining Group in Sydney, guests enjoyed a three-course meal in a private dining space.
• EduTECH - With a double-sized booth at EDUtech Australia 2024 in Melbourne. We were grateful to be showcasing our education offerings, with support from technology partners Smartsheet, Microsoft and HP.

Manufacturing

Atturra and QAD visited four cities across Australia for the Manufacturing Roadshow. This was a great opportunity for participants to learn the current state of manufacturing, the challenges faced by Australian manufacturers and the need to innovate. Anton Chilton, CEO of QAD went through the current disruptions faced from international logistics and the economic and productivity challenges faced by many. Carter Lloyds, Chief Product & Marketing Officer of QAD talked about their latest upcoming release of ERP O3, including the roadmap and integration strategy.

CEO Stephen Kowal wins CRN Leadership Award!

This award recognises Stephen for being an exceptional leader who has demonstrated significant, meaningful impact in our business and the wider IT community through his leadership role. It's been an exciting career journey for Stephen, and he has certainly led Atturra to great heights since joining in 2019. All of us at Atturra are very proud! Read more in the article below from CRN: https://lnkd.in/gncX_Ny3

Upcoming Events & Awards

ASX Small and Mid-Cap Conference

Atturra's CEO Stephen Kowal is proud to be presenting at the next ASX Small and Mid-Cap Conference. He’ll discuss Atturra’s latest achievements, strategy and business vision live on 25th September at the ASX office in Sydney. You can also stream the presentation online or watch on delay. Registrations are now officially open, so click on the link below to register. https://lnkd.in/gudV8AB3

Two ARN Women in ICT Awards Nominations

We're thrilled to have two finalists in the 2024 ARN - Channel News Women in ICT Awards. Starting in 2021, this is a prestigious Australian industry event celebrating female excellence in the ICT sector. Imogen Tysoe from our Data & Analytics team is a finalist in the Innovation category and Sarah Norton from our Cloud Business Solutions team is a finalist in the Shining Star category. Congratulations to both Sarah and Imogen for reaching this stage. We wish you all the very best! For more info, see the ARN article: Finalists revealed for ARN WIICTA 2024 – ARN (arnnet.com.au)