Canberra ACT (PRWeb) February 7, 2007 -- Funnelback Pty Ltd has won a two year contract to provide search for the Australian Government's online entry point www.australia.gov.au.
The deal will be worth up to $2.25 million over a two year period with an option to extend for a third year.
As part of this deal, Funnelback will be made available to all Australian Commonwealth Government Agencies to power the search on their external websites.
The fully hosted Funnelback search service (www.funnelback.com) will allow citizens to search for and find valuable information on Government policies and programs across the breadth of all Australian Government websites. It will also enhance the effectiveness of Government web information and the impact of program delivery.
Funnelback General Manager Stuart Beil says, "This is a highly strategic deal because it will significantly increase Funnelback's customer base and consolidate our position as the major supplier of Internet & Enterprise Search solutions to all tiers of Government in Australia. It is also a significant step toward Funnelback becoming the leader of hosted search to government around the world."
The Funnelback search service will crawl and index all Australian Government websites each weeknight to ensure the content available for search by citizens is always fresh.
In announcing that Funnelback will continue to provide the search services on the australia.gov.au website, Special Minister of State Gary Nairn today said "Australia.gov.au uses highly-acclaimed Funnelback search engine technology which was developed in Australia and provides users with fast, comprehensive and up-to-date access to government information and services."
The Australian Government search service is the responsibility of the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO).
Funnelback will continue to work with AGIMO to further roll out the service as part of AGIMO's implementation of Australia's e-Government Strategy.
About AGIMO
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO), Department of Finance and Administration fosters the efficient and effective use of information and communications technology (ICT) by Australian Government departments and agencies. It provides strategic advice, activities and representation relating to the productive application of ICT to government administration, information and services.
About Funnelback
Headquartered in Canberra, Australia, Funnelback offers a suite of Internet and Enterprise Search products including server based or hosted ASP search solutions. The Funnelback search engine has a world class result ranking algorithm at its core, which can be tuned to the specific information retrieval needs of its clients.
Funnelback's client list includes blue chip companies, one third of all Australian Universities, media companies, state and federal government, as well as clients in the United Kingdom and Canada.
Funnelback has a research and development alliance with the CSIRO, Australia's government owned scientific and industrial research agency with over 6,500 scientists.
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