The Big iCT Problem By world standards Australia has stopped innovating. Australia’s global ICT ranking has slipped from 9th to 18th place in 9 years between 2004 & 2012 according to the World Economic Forums Networked Readiness Index **(NRI). If you Include access to infrastructure & digital content, affordability and skills, Australia's ranking slips to 25th place. When faced with the reality of having to upgrade or transform the underlying information communications & technology platforms and the applications that enable your business, the delivery of these programs can be compromised by difficult access to the right skilled resources, cumbersome outdated acquisition techniques, delivery inefficiencies, risk & unnecessary cost. The Economic & Social Impact The Concert iCT value Proposition       Slow and inefficient market digitisation Lower GDP & higher unemployment High infrastructure deployment & operational costs Greater barriers to entry for high-tech & manufacturing Increased delivery cost and reduced access to social & public services Decline in International competitiveness Concert brings to the table an aggregated stable of world class iCT services and solutions architected to fill significant capability gaps in our markets. Underpinning Concerts core value proposition and after years of R&D our team implements an iCT labour model delivering true professional services delivery engine through our “Resource as a Service” capability. We've integrated our services and solutions and our state of the art methodology with an enterprise engagement framework that supports accelerated, cost effective & clinical iCT delivery. “From brief to client side in 72 hours with the best and the brightest iCT personnel in the market” **NRI measures the preparedness of an economy to use ICT to boost competitiveness and socio-economic well being www.concertict.com