Australian Global HQ opened by Prime Minister John Howard

PRESS RELEASE
AUSTRALIAN INTERNET TECHNOLOGY COMPANY TAKES ON THE WORLD

WebAlive Technologies Global Pty Ltd, an Australian firm headquartered at Digital Harbour Commonwealth Technology Port, Docklands Melbourne, has recently opened partner offices in London and Dubai and plans to open in Shanghai in the 2nd half of 2004.

Digital Harbour was established with the assistance of a funding package from The Commonwealth of Australia. The Prime Minister, John Howard, officially opens the precinct on July 2nd.

WebAlive’s global technology innovation is based on their world release of the 1st in a series of internet business transaction and communication products…WEBALIVE™ This is a complete Web Site planning, deployment and management system including e-Commerce, (on line store and secure multi payment gateway), which is based on open source platforms, and is non platform dependent, (works with Mac, PC, Linux etc). WebAlive™ is a complete web site content management control system that requires no programming and is sold for $1 a day including 25 email addresses, 12 months hosting, secure on line payment gateways, limitless extranet and intranet functionality and allows the user to have unlimited web pages and content.

“A large percentage of our clients had a web site already and switched to WEBALIVE™ because of the increased control, features, functionality and freedom it provides, as well, of course, as the reduced costs”, says Managing Director, David Daniel.The technology has been completely developed within Australia, is owned by Australian founders and has been truly internationalized by the release of multiple language versions including Chinese.

In the Middle East the company has entered into a partnership distribution agreement with one of the regions largest Telecommunications Distributors to deploy 50,000 licences.

The UK Partners have been signed to deploy 100,000 licences and the Group expects to attain One Million end user licencees globally by 2007-2008

In just 6 months of commercialization activity in Australia, the company has sold thousands of licences and procured some of the countries largest business and industry peak bodies as formal channel partners including BECA and ANZABI, in addition to numerous commercial channel partners such as The OFFICE NATIONAL Group and many local Government communities.

The company has worked successfully with AUSTRADE in the establishment of these international markets and has also recently passed a 6 month, critical technical and commercial due diligence audit with one of China’s largest Telecommunications companies and expects to open in China, initially in Shanghai in the 2nd half of 2004, in commercial “partnership” with this Telco for development of the fast growing Chinese market.

The company is also an approved supplier to The Commonwealth of Australia under the ESA scheme.

For further information please contact the Director responsible for Media Relations,
Mr. Matthew Larkworthy:T+61 3 9934 0888 or email matthew.larkworthy@webalive.biz

Web Alive Global Managing Director, Mr. David Daniel with Victorian State Government Minister for Innovation, Mr. John Brumby at the opening ceremony

Web Alive Global Managing Director, Mr. David Daniel with Prime Minister Mr. John Howard at the opening ceremony