RESPONSE-EDUCATION SERVICES provides online and offline training systems for a range of medical disciplines. The company has also developed software that enables audience response and polling in real time across multiple sites in order to enhance the educational value, research, and feedback from the RES systems. The system is also of benefit to organisations hosting meetings, workshops, or training for groups across several sites.

BIO RECOGNITION SYSTEMS develops, manufactures, and supports biometric readers and associated software solutions for security (access control) and human resources (time and attendance) markets. The company is now focusing on global sales, while retaining a technical capability for customised solutions and more advanced features. BRS has distributors and resellers in Australia and 17 other countries.

FLOWBIZ provides a business process management (BPM) platform that connects people, business processes, and information either inside a business or with road warriors or customers. The company helps organisations using the workflow and business process approach in the health, automotive, financial services, membership services, manufacturing, distribution, and call centre industries.

FREECONNECT offers a Web-based directory service that connects consumers for no charge with local businesses supplying the products or services they may need. FreeConnect allows listed businesses to maintain their own profiles and obtain pre-qualified leads in a user-pays basis.

RINEX TECHNOLOGY designs and manufactures products for the agricultural sector. The company creates easy-to-use interfaces for guidance and mapping applications for farmers. Its systems include data management and field reporting tools as well as automatic section control. Rinex has representation across Australia and affiliates in Canada.

IQ DESIGN provides software development services and systems support to SMEs. Most of the company's solutions have been in business accounting fields and for engineering companies. IQ Design's Knowledge Object Retrieval and Storage (KORS) technology works with industry-standard databases.

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