Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine September 2014 | Page 218

DATA # 3
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DATA # 3 IN ITS original guise was established in 1977 when Powell , Clark and Associates ( PCA ), a prominent IBM support organisation was established to offer professional consulting , application development and data processing services to companies .
PCA developed to become a leading IT software consultancy specialising in developing and implementing software applications for small to medium sized organisations across a range of industries . In particular it established an excellent reputation as the largest supplier of IBM-based software for private hospitals in Australia . In 1984 , Data # 3 was born . PCA joined forces with Albrand Typewriters & Office Machines Pty Ltd ., an IBM typewriter dealer with an excellent reputation and a wealth of experience in the field of office equipment and supplies .
The strongly solutionsoriented approach adopted by PCA was carried through as a guiding principle for Data # 3 – as was a clear understanding that maximising return from investment in Information Technology for its customers needed to be central to everything it did .
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