OMESTI Group Partner Opens Up Australia Market For Microimage HCM Solutions

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 3, 2014 (Newswire.com) - OMESTI Group partner Microimage HCM Asia (MIHCM Asia Sdn Bhd) and 8common Limited of Australia (ASX: 8CO) have signed an agreement for 8common to act as the channel partner for a suite of leading-edge HCM (human capital management] solutions from the Microimage portfolio.

Harshsa Purasinghe, CEO of Microimage said, “Our portfolio of HCM solutions helps organisations manage all aspects of their human capital management to deliver cost and operational efficiencies.  We are delighted to enter the Australian market in partnership with 8common and we look forward to working closely with the 8common team to extend their enterprise solutions offering with our leading-edge HR technology.”

"Our portfolio of HCM solutions helps organisations manage all aspects of their human capital management to deliver cost and operational efficiencies. We are delighted to enter the Australian market in partnership with 8common and we look forward to working closely with the 8common team to extend their enterprise solutions offering with our leading-edge HR technology."

Harsha Purasinghe, CEO, Microimage

Nic Lim, CEO of 8common Limited said, “HR solutions are very complex requiring strong methodology, deep experience and comprehensive support resources. The Microimage HCM solution suite demonstrates these qualities and has been delivered to clients globally since 1995. Combining the blue chip client base of Expense8 with the Microimage solution, we are confident that we can build a successful partnership in Australia.”

Microimage has extensive proven R&D expertise in designing comprehensive HCM solutions which help facilitate HR planning, recruitment, retention and development programmes. Rewards systems, training and performance management modules are also part of the portfolio. Over the years, it has implemented HR solutions for over 600 customers across many industry verticals and has more recently extended its product range to leverage the power of cloud, mobile and social technologies. The cloud-based Social Performance Management System Workswiftly.com is one example of this and serves as an informative and interactive social feed, capturing goals assigned to employees along with comments posted by peers and superiors on progress.

“Cloud adoption, disruptive technology and changing software pricing models are what we are seeing across all markets. The opportunities are significant and we are well-positioned to benefit from this.”

Since its IPO in late August 2014, 8common has moved quickly to form new partnerships to enhance its offering within its original Travel and Expense (Expense8) and Real Estate (Realtors8) product verticals. The entry into the HR space is in-line with its ambition to own and represent a suite of enterprise solutions which will facilitate cross-sell and efficient management of channel partners. This latest agreement marks the further expansion of 8common into the HR software solutions space following its recently announced proposed acquisition of an established SaaS delivered HR survey product.

About Microimage HCM Asia: Microimage HCM Asia is a partnership between Microimage of Sri Lanka and OMESTI Berhad (KLSE: OMESTI 9008) (formerly known as Formis Resources Berhad). Founded in 1995, Microimage provides HCM solutions available as on-premise and SaaS versions. The solutions are currently used by a diverse client base of over 600 customers, from SMEs to large-scale enterprises across a variety of industries in the Middle East and Asia. 

About 8common Limited and Expense8: The 8common operates from dual headquarters in Sydney and Singapore and is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX:8CO). It is an enterprise software company with a primary business in the development and distribution of two established software solutions: Expense8 and Realtors8. Expense8 is an integrated end to end Travel and Expense management solution used by government agencies, Australian corporates and multinationals in 8 countries. Expense8 operated on both licence fee and transaction-based business model.