Empired and Coreworx Enter Partnership Agreement

20th May 2010

Empired today announced its exclusive partnership with leading global supplier of project information and project cost control systems to the large capital projects sector Coreworx Inc. (“Coreworx”), a subsidiary of Acorn Energy, Inc. (“Acorn”) (NASDAQ: ACFN). Coreworx is used globally by energy and resources sector leaders to manage major capital project execution risk.

Coreworx project information and project cost control software is used for managing complex engineering projects, typically characterised by interdependent activities being executed across multiple suppliers and engineering houses involving multiple geographies.

Empired’s expertise and presence in the region, coupled with Coreworx' ability to manage complex, globally dispersed major capital projects, will mean significant business benefits to companies looking to develop assets within Australia and South East Asia. Coreworx is already working with several customers in Australia, and sees this partnership benefitting these existing customers and future customers. 

Empired will not only re-sell Coreworx’ software products, but will design overall business solutions, implement them to the customers’ requirements and provide ongoing management and support for the solution as well as provide document control services. Empired also plans to offer Coreworx products as a hosted, on-demand solution from their data centre.

The demand for such services is becoming more prevalent to address the explosion in major project activity in the resources and energy sectors in Australia and South East Asia. The current announced capital expenditure on major capital projects in Western Australia alone exceeds $175 Billion with $75 Billion already in train. The significant investments associated with these large projects underlines the importance of utilising effective project information and cost control systems such as Coreworx to identify and manage project risk, reduce cost and ensure the implementation of industry best practices.

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Empired secures IT Strategic Consulting Services Contract

4th February 2010

Empired have secured a significant contract to provide IT strategic consulting services to Western Australian Police (WA Police) with an estimated value of $5 Million.

Western Australian Police is responsible for the largest single police jurisdiction in the world, an area covering 2.5 million square kilometres with a structure comprising three regions, 14 districts, 162 police stations and more than 9,000 employees.

The contract is a three year term with two one year options to extend. Contract pricing is based on an expected program of work and associated work effort. This provides WA Police the flexibility to increase and decrease services in line with their requirements.

Empired will provide collaborative and high quality independent services in the areas of strategic advice and planning, benefits realisation and project/program delivery assurance to assist WA Police in achieving their business requirements.

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Empired Appoints New General Manager, Delivery Services

1st February 2010

Empired has secured the appointment of John Bardwell as General Manager, Delivery Services effective 1 February 2010. John will head the overall delivery organisation consisting of Managed Services and Enterprise Services. Managed Services will continue to house all of our operational delivery groups.

John has had a long and successful career in the IT&T industry. He has been employed by a number of large corporate, government and multi-national organisations such as BankWest, Unisys and Western Power.

John is also a sought after consultant, having undertaken a wide range of consulting engagements in government and commercial sectors including finance, resources and utilities.

John will play an instrumental role in the development and growth of Empired over the coming years and is a well know figure in IT circles across Australia, the ability to secure an appointment of this calibre is a testament to Empired’s strengths.