April 5, 2012; Brisbane, Australia: Data^#3 Limited, one of Australia’s leading Information and Communications Technology companies, has been announced as the 2012 VMware Cloud Infrastructure Partner of the Year.

With global revenues of $3.7billion, VMware has more than 300,000 customers and 25,000 partners worldwide. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, VMware is recognised as the global software leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure.

The award recognises Data^#3’s ongoing commitment and investment in offering VMware’s cloud infrastructure technology as a key solution component to customers. The 2012 win reflects and further builds upon Data^#3’s 2011 success as the VMware ANZ Partner of the Year.

Data^#3 Group General Manager, Laurence Baynham accepted the award from VMware’s Channel Director, John Donovan and Vice President and Managing Director, Duncan Bennet at the VMware Partner Exchange Event in Sydney yesterday.

“Data^#3’s success in achieving the VMware Cloud Infrastructure Partner of the Year reflects our strategy to partner with global leaders to consistently provide the best solutions to meet our customers’ needs.

“We have provided customers with a range of Public Cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) and Private Cloud options over the last three years. Our Australian-based Trusted Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) was launched in mid-2011. Data^#3’s Trusted Cloud extends choice, which has resulted in a number of our customers realising the benefits of shifting capital expenditure to an operating expense model,” commented Baynham.

“VMware is delighted to present Data^#3 with our Cloud Infrastructure Partner of the Year Award. Our partners are at the core of our business and this award recognises the great work achieved by Data^#3 over the past year. I congratulate them and look forward to continuing our work together in the future,” said Duncan Bennet, Vice President and Managing Director, VMware ANZ.

Data^#3’s own Cloud infrastructure is based on architecture which leverages the full capability of VMware solutions to provide scalable enterprise grade services to customers. VMware technology assists Data^#3 to rapidly build flexible solutions to meet the diverse range of customer needs, whether they are in Private, Trusted or Hybrid Cloud environments.

Data^#3’s long standing relationships with world leading technology vendors is core to our strategy in offering choice to customers in sourcing and applying technology to meet their business objectives.

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About Data^#3

Data^#3 Limited (DTL) is an ASX listed company that provides market leading technology solutions across a wide range of industries throughout Australia and Asia Pacific. We consult with our customers to help them design, deploy and manage technology solutions through our five specialist businesses:

• Licensing Solutions: for software licensing, asset management and workforce productivity
• Product Solutions: for hardware procurement, warehousing, configuration, deployment and disposal
• Integrated Solutions: for strategic consulting, and the design and deployment of the datacentre, network and desktop infrastructure
• Managed Services: for essential support and hardware maintenance, selective outsourcing, and cloud-based infrastructure and software as a service
• People Solutions: for contractor and permanent recruitment, and human capital performance management

Data^#3 reported revenues of $697 million in the 2010/11 financial year and has approximately 1,000 employees. The company is headquartered in Brisbane and has offices across Australia.
More information about Data^#3 and its solution offerings is available at http://www.data3.com.au

For additional information contact:

Ally Burt
Team Leader – Marketing Communications, Data^#3 Limited
Tel: 07 3243 6216 | Mob: 0427 189 988 |Email: ally_burt@data3.com.au

Laurence Baynham
Group General Manager, Data^#3 Limited
Tel: 07 3243 6210 | Mob: 0413 155 150| Email: laurence_baynham@data3.com.au

Product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

April 4, 2012; Brisbane, Australia: Data^#3 Limited, one of Australia’s leading Information and Communications Technology companies, has welcomed the AIIA’s Board of Directors, local industry leaders and the new Minister for Science, IT, Innovation and the Arts, Ros Bates at a cocktail event at the company’s premises in Brisbane.

Data^#3 joined the AIIA in acknowledging and congratulating the LNP Government on formation of the new Ministry that, for the first time in Australia, will bring together the government’s technology strategy with innovation.

(L-R) Maree Adshead, Chair, Qld Branch Committee, AIIA; Hon. Ros Bates, Qld Minister for Science, IT, Innovation and the Arts; John Grant, Managing Director, Data#3; Mark Esler, General Manager – Product Solutions; Data#3; Suzanne Campbell, CEO, AIIA

Data^#3’s Managing Director and Immediate Past Chair of the AIIA, John Grant welcomed the Minister to her new role.

“Data^#3 and the AIIA are very fortunate to have MP Ros Bates in attendance at this event in her first official outing since being sworn in.

“We are delighted to see the new government acknowledge the potential to leverage innovation made possible through technology and their IT strategy, included in the one portfolio.

“We believe there are huge gains to be made and look forward to working closely with the Minister and her Department to do so,” concluded Grant.

AIIA CEO Suzanne Campbell highlighted the pivotal role the ICT industry can play in the Government’s four-pillar economy action plan. The plan proposes to address skills shortages and build a more productive and resilient Queensland economy; while at the same time meeting the challenges of a globalised economy through the key industry sectors of agriculture, construction, resources and tourism.

“The new LNP Government has an industry led plan in which technology will play a very significant part,” commented Campbell.

“This presents opportunities for the ICT sector in Queensland and the AIIA will be working with both industry and government to bring this to fruition.

The AIIA Cocktail Event, hosted at the Data^#3 Head Office last night, is an important networking opportunity introducing the ICT industry and government leaders, and reinforcing their roles in driving Queensland’s economic growth and strong partnerships for the future.

For additional information and photographs of the event please contact: ally_burt@data3.com.au

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About Data^#3

Data^#3 Limited (DTL) is an ASX listed company that provides market leading technology solutions across a wide range of industries throughout Australia and Asia Pacific.

We consult with our customers to help them design, deploy and manage technology solutions through our five specialist businesses:

• Licensing Solutions: for software licensing, asset management and workforce productivity
• Product Solutions: for hardware procurement, warehousing, configuration, deployment and disposal
• Integrated Solutions: for strategic consulting, and the design and deployment of the datacentre, network and desktop infrastructure
• Managed Services: for essential support and hardware maintenance, selective outsourcing, and cloud-based infrastructure and software as a service
• People Solutions: for contractor and permanent recruitment, and human capital performance management

Data^#3 reported revenues of $697 million in the 2010/11 financial year and has approximately 1,000 employees. The company is headquartered in Brisbane and has offices across Australia.

More information about Data^#3 and its solution offerings is available at http://www.data3.com.au

For additional information contact:

Ally Burt
Team Leader – Marketing Communications, Data^#3 Limited
Tel: 07 3243 6216 | Mob: 0427 189 988 |Email: ally_burt@data3.com.au

John Grant
Managing Director, Data^#3 Limited
Tel: 1300 23 28 23 | Mob: 0411 429 930| Email: john_grant@data3.com.au

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The honours include the Highest Total Revenue Partner in Australia and New Zealand award and the Highest Growth Services Contracts award.

Mark Esler, Data^#3’s General Manager for Product Solutions accepted the Total Revenue Partner Award from HP Australia’s Managing Director, Paul Brandling.

Data^#3 Group General Manager, Laurence Baynham said that Data^#3 was pleased to be recognised with the two prestigious awards.

“Our relationship with HP extends back to 1984 and through our strategic investments in people, skills and certification the business has grown substantially over previous years. In addition, we have invested in three state-of-the-art integration centres across Australia, which has allowed for the rapid deployment of computing infrastructure for customers.

“We anticipate strong future growth with HP, particularly after recently appointed CEO Meg Whitman confirmed HP’s future as an infrastructure provider with continued investment in the channel,” concluded Baynham.

Data^#3 was selected from over fifty registered HP Premier Partners to achieve this success at the two-day conference held at Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart.

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About Data^#3

Data^#3 Limited (DTL) is an ASX listed company that provides market leading technology solutions across a wide range of industries throughout Australia and Asia Pacific.

We consult with our customers to help them design, deploy and manage technology solutions through our five specialist businesses:

• Licensing Solutions: for software licensing, asset management and workforce productivity
• Product Solutions: for hardware procurement, warehousing, configuration, deployment and disposal
• Integrated Solutions: for strategic consulting, and the design and deployment of the datacentre, network and desktop infrastructure
• Managed Services: for essential support and hardware maintenance, selective outsourcing, and cloud-based infrastructure and software as a service
• People Solutions: for contractor and permanent recruitment, and human capital performance management

Data^#3 reported revenues of $697 million in the 2010/11 financial year and has approximately 1,000 employees. The company is headquartered in Brisbane and has offices across Australia.

More information about Data^#3 and its solution offerings is available at http://www.data3.com.au

For additional information contact:

Ally Burt
Team Leader – Marketing Communications, Data^#3 Limited
Tel: 07 3243 6216 | Mob: 0427 189 988 |Email: ally_burt@data3.com.au

Laurence Baynham
Group General Manager, Data^#3 Limited
Tel: 07 3243 6210 | Mob: 0413 155 150| Email: laurence_baynham@data3.com.au

Product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

The honours include IBM Systems and Technology Growth Partner of the Year – Victoria, IBM Maintenance Partner of the Year – Queensland, and IBM Business Partner Award – Smarter Computing (Smarter Planet Awards).

The IBM Business Partner Awards identify and reward the outstanding achievements of IBM Business Partners and IT resellers.

“IBM is delighted to present Data^#3 with our Smarter Computing Award, which underpins IBM’s Smarter Planet initiative. Smarter Computing is a strategic play for IBM, aligned to client needs around big data, cloud and workload optimisation. Data^#3 has also won our Growth partner of the Year award for 2011, having achieved impressive growth whilst delivering high value adding client solutions last year,” said Phillip Cameron, Director, Business Partner Organisation, IBM Australia and New Zealand.

Data^#3’s success is winning a Smarter Planet Award (Smarter Computing category) acknowledges IBM software resellers and solutions providers who think holistically about their IT infrastructure and implement Smarter Computing models to achieve benefits for their customers.

Data^#3 Group General Manager, Laurence Baynham said the company was delighted to have won the highly regarded awards.

“Winning the three awards reflects the strength and depth of our expertise in datacentre solutions,” continued Baynham.

“Our success in achieving the Smarter Computing Award exhibits our ability to offer a range of technology consumption choices including Public, Private and Trusted Cloud to our customers.

Data^#3 was selected from several hundred registered IBM business partners in Australia and New Zealand, with the Smarter Planet award accepted at the Business Partner Summit in Sydney last week.

Data^#3 has made a significant investment with IBM in their technology solutions and this most recent accolade continues to validate the benefits of the long term relationships held with strategic partners.

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About Data^#3

Data^#3 Limited (DTL) is an ASX listed company that provides market leading technology solutions across a wide range of industries throughout Australia and Asia Pacific. We consult with our customers to help them design, deploy and manage technology solutions through our five specialist businesses:

• Licensing Solutions: for software licensing, asset management and workforce productivity
• Product Solutions: for hardware procurement, warehousing, configuration, deployment and disposal
• Integrated Solutions: for strategic consulting, and the design and deployment of the datacentre, network and desktop infrastructure
• Managed Services: for essential support and hardware maintenance, selective outsourcing, and cloud-based infrastructure and software as a service
• People Solutions: for contractor and permanent recruitment, and human capital performance management

Data^#3 reported revenues of $697 million in the 2010/11 financial year and has approximately 1,000 employees. The company is headquartered in Brisbane and has offices across Australia.

More information about Data^#3 and its solution offerings is available at http://www.data3.com.au

For additional information contact:

Ally Burt
Team Leader – Marketing Communications, Data^#3 Limited
Tel: 07 3243 6216 | Mob: 0427 189 988 |Email: ally_burt@data3.com.au

Laurence Baynham
Group General Manager, Data^#3 Limited
Tel: 07 3243 6210 | Mob: 0413 155 150| Email: laurence_baynham@data3.com.au

Product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

• Data^#3 appointed to provide Microsoft Large Account Reseller deliverables to the Federal Government

• Competitive tender process started in November 2011

• New agreement builds on Data^#3’s successful provision of services under previous agreement that generated meaningful licensing efficiencies for the Federal Government

• Term of new agreement will be for at least three years

March 15, 2012: Brisbane, Australia: Australian Information and Communications Technology leader Data^#3 Limited (ASX: DTL), is pleased to announce that it was the successful tenderer under FIN11/AGIO11 for the supply of Microsoft Large Account Reseller (LAR) deliverables to the entire Federal Government.

Having supplied these services to the Federal Government for the past four years, the new agreement will last for at least the next three years and should lead to further efficiencies in Microsoft licensing procurement and management for the Federal Government.
With Data^#3’s previous agreement approaching expiration, the Federal Government recently went to open tender. The Government’s decision to continue sourcing Microsoft LAR services from Data^#3 reflects the company’s success in delivering value to the Federal government.

Under the new agreement, Data^#3, with its substantial experience in successfully managing large government and whole of government volume licensing agreements, will work with all Federal Government agencies to maximise the value of their investment in Microsoft software.

Data^#3 Managing Director John Grant said that the company was delighted to have been selected for the contract.

“It’s a great result. The Federal Government’s decision to award its whole of government Microsoft licensing contract to Data^#3 recognises the benefits generated from the previous agreement and allows the relationship to take Microsoft licensing procurement and management to the next level.

“This successful tender follows a number of recent wins for Data^#3, including being recognised as Microsoft’s number one Large Account Reseller (LAR) in Australia and partner of the year for Server Platform, Systems Management and Desktop. Winning this competitive contract following our recent awards, in particular from Microsoft, consolidates Data^#3’s position as Australia’s leading software licensing provider,” added Grant.

ENDS

For additional information contact:

John Grant – Managing Director
Tel: 1300 23 28 23  |  Mob: 0411 429 930  |  Email: john_grant@data3.com.au

Laurence Baynham -  Group General Manager
Tel: 1300 23 28 23  |  Mob: 0413 155 150  |  Email: laurence_baynham@data3.com.au

About Data^#3

Data^#3 Limited (DTL) is an ASX listed company that provides market leading technology solutions across a wide range of industries throughout Australia and Asia Pacific.

We consult with our customers to help them design, deploy and manage technology solutions through our five specialist businesses:

• Licensing Solutions: for software licensing, asset management and workforce productivity

•  Product Solutions: for hardware procurement, warehousing, configuration, deployment and disposal

•  Integrated Solutions: for strategic consulting, and the design and deployment of the datacentre, network and desktop infrastructure

•  Managed Services: for essential support and hardware maintenance, selective outsourcing, and cloud-based infrastructure and software as a service

• People Solutions: for contractor and permanent recruitment, and human capital performance management

Data^#3 reported revenues of $697 million in the 2010/11 financial year and has approximately 1,000 employees. The company is headquartered in Brisbane and has offices across Australia.

More information about Data^#3 and its solution offerings is available at http://www.data3.com.au

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• Group revenue for the six months ended 31 December 2011 (1H12) up 15% to $435.8 million driven by strong growth in software products, managed services and recruitment and contracting revenues
• Challenging market conditions for project investment saw revenues in hardware product and project services decline
• Continuing investments in people and infrastructure
• 1H12 NPAT down 9.5% on an exceptionally high 1H11, but well ahead of the long term trend
• Interim fully franked dividend of 3.45 cents per share, a payout ratio of 73.9% consistent with pcp
• Strong cashflow and balance sheet with no material debt

BRISBANE, Monday 20 February 2012: Australian Information and Communications Technology leader Data^#3 Limited (ASX: DTL) today announced its 1H12 results.

Group revenue increased 15% to $435.8 million, well ahead of overall industry growth. This performance was driven by solid growth in software licensing (up 24%), managed services (up 33%) and recruitment and contracting (up 15%).

An increasingly uncertain market saw customer investment in technology projects to drive transformational change decline sharply in the second quarter. This stalled growth in the company’s project services and hardware product businesses with revenue declining approximately 3% over 1H11, and 18% over 2H11.

As a consequence of this change in revenue mix, group sales margins declined 0.9%.

Expenses increased by 13.3% over 1H11 reflecting the continuing programme of investment in operational efficiencies and increasing capacity to support long term growth. 1H12 net profit after tax was $7.2 million, 9.5% below the exceptionally high 1H11 result, but well ahead of the long term trend.

“In a period of challenging industry dynamics, this was a very solid first half result headlined by strong revenue growth and profit ahead of the trend of recent years,” commented Data^#3 Managing Director, John Grant.

“Contracted revenues from software licensing, managed services and recruitment and contracting grew strongly, but this was offset by delay or deferral of projects requiring significant capital expenditure. This flowed through to our first half with project related hardware and services revenues and contribution to profit declining.”

Commenting on the current environment, Mr Grant said “We see the uncertain conditions that marked the first half continuing at least for the remainder of this financial year. Under these circumstances we are not in a position to provide guidance for the full year and we will keep shareholders informed.”

Reflecting the company’s strong cashflow and solid balance sheet, Data^#3’s directors declared an interim fully franked dividend of 3.45 cents per share representing a payout ratio of 73.9%, consistent with 1H11. The interim dividend will be paid on 30 March 2012.

About Data^#3
Data^#3 Limited [ASX: DTL] is a national Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions company.

Data^#3 provides market leading expertise in:

• Software licensing, software asset management and workforce productivity solutions to optimise and manage the acquisition and use of software licensed in volume from global manufacturers;
• Integrated solutions to design and deploy hardware and software infrastructure across the desktop, network and data centre;
• Product solutions for procuring, configuring, rolling-out and disposing of technology cost effectively;
• Managed services to provide outsourced solutions for infrastructure operations, support and maintenance;
• People solutions to provide contract and permanent recruitment and human capital performance management.

Data^#3’s customers cover a wide range of industries including banking and finance, mining, tourism and leisure, legal, healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, government and utilities located throughout Australia and Asia Pacific.

Data^#3 reported revenues of $697 million in the 2010/11 financial year and has approximately 1,000 permanent and contracted employees. The company is headquartered in Brisbane, and has offices located in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Perth.

More information about Data^#3 and its solution offerings is available at http://www.data3.com.au

For additional information:

John Grant
Managing director, Data^#3 Limited
Tel: 1300 23 28 23  | Mob: 0411 429 930 | Email: john_grant@data3.com.au

Brem Hill
Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary, Data^#3 Limited
Tel: 1300 23 28 23 | Mob: 0411 887 182 | Email: brem_hill@data3.com.au

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Perth now joins Brisbane and Adelaide as a host city for JuiceIT in 2012. The event will be headlined with keynote presentations from Data^#3’s Managing Director, John Grant and the host of the ABC’s New Inventors, James O’Loghlin.

The overarching theme of Innovation, highlighted by both keynotes, underlines Data^#3’s commitment to enhance customer outcomes and expose how productivity growth can be achieved.

The agenda boasts over 30 sessions, including in-depth presentations from Data^#3’s Solution Specialists and world-leading technology partner experts who will cover topics such as cloud, collaboration, mobility and the end-user computing revolution. In addition, the Customer Immersion Experience will be running in parallel, offering delegates the opportunity for a hands-on encounter with the latest technologies.

Now in its fourth year, JuiceIT is designed for customers seeking the latest insight and information from Data^#3’s technology partners, including inaugural Diamond Sponsors HP and Intel.

“HP is pleased to sponsor JuiceIT 2012. Partnering for this event exemplifies the strength of our relationship with our HP Premier Business Partner, Data^#3. JuiceIT connects HP to delegates from a diverse range of industries and is a unique platform to deliver our Converged Infrastructure Strategy to market,” commented Carolyn Drury, Group Marketing Manager, HP Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking, South Pacific.

“We are excited to be participating in JuiceIT 2012 where we will discuss our vision for cloud computing and the latest evolution in PCs – the Intel inspired Ultrabook™,” said Daniel Anderson, Enterprise Marketing Manager, Intel Australia.

This full-day event is the perfect forum for customers looking to leverage technology for innovation and productivity gains.

Managing Director, John Grant said that the event format continues to draw delegates year after year.

“JuiceIT connects customers to technology partners and showcases Data^#3’s solution experts and strategies.

“The sessions on offer provide delegates with the opportunity to gain innovative insights to achieve business outcomes. Building upon the event theme, we hope to help delegates understand how innovation through the adoption and application of world leading technologies can make a difference to productivity in their business,” concluded Grant.

27 World Leading Technology Vendors, 1 location, 1 day. JuiceIT: bigger and better in 2012.

JuiceIT will be held in March 2012:
Adelaide: Wednesday March 14 – Hilton Hotel
Perth: Wednesday March 21 – Burswood Entertainment Complex
Brisbane: Wednesday March 28 – Hilton Hotel

For more information and to register attendance visit: www.juiceit2012.com.au
Twitter hashtag: #juiceit2012

About Data^#3

Data^#3 Limited [ASX: DTL] is one of Australia’s leading Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Solutions companies.

Data^#3 provides market leading expertise across a wide range of industries throughout Australia and Asia Pacific. Our expertise is expressed through a range of ICT solutions that incorporate technologies from the world’s leading vendors and help address the many ways that our customers choose to adopt technology.

We consult with our customers to help them design, deploy and manage technology solutions through our five specialist businesses:

• Licensing Solutions: for software licensing, asset management and business productivity
• Product Solutions: for hardware supply, warehousing, configuration, deployment and disposal
• Integrated Solutions: for strategic consulting and the design and deployment of infrastructure and software technologies
• Managed Services: for essential support, selective outsourcing, and cloud-based infrastructure as a service and software as a service
• People Solutions: for contractor and permanent recruitment and human capital performance management

Data^#3 reported revenues of $697 million in the 2010/11 financial year, and has approximately 1,000 employees. The company is headquartered in Brisbane and has offices across Australia.

More information about Data^#3 and its solution offerings is available at http://www.data3.com.au

For additional information:
Ally Burt
Team Leader – Marketing Communications, Data^#3 Limited
Tel: 07 3243 6216 | Mob: 0427 189 988 | Email: ally_burt@data3.com.au

Laurence Baynham
Group General Manager, Data^#3 Limited
Tel: 07 3243 6210 | Mob: 0413 155 150 | Email: laurence_baynham@data3.com.au

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This certification recognises that Data^#3 has fulfilled the training requirement and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) products and solutions.

Achieving the partner certification required training and exams for sales, solution specialists and deployment specialists to ensure that Data^#3 staff understand the value this technology provides and can clearly link customer business requirements to both architectural designs and the technologies required to deliver tangible benefits for customers.

The Cisco ISE platform is a comprehensive, next-generation, and context-based access control solution which offers exceptional visibility and control to optimally secure enterprise networks and efficiently enforce security policies across geographically distributed environments.

Data^#3’s Group General Manager, Laurence Baynham said that this achievement reflects Data^#3’s ability to respond to customer demands through its investments in the development of highly secure network solutions.

“Cisco’s Identity Services Engine is an enforcement platform which will help our customers manage the issues created by the explosion of end-user devices, such as iPads, tablets and smart phones on their networks, without compromising their corporate security policies.

“Our achievement in becoming the first ANZ certified partner able to plan, design, deploy and support Cisco’s Identity Services Engine is a true testament to the expertise of the Data^#3 team and a reflection of our ongoing commitment to provide outstanding customers solutions,” commented Baynham.

Cisco’s ISE enables scalable and flexible security policy enforcement through leveraging existing identity-aware network infrastructure and can be delivered through either logical or physical appliances to address customer deployment requirements.

“Data^#3’s investments in technology solutions from global leaders, such as Cisco, is consistent with our overall strategy to bring the best solutions to our customers,” concluded Baynham.

About Data^#3

Data^#3 Limited [ASX: DTL] is a national Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions company.

Data^#3 provides market leading expertise across our four areas of specialisation:

• Software: Solutions in software licensing and asset management to optimise and manage the acquisition of software licensed in volume from global manufacturers
• Infrastructure: Solutions to design and deploy hardware and software infrastructure integrating the desktop, network and datacentre, including procuring, configuring and rolling-out technology cost effectively
• Services: Solutions to provide professional and managed outsourced (cloud) services for infrastructure operations, support and maintenance
• People: Solutions to provide contract and permanent recruitment and human capital performance management

Data^#3’s customers cover a wide range of industries including banking and finance, mining, tourism and leisure, legal, healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, government and utilities located throughout Australia and Asia Pacific.

Data^#3 reported revenues of $697 million in the 2010/11 financial year and has approximately 1,000 permanent and contracted employees. The company is headquartered in Brisbane, and has offices located in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Townsville, Rockhampton and Gladstone.

More information about Data^#3 and its solution offerings is available at: http://www.data3.com.au

For additional information:

Ally Burt
Team Leader – Marketing Communications, Data^#3 Limited
Tel: 07 3243 6216 | Mob: 0427 189 988 | Email: ally_burt @data3.com.au

Laurence Baynham
Group General Manager, Data^#3 Limited
Tel: 07 3243 6210 | Mob: 0413 155 150 | Email: laurence_baynham@data3.com.au

Product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

The agreement positions Data^#3 as a national EMC Signature Partner, the highest partner level available.

Group General Manager, Laurence Baynham said that partnering with EMC Corporation places Data^#3 in an exceptional position to meet its customer’s increasing demands of efficiently managing large volumes of critical data and information.

“This announcement is consistent with our current strategy to partner with global leaders so that we can continuously provide the best solutions to meet our customers’ needs.

“Managing the ever increasing volumes of data and information is a significant component of ICT investment. Businesses have an escalating need to effectively control and mitigate risk in complex infrastructure environments while taking the user experience for accessing, sharing and collaborating on enterprise content to a new level,” concluded Baynham.
Data^#3’s long standing relationships with many of the world’s leading technology vendors is a key component of its strategy to provide choice for its customers in sourcing and applying technology to meet their objectives.

Data^#3 sees this partnership as a new market growth opportunity in which EMC’s portfolio complements the existing offerings in its Solutions Framework and adds to the choices its customers have in deploying technology across its Technology Consumption Model with on-premise, cloud or hybrid solutions.

About EMC
EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at australia.emc.com

About Data^#3
Data^#3 Limited [ASX: DTL] is a national Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions company.
Data^#3 provides market leading expertise across our four areas of specialisation:

• Software: Solutions in software licensing and asset management to optimise and manage the acquisition of software licensed in volume from global manufacturers
• Infrastructure: Solutions to design and deploy hardware and software infrastructure integrating the desktop, network and datacentre, including procuring, configuring and rolling-out technology cost effectively
• Services: Solutions to provide professional and managed outsourced (cloud) services for infrastructure operations, support and maintenance
• People: Solutions to provide contract and permanent recruitment and human capital performance management

Data^#3’s customers cover a wide range of industries including banking and finance, mining, tourism and leisure, legal, healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, government and utilities located throughout Australia and Asia Pacific.

Data^#3 reported revenues of $697 million in the 2010/11 financial year and has approximately 1,000 permanent and contracted employees. The company is headquartered in Brisbane, and has offices located in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Townsville, Rockhampton and Gladstone.

More information about Data^#3 and its solution offerings is available at: http://www.data3.com.au

For additional information please contact:

Ally Burt
Team Leader, Marketing Communications – Data^#3 Limited
Tel 07 3243 6216  | Mob 0427 189 988 | Email ally_burt@data3.com.au

Laurence Baynham
Group General Manager – Data^#3 Limited
Tel 07 3243 6210 | Mob 0413 155 150 | Email laurence_baynham@data3.com.au

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Glen was appointed to the Data^#3 Board of Directors in November, 2011 as a Non-Executive Director. With a career spanning 25 years at IBM, Glen was the Managing Director of the local subsidiary – IBM Australia and New Zealand, before stepping down in January 2011. In June 2008, Boreham was appointed as the inaugural Chair of Screen Australia and in March 2011 was announced as the Chair of the Australian Government’s Convergence Review.

Twice in recent years he was named by the Australian Financial Review as one of the top five most powerful leaders in the information industries.

Please join Data^#3 in congratulating Glen on this achievement.