BHP and National Australia Bank Announce Employee Computer Provider.Business/Technology Editors MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2000 The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) and the National Australia Bank The National Australia Bank or NAB (ASX: NAB, LSE: NAB, NYSE: NAB, TYO: 8637 ) is part of the NAB Group. It is the largest bank in Australia by assets, and 28th largest in the world. (National) today announced an agreement with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Australia (IBM) for the supply of personal computers to their combined Australian workforce of about 60,000 people. BHP also announced an agreement with Telstra Corporation (Telstra) for the supply of Internet services to support its BHPvillage.com initiative, announced on 15 March 2000. BHP Managing Director and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Paul Anderson said the agreements represented a major step forward in the rollout of the BHPvillage.com initiative. "We are pleased to be partnering with the National, IBM, and Telstra and look forward to an ongoing relationship through BHPvillage.com," Mr. Anderson Mr. Anderson can refer to several fictional characters:
"This initiative is the sort of win-win outcome we are seeking as a company; it encourages culture change, new ways of operating and the acquisition of new skills. "We will be delivering benefits to our customers and shareholders while also contributing to the communities in which our employees live and work." The National announced that its staff would have greater access to its free ISP See free Internet service. service -- national.freeonline.com.au which was developed late last year with FreeOnline. The service will now be extended to most Australian capital cities There are eight capital cities in Australia, all of which function at a sub-national level. Of these, Canberra has also acted as the national capital since 1927. Between 1901 and the current national capital's opening, Melbourne functioned as the seat of national government. and progressively to regional centres. Chief Executive Officer Australian Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Mike Pratt said the National was pleased to work in conjunction with BHP and IBM to implement this important initiative. "I am acutely aware of the need to assist the National's employees with the task of becoming familiar with the benefits and opportunities the Internet will bring us," Mr. Pratt said. "Provision of a PC and Internet access is obviously a key part of that education process." The rollout for both BHP and the National is expected to commence in June 2000. Following evaluation in Australia, the BHPvillage.com initiative will be considered for wider application to the Company's global operations. The IBM deal offers BHP and National's Australian-based employees access to personal computers at very competitive prices and free Internet access through BHPvillage.com portal and national.freeonline.com.au respectively. |
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