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CEO Awarded January 2011OAM
 ThoughtWare CEO Sonja Bernhardt was honoured in the 2011 Australia Day honours with a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the IT industry: raising awareness and the profile of IT, science and technology both in general and specifically for encouraging girls and women to enter careers in technology.
Click on the picture to the left or for more details read the articles in Computerworld and Australian Anthill.
Congratulations Sonja!
Winners - Best Implementation! July 2010
 ThoughtWare was double-finalist in the ITAC 2010 Awards, in the ICT Company of the Year and Best Implementation - Under 150 Places categories - and our client, Victorian aged care centre Alphington's, won the latter award for their implementation of i.on my care.
The awards were held on July 27 at the Regent Plaza Ballroom in Melbourne.
The i.on my software is designed to help aged care centres (as well as schools, childcare facilities and other businesses) meet not only their legal and auditing requirements but their own quality and governance policies, in an easy to use, auditable and time-saving manner.
Foundation Application on NEC Cloud Computing July 2010
 Our award winning i.onmy Care software has been selected as a leading foundation application on the new NEC Aged Care Cloud Computing platform (see story in ITWire). The platform was launched at a great event in Melbourne's Rockpool Restaurant on July 25, attended by the global NEC president and ASIA Pacific president, where a formal MOU between NEC and the two peak industry bodies - ACAA (Aged Care Association Australia) and ACSA (Aged and Community Services Australia) was signed.
ACAA and ACSA have chosen cloud-based applications hosted by NEC as the preferred means of meeting the IT needs of member organisations in the aged care industry.
Photo: CEO Sonja Bernhardt with David Cooke (Group Manager, Health and Aged Care Solutions, NEC Australia Pty Ltd) at the recent ITAC Conference.
iPad Enabled! July 2010
ThoughtWare's i.on my software for governance, risk management and compliance (especially for aged care, schools and childcare) runs without modification on Apple's hot new iPad. As a modern, standards-based, internet-delivered solution, the i.on my range is well placed to take advantages of advances in technology.
 Recognised in Queensland Business Acumen Yearbook 2010 2010
ThoughtWare Australia, CEO Sonja Bernhardt and i.on my Care (ThoughtWare's governance, risk management, compliance and accreditation software for aged care facilities) all received recognition in the 2010 yearbook listing of Queensland business highlights: "Iconic brands. The innovators. The Creators. The Mentors. Award Winners."
 Cover Story in APESMA Magazine Apr-May 2010
CEO Sonja Bernhardt's mentoring activities are featured in the cover story of "Professional Network", the magazine for APESMA (The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia). Click on the image to the right to read the article.
CEO Wins Qld Government Award November 2009
ThoughtWare CEO Sonja Bernhardt wins Queensland Government "Our Women, Our State" Science, Engineering, Technology Award in the Industry/Business Category. Read the Queensland Government Press Release here.
 PC User Magazine October 2009
i.on my business received a detailed and favourable review in PC User magazine.
Australian Business Magazine October 2009
Australian Business featured an interview with ThoughtWare CEO Sonja Bernhardt.
Optus ICT Achievement Award September 2009
Sonja Bernhardt, CEO of ThoughtWare, wins Optus ICT Achievement Award. Story featured in Business Acumen and Australian Anthill magazines.
Employer of the Year Finalist September 2009
ThoughtWare was a finalist in the Office for Women Employer of The Year Awards.
 Target 1000 June 2009
ThoughtWare teams up with B-free and Legal Toolbox in the Target 1000 project, providing a free year's subscription to the compliance subset of i.on my business to SME's.
Triple Finalist in Aged Care Technology Awards May 2009
i.on my care was triple finalist in all three categories of the 2009 Aged Care Technology Awards: implementation of the Year - over 150 places (St Luke's Care), Implementation of the Year - under 150 places (Alphington Aged Care) and ICT Company of the Year (ThoughtWare)!
Featured in MyBusiness February 2009
CEO Sonja Bernhardt and ThoughtWare's i.on my compliance software featured in Australian national magazine MyBusiness. Download or view article (pdf file, 214 kb) here.
Named in The Rust Report January 2008
Named in The Rust Report 18/1/08 of "Aussies Worth Watching: A who's who of Aussie ICT - A roundup of companies making waves at home and abroad".
 Recognition for Sonja Bernhardt June 2007
ThoughtWare CEO Sonja Berhardt has been named in the inaugural Who's Who of Queensland book and the second edition of Who's Who of Australian Women. Sonja also featrures in the Australian Government's Small Business Female Entrepreneurs listing. Click on the image at the right to view the article in the Gold Coast Bulletin (June 8, 2007).
In the Press May 2007
ThoughtWare and our i.on my software for compliance, competency and productivity with special reference to the new water conservation and carbon footprint features feature prominently in the Queensland Government's CeBIT 2007 press release "Qld companies to showcase at Australasia's leading ICT event". (If link has expired, view archived printout.)
Also see our own CeBIT Press Release:
Carbon Credits, Water Conservation, Governance, Compliance and Risk Management
Leaping out of the SMB crowd with a bold move one step ahead of the spectre of enforced legislation, i.on my business by ThoughtWare provides small and medium business with evidence based software that allows them to capture, monitor and report on how they are progressing with environmentally friendly initiatives such as carbon reduction and water recycling/conservation activities... (read the full press release)
 Come And See Us May 2007
ThoughtWare periodically displays our i·on my software for schools and childcare at industry conferences! Come and see us at our stand (upcoming conferences to be announced).
Learn more about what these exciting new products can do for your business: compliance, competency and productivity.
You might have already seen i.on my featured at these recent conferences:
 Where we were in 2006:
Television Coverage of i.on my Nov 2005 & Feb 2006
i.on my has been featured on:
November 13, 2005 & February 5, 2006
i·on my in Toowoomba Chronicle Mar 2006
 The former manager of our i·on my range of targetted small business software, Simone Files, was featured in the Toowoomba Chronicle of March 8, 2006.
“The industries that we have developed the i.on my system for have a large percentage of their operating costs as staff costs,” said Simone. “Maximising staff productivity, by easing the administrative and compliance burden, results in huge savings in costs and time.”
To read more, download the full article (pdf file, 89 kb).
QIDS Grant for ThoughtWare Nov 2005
ThoughtWare has received a $10,000 Queensland Industry and Development Scheme grant for development of new HR productivity software designed especially for professionals running practices, such as doctors, dentists, lawyers and accountants.
Download full press release (pdf, 120 kb)
Find out more about i.on my business, i.on my practice, i.on my centre (childcare) and i.on my school software.
An Australian first for Women in Science and Technology Nov 2005
 In an Australian first, I.T. whiz Sonja Bernhardt, has been selected as one the top 50 influential women in the world in science and technology.
WITI (Women in Technology International), has announced today, that Sonja Bernhardt. Qld based CEO is the first Australian woman being inducted into the WITI Hall of Fame.
 Click on the image at left for larger picture or download full press release (pdf, 52 kb).
Sonja Bernhardt featured in Courier Mail Nov 2005
The "IQ" section of the Brisbane Courier Mail (Nov 9, 2005) featured Sonja, discussing her induction into the WITI Hall of Fame (see press release above) and the need to overhaul the image of the IT industry from the "techy, geeky" image to a more accurate reflection of the people involved.
Click on the image at right for a larger picture to read the article.
ThoughtWare a FIG Double-Winner! June 2005
In the final judging of the Achaeus Financing Innovative Growth (FIG) Program in June 2005, ThoughtWare won two out of the four possible awards, for Best Business Plan Presentation and Best Business Plan Financials.
Sonja Bernhardt, Simone Files & Tom Sanson accept the "Best Presentation" award, 10/6/05
Tom, Sonja & Simone with the Best Financial Plan award, 10/6/05
Tom, Sonja & Simone proudly display their double FIG awards, 10/6/05.
Story on the win in Marshall Hall's Bizzy Bits (Gold Coast Bulletin, 17/6/05)
Archived Stories
ThoughtWare and Sonja Bernhardt have also been featured in these newspaper and magazine articles:
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