Expertise located in Adelaide is dispersed throughout the region, which has a mutually beneficial effect. But the digital economy opportunities for Australia extend beyond Asia. The Internet is forging a new world. It is also creating a new type of consumer who is both savvy and well connected. For them, brand loyalty is a far second to cost and ease and flexibility of access to products and services.
Speed is the name of the game on the Internet.
In 1994, the South Australian Government developed its IT2000 Vision. That policy created an opportunity for EDS to become a corporate citizen of South Australia. We now employ more than 700 people in this State and use Adelaide as a crucial resource for our own business activities in the Asia Pacific region. Our partnership with the South Australian Government also laid the basis with a number of other globally focused South Australian companies. Dr. Armitage has since revised his Government's original vision with the recently released Information Economy 2002 document.