As a Gold Certified Partner, Aristocrat has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to meet customers’ needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the channel.
As one of the requirements for attaining Gold Certified Partner status, Aristocrat had to declare a Microsoft Competency. Microsoft Competencies are designed to help differentiate a partner’s capabilities with specific Microsoft technologies to customers looking for a particular type of solution.
Each Competency has a unique set of requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry. Within select Competencies, there are Specialisations that focus on specific solution areas that recognise deeper expertise within that Competency. Serving as a specialised path to earning those Competencies, Specialisations give direct access to the tools and resources that support that specific area of focus.
The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in October 2003 and represents Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners’ businesses be successful.
Elektroncek
Elektroncek d.d.
Gorenjska cesta 23
Menges SI-1234
Slovenia
Tel: +386 1 7247710
info@elektroncek.si
www.elektroncek.si
Key Personnel:
Tomaz Zvipelj, Chief Executive Officer
Tim Chapman, General Manager, Global Sales
Joc Pececnik, Founder/Consultant
Elektroncek has developed over the past 10 years to be the leading global supplier of electro-mechanical multi-terminal gaming products. Their Roulette and Dice games are found in casinos and arcades in Europe, Asia and North America, and are renowned for their reliability and player appeal. The company expanded its range of games in 2005 and 2006 to include electronic Blackjack and Baccarat.
Aristocrat purchased 50% of Elektroncek in late 2005. It is the aim of the new Joint Venture between the companies to take these exciting products to all major gaming jurisdictions around the world while continuing to develop new and exciting products.
PokerTek
PokerTek, Inc
Suite J
1020 Crews Rd
Matthews NC 28106
United States of America
Tel: +1 704 849 0860
info@pokertek.com
www.pokertek.com
Key Personnel:
Lou White, Chief Executive Officer
James Crawford, President
Tracy Egan, Vice President, Sales & Marketing
PokerTek, Inc is a NASDAQ listed company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company has developed a completely automated, technology assisted poker system, PokerPro™, first installed at the Seminoles Hard Rock Casino in Florida in May 2005. PokerPro™ was displayed for the first time at the London International Casino Expo (ICE) in January 2006 where it generated significant interest amongst gaming operators and attendees.
Aristocrat has exclusive global distribution rights for the PokerPro™ system outside North America, and is also a minority shareholder in PokerTek, Inc.
The incredible growth in popularity of poker over the past few years provides an ideal opportunity for operators to use the latest technology to offer patrons all the usual attractions of live poker, dealing more hands per hour and eliminating all the mistakes that might arise on live tables.
ACE Interactive
ACE Interactive
ACEI AB (Ace Interactive)
Box 47 221
Årstaängsvägen 11
SE-100 74 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46 8 522 158 00
Fax: +46 8 642 47 14
info@aceinteractive.se
www.aceinteractive.se
Key Personnel:
Michael Koch, Chief Executive Officer
ACE Interactive is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. The company was founded in 2003 as a focused effort to develop and market the next generation of systems for operations of gaming terminals. Based on a strong foundation and experience from development of online lottery systems, ACE Interactive identified a possibility to transform the operations of gaming terminals by introducing a modern, server-based gaming system coupled with all the security, scalability and reliability found in a traditional lottery system.
Located in Stockholm, Sweden, the company today is a leading developer and supplier of turnkey Interactive Video Terminal Systems, an online server-based gaming solution aimed at operators with great demands regarding flexibility, content, security and social responsibility.
The turnkey offering includes Interactive Video Terminals, transaction processing systems, a wide variety of own and 3rd party games and all related services.
ACE Interactive is based on three core values which are reflected in our products as well as the way we do business:
Flexibility – our system offering provides our customers with a high degree of flexibility to continuously adapt to changing market conditions.
Freedom of choice – through the offering of an unbundled business model, our customers are free to source games, hardware and services from any 3rd party provider.
Openness – our modular system architecture is developed using industry de facto standards, enabling easy integration with external systems and products.
ACE Interactive has a clear mission to help operators meet the challenges of the future by offering solutions that continuously enable increased revenue generation and improved cost efficiency. We like to believe that we do this in a flexible and open way, while always offering freedom of choice.
Yabohle Investments (Pty) Ltd
Yabohle Investments (Pty) Ltd
Black Economic Empowerment (BEE)
Aristocrat Leisure Limited today advised that it has completed the sale of a 28% interest in its African operations to local company, Yabohle Investments (Pty) Ltd, a consortium led by Matemeku Investments (Pty) Limited (“Matemeku”).
Matemeku is a leading Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) investment company involved in a variety of business sectors, including minerals, technology, tourism and hospitality.
The sale process, which was announced in July 2005, was subject to a number of conditions subsequent including various regulatory approvals. These have now been satisfied.
The Company will record a profit on sale of approximately A$6 million which will be included in its results for the first six months of 2006.