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Datacom’s Datascape local government software play appears to be succeeding with 21 customers now using one or more core modules and 81 using one or more apps from the broader suite.
In July, Wattle Range in South Australia added the Datascape CRM system and Moorabool Shire in Victoria added the suite’s property and rating system, making both now fully live on the Datascape core ERP modules, Datacom told Reseller News.
Datascape was also selected by the only two councils in New Zealand who came to market for full ERP, with Waimakariri going live on the CRM module in July and Kapiti Coast’s implementation underway.
Two full ERP customers were signed on in Western Australia and another 15 chose to use Datascape’s citizen portal, community engagement system or council website.
Regional Software Holdings, a regional council-owned software provider to that sector, is also rebuilding its IRIS integrated regional information system using Datacom’s Datascape software.
While Datacom booked $23 million in impairments to the value of its local government software unit in the year to 31 March, 2023, managing director of SaaS products at Datacom Peter Nelson described that as a “conservative point in time valuation”.
“I’m pleased to confirm that Datascape is performing well across all key performance indicators, with revenue increasing by 70 per cent in FY24 and a healthy customer pipeline,” he said.
The impairments included $2 million of goodwill and $21 million of intangible assets related to a “historical” acquisition, presumably the 2014 purchase of Tauranga-based Origen.
Datascape was built through collaboration with a range of councils in New Zealand, West Australia, South Australia and Victoria to create product templates to meet the local legislative environments for New Zealand and each Australian state.
It was also designed to enable a “composable” ERP, which Datacom said enabled customers to select modules from the wider suite and SaaS partners to suit their specific situations.