Tassie govt increases Notes install
Six government departments in Tasmania have committed to a Lotus enterprise licence agreement boosting the number of Notes clients from 3000 to 4000.
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War Memorial gets fibre fit-out
Supplementing its “forklift” networking infrastructure upgrade, the Australian War Memorial in Canberra has started transferring data between offices over a private fibre link.
Open source faces NSW govt evaluation
As governments across Australia debate the ramifications of open source software, the NSW Department of Commerce has set up an open source evaluation project involving some 40 agencies.
Medical records go mobile
Australian company Core Medical Solutions has started trialling a wireless implementation of its patient records system – The Boss.
IBM, Nicta to Collaborate on Open Source
IBM has formed a joint venture with National ICT Australia (Nicta) to open its first Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) outside North America. The centre will focus on open source software with the anticipation of attracting the attention of government and enterprise IT departments with the researchers primarily based at the University of New South Wales.