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- PC Purchasing Panel Saves $20 million and environment
- From the Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Minister for the Environment. Media Release, April 4, 2006. "A new environmentally friendly PC and Notebook Equipment Panel will help the Bracks Government save up to $20 million over the next five years, the Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Marsha Thomson, said today. “The Victorian Government is working hard to keep our ICT procurement as efficient as possible and we’re making sure our contracts are the best value for money,” Ms Thomson said..."
Added: 6 April 2006;
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- Microsoft deal is up, what now Victoria?
- By Stan Beer. ITWire, 19 March 2006. "When the Government of Australia’s second largest state Victoria signed an $80 million, four-year contract with Microsoft in May 2002, advocates of open source software and other critics cried foul. Today that contract has just about expired, the Victorian Government has a new CIO, the NSW Government has opened its doors to Linux and the question arises as to how much longer Victoria can justify committing to long-term Microsoft lock-ins without considering alternatives..."
Added: 21 March 2006;
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- Microsoft gives directions to Vic Govt and keeps the IP
- By Stan Beer. ITWire, 19 March 2006. "Microsoft this week demonstrated its Directions Plus application for the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, in a development that delivers a wireless online public transport directions system to Victoria, while the software vendor gets to keep the intellectual property..."
Added: 21 March 2006;
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- Revamp opens e-services door
- by Chris Jenkins. AustralianIT, March 14, 2006. "The Victorian government is planning to revamp its e-services procurement panel in the near future to pave the way for more local small technology organisations to do business with the state. Started in 2003, the e-services panel would shortly move into its fourth phase, Victorian ICT Minister Marsha Thomson said. "We are about to look at how we may revamp that."..."
Added: 14 March 2006;
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- Encourage local talent? It's all too hard
- Some state governments still believe that if software is made in Australia, it can't be any good, writes Graeme Philipson. Sydney Morning Herald, March 14, 2006. "A long time ago, in the 1980s, I did an extensive consultancy job for market research company IDC. One of its clients wanted a complete rundown of IT use in every state government in Australia. That included details on how each state engaged with its IT industry - procurement policy, industry assistance, tax breaks and the like. It was months of work, interviewing IT managers and bureaucrats in every state..."
Added: 14 March 2006;
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- New technology guides Games visitors
- Sydney Morning Herald, March 5, 2006. "Visitors to Melbourne for the Commonwealth Games will be able to get directions to events and entertainment instantly from volunteers armed with hand-held mobile technology organisers claim is a world first. Victorian company Geomatic Technologies has devised Directions Plus, a system providing visitors with either a print-out map and directions, or the information can be sent to their mobile phone via SMS or MSM..."
Added: 6 March 2006;
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- Victoria's mobile radio network completed in record time
- by Sandra Rossi. Computerworld, 14 February 2006. "Victoria's upgrade of its StateNet Mobile Radio (SMR) network has reached completion in a record time of 10 months. Conducted by Tait Electronics, under subcontract to Telstra, the contract was worth more than $18 million to the Brisbane-based company..."
Added: 21 February 2006;
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