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The federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has flagged plans to migrate to an Internet Protocol-based (IP) telephony system, keeping its options open on a full unified communications move.
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is slowly converging its voice and data networks under the guidance of its new chief information officer, with some staff already using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony and a further pilot planned for the organisation's Queensland office.
Central Queensland University (CQU) is well advanced in its plans to adopt Microsoft's new Vista operating system, which is due by the end of this year.
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