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  • NSW DET prepares for SAP roll-out

    The NSW Department of Education and Training has started testing its new SAP finance systems in preparation for a March 2010 implementation.

  • NSW DET on netbook hiring spree

    The NSW Department of Education and Training will hire hundreds of extra full-time IT staff to support the 220,000 netbooks to be deployed this year, but the fleet's operating system is yet to be announced.

  • DET picks XP, Lenovo for 200k netbooks

    The NSW Department of Education and Training has picked Microsoft Windows XP and Office software and Lenovo hardware to run on its impending roll-out of 200,000 student netbooks funded through Kevin Rudd's Digital Education Revolution, leaving the Linux alternative out in the cold.

  • WA, NT pick PC revolution suppliers

    Western Australian schools have the choice of Lenovo, Apple or CDM Computers when procuring their computers funded by the Federal Government's Digital Education Revolution.

  • NSW DET culls $200m netbook list

    The NSW Department of Education and Training has whittled its shortlist of would-be netbook suppliers for its $200 million state-wide deal down from 21 to just six.

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    Greg Farr's 21-gun salute

    What does Defence CIO Greg Farr have to do to get a 21-gun salute? What does Russell Crowe and lobbying have in common? And can NSW be the next Silicon Valley? All these questions are answered in this week's instalment of Patch Monday.

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  • NSW missed Linux opportunity

    By choosing the safe Windows XP choice for student laptops, the NSW Department of Education and training is turning its back on the chance to turn hundreds of thousands of students into armchair developers and handcuffing itself to a rocky Windows 7 upgrade path.

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