The Queensland state government has kicked off one of Australia's largest email and identity management projects, in a move that will see up to 80,000 email accounts consolidated into one overarching Microsoft Exchange 2007 system by mid-2010.
Queensland's massive Exchange 2007 consolidation will finally move ahead with a pilot in August after the state election and department consolidations caused delays, according to a state estimates hearing on Tuesday.
The University of Queensland has moved 70,000 email accounts to a hosted Microsoft Exchange platform, with plans to complete 170,000 more in the next few months.
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) will add a business intelligence (BI) layer onto its core records management system used for basic police duties.
Queensland Transport (QT) has selected three core technology suppliers for the state's chip-embedded drivers' licences, which will use public key infrastructure (PKI) to encrypt drivers' biometric information.
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Accountancy group PKF Australia has started migrating its 800 or so users from IBM's Lotus Notes collaboration platform to rival Microsoft's Exchange infrastructure.
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