Centrelink to establish enterprise storage panel
Centrelink is looking for suppliers to join an enterprise storage panel the government department is creating.
Centrelink is looking for suppliers to join an enterprise storage panel the government department is creating.
Centrelink’s IT systems were hit by a quarter million spike in traffic in one day as a result of the Rudd Government’s stimulus measures, the Department of Human Services (DHS) deputy secretary of ICT infrastructure, John Wadeson has told business forum in Sydney.
A major upgrade of ICT security is on the cards at Centrelink, with the welfare agency planning to implement data loss prevention (DLP) and endpoint protection (EP) for a whopping 28,000 users and 42,000 workstations.
Centrelink will embark on a four year redevelopment of its customer communications systems in an effort to improve its case management, inter-agency cooperation and lift two-way communications with customers.
Centrelink has flagged interest in switching to Microsoft products for its email, and potentially, unified communications software.
Centrelink is planning to start an online community forum to foster customer engagement and help receive feedback about the department's services.
The Department of Human Services (DHS) has said that it has no interest in making wireless access points in Centrelink offices available for use on public devices.
Centrelink has flagged it will ramp up the use of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), with the setting up of an ITIL V3 Qualification Scheme Panel of Training Providers.
Centrelink visitors around Australia will soon be able to use their mobile phones and laptops to access Government websites across wireless local area networks (WLANs) while they wait to be served.
The Federal Government is embarking on a major reform of the agency responsible for Centrelink and Medicare, flagging considerable IT changes as a result.
Canberra Data Centres (CDC) has launched a big iron modular pod service on non-raised flooring as it rolls out the set up before Christmas for Federal Government agency Centrelink.
Five year research alliance between CSIRO and Centrelink to improve service delivery.
National welfare agency [[xref:http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/home/index.htm|Centrelink]] has launched a new speaking feature on its Web site for the visually impaired.
The IT jobs market may be not be hot right now, but national welfare agency Centrelink is seeking more panel members to supply IT services across a range of fields and will consolidate two panel arrangements into one in the process.
Federal government welfare agency Centrelink is pushing ahead with IT projects around self-service, records digitisation and mobility, but won't be replacing its Model 204 database which dates back to the early seventies.