Software rips down government walls

Beverley Head
Wednesday, 12 October 2011 19:00

IT Industry - Listed Tech

Harnessing an information model not dissimilar to that which underpins the BPay network, listed local software developer Objective Corporation is about to release a new suite of tools which will allow a diverse range of government agencies to securely access, share and collaborate on documents, track the progress of government processes, and also provide secure access to trusted partners. In theory the approach could significantly improve the efficiency of the public sector and help reduce the friction in government processes.

Speaking at the start of the Collaborate conference in Sydney, Tony Walls, CEO of the Objective Corporation said that Objective Connect was about to be released in beta form, with a full release scheduled for early next year. At this stage the company has not determined how it will charge for the tools.

Objective Connect consists of four pillars -   SecureShare which allows document sharing; ProcessShare which allows inter-agency workflow to be tracked and traced; SecureSearch which allows authorised agencies to search for information; and PublicSearch intended to underpin Right to Information and Freedom of Information related searches.

Access to trusted partners could also be provided, with the data encrypted before it was transmitted.

Underpinning the services is Objective ECM 8.1, the company's content management platform, and Objective's cloud. The Objective cloud, which is hosted in Australia in Macquarie Telecom's data centres could act either as a document repository or as a simple transport system according to Mr Wall.

The location of the data centre was particularly important as 'sovereignty is a massive issue for governments.'

He said that the intent was to release tools that would enable 'secure, accountable, auditable information sharing and process management across agency boundaries.'