Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
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Beverley Head
Friday, 04 December 2009 11:12
IT Policy - Government Tech Policy
In a press release issued today NSW Emergency Services Minister, Steve Whan, said that each active SES volunteer would receive their own email address and 15 GB of data storage as part of a technology upgrade which was worth $2million a year to the SES. The email services are being delivered through Microsoft’s Live@edu network which was originally established to provide communications services to tertiary students.
Microsoft acknowledged that; “Live@edu has been designed primarily with education institutions in mind and this sector will continue to be the core focus for the solution. That said, we’re very committed to the community sector and will continue to work hand-in-hand to provide solutions that best match the needs of individual organisations. Given the vital role that SES plays in NSW, we’re pleased to be able to offer our support to help over 7,000 volunteers better connect and collaborate.”
SES CIO Andrew Edwards said that in the past the organisation had to reply on a combination of fax, telephone, SMS and newsletters to reach its 10,000 volunteers in 250 locations. The email services will be provided to the 7,500 active volunteers he said.
“Our primary job is to respond to floods and storms, and we’ve picked up tsunamis,” said Edwards. SES volunteers also provide road crash response services where required and provide back end logistics services to the Rural Fire Service.
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