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read moreDefence dept upgrades to IE7
Renai LeMay
Thursday, 08 July 2010 15:15
IT Policy - Government Tech Policy
Australia's Department of Defence today confirmed it will upgrade its 90,000 desktop PCs from version 6 to version 7 of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser '” almost four years after the software was first released.
Defence commenced the rollout of IE7 earlier this year on it's fixed restricted network, with IE7 now deployed on the majority of user desktops,' said a Defence spokesperson, noting the rollout would affect 90,000 machines. 'We are currently resolving some application compatibility issues for a small number of users.'
'Defence is planning to upgrade its overseas deployed restricted Desktops to IE7 by 2010.'
IE7 is a more modern browser than IE6, introducing new features such as the tabbed browsing made popular in rival browsers like Firefox, an anti-phishing filter and enhanced support for web standards. Microsoft reworked a number of core areas for IE7'²s release '” such as the rendering engine and the way the software handles security.
However, IE7 was released in October 2006 and has since been superceded by version 8 of the Microsoft browser, which was released in March 2009. Internet Explorer 9 is currently in development. In response to a question about the delay, the Defence spokesperson said 'there was no business driver' to upgrade until recently.
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