Australian Tax Office May Dump Novell
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2010-05-08 00:16:33 UTC
- Modified: 2010-05-08 00:16:33 UTC
Summary: NSW tax office is looking for a GroupWise replacement
GroupWise is losing business quicker than it gains any. Here is a new report which suggests that Novell will almost certainly be dumped. It is not known yet which product will replace Novell's GroupWise, but NSW makes another mistake [1, 2] by sending communication to be parsed and spied on by another company.
Microsoft's BPOS (business productivity suite) and Google Apps on trial to potentially replace the OSR's in-house Novell GroupWise system.
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Comments
NotZed
2010-05-08 01:37:08
Govt orgs are notoriously bad at selecting IT - mostly it is based on middle managers' free tickets to the rugby or corporate boxes at a street-circuit car race.
It does seem a rather risky cost-cutting exercise however you look at it.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2010-05-08 06:35:13