Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Australian parliament trials Windows 8 tablets

<p>The Australian Department of Parliamentary Services has begun a trial of Windows 8 tablets with MPs and parliamentary staff, following a successful trial of iPads between 2010 and 2011.</p><p>Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) CIO Eija Seittenranta told ZDNet in an interview that there was a small pilot of the tablets currently underway with six users, including Members of Parliament.</p><p>"We've given them a set of evaluation criteria where they will be shortly telling us what they thought of the device and how well it fitted their requirements," she said</p><p>The trial comes as the department moves to be more flexible with the technology it allows parliamentarians and staffers to use. Seittenranta said that they had now moved to allow parliamentarians and staff to bring their own devices, and in the longer term, would look to create a more formal support service for those devices.</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/australian-parliament-trials-windows-8-tablets-7000010172/">Keep reading...</a></p>

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