December 18, 2018; Melbourne, Australia: Leading Australian technology services and solutions provider, Data#3, today announced that it has worked with the Office of Public Prosecutions (OPP), Victoria's largest criminal legal practice, to implement Microsoft Office 365, enabling a modern working environment for staff.
The OPP's email and documentation systems were dependent on an aging Lotus Notes platform, which integrated with a whole of government Lotus Notes-based address book. Disaster recovery was a challenge and integration with mobile devices was especially difficult. With staff travelling to many of Victoria's courts daily, it was important for them to work as efficiently as possible. New staff who were used to working with more modern systems, found it difficult to adapt to the Lotus Notes environment, placing an additional training burden on the busy IT team.
With many new features added to Office 365, the solution offered clear benefits to the business, but transitioning would be complex. Bruce Stafford, Manager of Information Technology Services at OPP, who issued a Request for Proposal seeking a partner for the project,
