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  1. 69 Victorian councils to use MECC Central

    Posted by Scott Davey (Mecc)

    After the conclusion of a very successful roadshow and webinar series, 69 Victorian councils have signed up to use MECC Central beginning November, for a five year initial term.

    I'd like to extend a ...

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  2. Moorabbin Airport emergency - software test

    Posted 28 October 2011 by Sean Fishlock (Datalink)

    A couple of days ago I had the unique opportunity a couple of days ago to participate in an emergency exercise, even donning an emergency services tabbard.  

    Datalink was invited by Kingston ...

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  3. Hurstville City Council to use CouncilView

    Posted 21 October 2011 by Sean Fishlock (Datalink)

    The City of Hurstville is a the first New South Wales local government to sign up to Datalink's innovative CouncilView product.

    City of Hurstville is a Local Government Area in southern Sydney about ...

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  4. What's my speed?

    Posted 14 September 2011 by Scott Davey (Scott Davey)

    I'm sure the Holden Cruze was designed and built by engineers that never actually drove any prototypes of the car they designed.  It may have even been designed by engineers that have never driven any car.

    It is so bad it makes a great lesson to every engineer that wants to build a great product.

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  5. Workshopping issues of paper/Excel systems for emergency management

    Posted 30 August 2011 by Sean Fishlock (Datalink)

    During our recent regional Victorian roadshows Scott, myself and Peter facilitated some workshops with groups of emergency managers and IT managers to get some more participation into our information ...

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    Whiteboard, Melbourne
  6. MECC Central Overview

    Posted 25 August 2011 by Scott Davey (Datalink)

    In response to requests for the presentation I have prepared a short 15 minute overview video below.  

    Its an abridged version of the 5 hour roadshow session.

    (Note: Those from councils who ...

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  7. 2011 LGITS Conference

    Posted 14 August 2011 by Sean Fishlock (Datalink)

    Scott presented at the LGITS Conference at Collins Place in Melbourne with an update on the MECC Central rollout for IT managers.

    Here is a video of the presentation.

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  8. Hitting the road with MECC Central - LGIT Conference and Regional Information Sessions

    Posted 10 August 2011 by Sean Fishlock (Datalink)

    A big few weeks ahead for Datalink as we hit the road for the MECC Central emergency management software rollout to Victorian councils.

    We've been busy preparing over the last few weeks for the ...

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  9. Optimising websites for mobile and desktop browsers

    Posted 22 July 2011 by Scott Davey (Datalink)

    With one in ten users of your website now viewing form their mobile phone, it is not longer enough to just be accessible on mobile devices - now it's time to actively design and build your website to ...

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  10. Testing using web browser automation

    Posted 21 July 2011 by Scott Davey (Datalink)


    Datalink uses a mix of testing strategies to increase the quality of our software releases.

    One of techniques we use is web brower automation, which allows us to record and play back interactive ...

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    Web Browser Automation