1. VTAC Technology for applicant preferences and selection systems Gary Phillips

2. Agenda IT Philosophy Technology @ VTAC Application Environment Web Statistics Key Dates Summary

3. IT Philosophy Leverage Cloud based solutions Outsourced generic support services Reduce Desktop complexity “Office 365” IT is part of the business Strong business knowledge in IT team Data Security

4. IT Environment Public Internet Cloud Availability Zone one Availability Zone Two Application Environment

5. Technology @ VTAC Infrastructure is a commodity Leverage “Cloud” based services and products In-house development of bespoke applications Testing, Quality, IT Advisory Panel Trusted partners Collaborate with other TAC’s Open source platforms

6. IT Application Environment

7. Internal Applications – C# Public facing Applications – Java Web Server – Apache Application Server – Jboss Database – MySQL, Amazon RDS Duplicated in two AWS Availability zones Data Security DR is hosted outside AWS

8. Population at end September Qtr 2015 New South Wales7644.232% Victoria5966.725% Queensland4792.920% Western Australia2598.211% South Australia1701.17% Tasmania517.22% Northern Territory244.51% Australian Capital Territory 392 2% Australia (a)23860.1 6 Million People 58,000 VCE Students Context Victoria

9. Web Statistics VTAC web site, more than 3 Million sessions generated more than 9 Million page views in the past year Very high volume spikes with low duration, access rate of 30,000 over ten minutes for ATAR release Main Round Offers, more than 69,000 users 6 Million People 58,000 VCE Students

10. 2017 Today 03040506070809101112201702 Data Collection, Institutional Courses 15/3/2016 Mid Year Go Live 4/4/2016 Main Round Registration 1/8/2016 Final Close date 22/8/2016 Close Special Entry 4/10/2016 Close for Scholarships 14/10/2016 ATAR calculation and release 12/12/2016 Main Round offer release 18/1/2017 Second Round offers 6/2/2017 Key Dates Selection System ReviewInstitutional Course Data ReviewMain Round

11. Summary IT is part of the business Mobility through “Cloud” services Use software that has high market utilisation Protect data and privacy Share what we have learned with other TAC’s

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