VTAC Technology for applicant preferences and selection systems

VTAC Technology for applicant preferences and selection systems Gary Phillips

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

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

IT Environment Cloud Public Internet Availability Zone Application Environment Availability Zone Two

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

IT Application Environment

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

Context Victoria Population at end September Qtr 2015 New South Wales 7644. 2 Victoria 5966. 7 Queensland 6 Million People 58, 000 4792. 9 VCE Western Australia Students 2598. 2 South Australia 1701. 1 Tasmania 517. 2 Northern Territory 244. 5 Australian Capital 392 Territory Australia (a) 23860. 1 32% 25% 20% 11% 7% 2% 1% 2%

Web Statistics 6 Million People 58, 000 VCE Students • 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

Key Dates Final Close date ATAR calculation and release 22/8/2016 Close Special Entry 12/12/2016 Main Round offer release 4/10/2016 Close for Scholarships Data Collection, Institutional Courses 1/8/2016 4/4/2016 04 05 06 Today. Selection System Review Second Round offers Main Round Registration Mid Year Go Live 03 18/1/2017 14/10/2016 15/3/2016 07 08 09 Main Round 6/2/2017 10 11 12 2017 02 Institutional Course Data Review 2017

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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