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| ___location = [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]]

| industry = [[Distributed Computing]] Research

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The '''Distributed Systems Technology Centre''' (DSTC) was a leading research organization in the field of [[information technology]] in [[Australia]]. It conducted

applied research focusing on a number of application domains, such as government, defence and health care. It was a centre of excellence in distributed systems technologies and had an international reputation as one of the most effective and influential IT research organisations in Australia.

health care. It was a centre of excellence in distributed systems technologies and had an international reputation as one of the most effective and influential IT research organisations in Australia.

DSTC was supported by the Australian Government's [[Cooperative Research Centre]] (CRC) program

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* In 1997, Active Tools commercialised [[Nimrod (distributed computing)|Nimrod]], a tool for performing parameterised computations in a grid, as EnFuzion. EnFuzion is now owned and distributed by [http://www.axceleon.com/ Axceleon].

* In 2001, Wedgetail Communications commercialised several security products including μPKI, a [[public key infrastructure|PKI]] library for small devices, and a Java Crypto and Security Implementation (JCSI) Single Sign-On product. In 2004, the company was bought by Vintela, which in 2005 was in turn bought by [[Quest Software]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050531005957/en/Quest-Software-Acquire-Vintela-Quest-Extends-Windows |title = Quest Software to Acquire Vintela Inc.; Quest Extends Windows Management Solution Set to Enable Heterogeneous Identity Management Through Microsoft Active Directory |website = www.businesswire.com |language = en |access-date = 2017-12-19 }}</ref>

* In 2003, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170213195059/http://www.mantara.com/ Mantara] commercialised [[Elvin (service)|Elvin]], a light-weight event notification service. In 2013, Mantara was effectively acquired by [[Deutsche Bank]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://a-teaminsight.com/deutsche-bank-to-pick-up-mantara-assets/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190829013055/http://a-teaminsight.com/deutsche-bank-to-pick-up-mantara-assets/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2019-08-29 | title = Deutsche Bank to pick up Mantara assets | website = a-teaminsight.com | access-date = 2019-08-29 }}</ref>.

* In 2004, [http://www.extensia.com.au/ Extensia Solutions] commercialised the RecordPoint shared electronic health record system.

* In 2006, distIP purchased some of the remaining intellectual property assets of DSTC. Trading as [http://www.veriluma.com Veriluma], it commercialised the Sheba modeling system for intelligence assessment.

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In addition to these commercial ventures, one of DSTC's greatest legacies is its alumni, some of whom have taken on prominent positions in academia, whilst others have found employment in some of the world's leading ICT companies. DSTC also made a massive contribution to computer science education, playing a major role in the education of many computer science students (including a large number of PhDs) in Australia, and particularly in Brisbane.

The CEO of DSTC in the early years had a prominent position in [[Queensland]] politics, which led to DSTC getting a few mentions in the Queensland parliament. Queensland premier [[Rob Borbidge]] dismissively referred to DSTC as "a sort of gigabyte playpen for a few propeller heads" (Hansard 1996), which DSTC staff adopted as an informal motto.

Its website was archived following its closure in June 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-07-01 |title=DSTC |url=http://www.dstc.edu.au/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060701015909/http://www.dstc.edu.au/ |archive-date=2006-07-01 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Distributed Systems Technology Centre}}</ref>

== See also ==

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* [https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/hansard/1996/961129ha.pdf Ministerial Statement 4687 (Rob Borbidge, Premier)], Hansard (1996), State of Queensland, Parliamentary Debates, 29 November 1996.

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