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| fate = Failed to receive continued funding [http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=8855942]

| foundation = [[1992]]

| defunct = 30 June 2006

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

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and participants included universities, government, and industry players.

The company DSTC Pty Ltd was created in 1992 to manage the '''CRC for Distributed Systems Technology'''. It completed its research program in June [[2000]]. A second CRC was established in July [[2000]]: the '''CRC for Enterprise Distributed System Technology''' which was also managed by DSTC Pty Ltd. This CRC completed its operations on 30 June 2006.

DSTC was one of the most successful CRCs in Australia, and was a leading centre for expertise in distributed systems and information technology. It was a major contributor to the Australian information technology industry through its research, projects with industry, support for training and education. It organised the annual Evolve Conference, which brought leading international experts to Australia. It was a strong participant in international standards organisations such as the [[Object Management Group]] (OMG), [[World Wide Web Consortium]] (W3C) and [[Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards]] (OASIS). The DSTC started and hosted the Australian W3C Office.

==Spin-offs==

Several spin-off companies were created from DSTC projects [http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/scin/pathways/subs/sub69.pdf]:

* 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.

* In [[2003]], [http://www.mantara.com Mantara] commercialised [[Elvin]], a light-weight event notification service.

* 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.

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.

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== See also ==

* [[Cooperative Research Centre | Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs)]]

== References ==