Regarding [www.theregister.co.uk] – communications from a churchgoing IT-focused friend of mine:

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Congratulations!

“E-mail is one of the most important IT services we provide at the Holy See – enabling our internal communication, facilitating correspondence between our consulates, and aiding our worldwide evangelization efforts,” said Sister Judith Zoebelein of the Internet Office at the Holy See. “We now have an efficient, easy-to-manage enterprise communications solution that can reliably support our massive volume of daily e-mail traffic.”

Does this mean you can counter all that MS “Mr 500 servers rolled out in 12 hours” stuff with a personal appearance from the Big Guy? No I’m NOT talking about Scooter… 😛

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I thought that press release was a hoot, not least for the repeated rendition of “The Holy See”, presumably by someone happier to be safe than risk embarrassment by trying any other turn of phrase.

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I know; “efficient, easy-to-manage enterprise communications solution that can reliably support our massive volume of daily e-mail traffic”? From a nun? Does this mean that prayers won’t be accepted unless they’re AES encrypted and digitally signed? And I’d LOVE to see what’s at the top of their directory services tree. Have the Pearly Gates become just another portal?

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Nope, but St Peter’s book is being replaced by a enterprise CRM database implemented above a service-oriented architecture which leverages patterns and reference architectures to maximise service potential. Rumour has it that, if it works, Larry Ellison might just scrape into purgatory.