Customization work has already commenced and will be accelerated in order to meet the pilot date of February 2007. A statewide roll-out to some 214 schools is slated for the second half of 2007.

According to MXL, its solutions were been designed to allow easy development and ensure customers can maintain currency with evolving education agendas across states and countries.

"Unlike other systems on the market, eMinerva is a full Web-based enterprise ready solution offering the DoE flexibility and simplicity in deployment and maintenance," the company said in a statement.

"Schools only require a Web browser to access the full range of functionality required for school administration."

MXL's eMinerva will manage over 55,000 students across the 214 schools. All of the company's software development is done in Sydney.