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Cloud Computing

  • AU: NSW trumps feds with cloud computing trials

    The NSW government has trumped its federal counterparts by unveiling plans to conduct cloud computing trials for desktop computers and messaging.

    The move will determine how NSW moves towards a whole-of-government cloud computing framework and where its $2 billion-plus IT budget should be spent.

    Finance and Services Minister Greg Pearce will today announce that Hewlett-Packard, Unisys and Fronde have been selected as key suppliers for the three-month trial at shared services agency ServiceFirst.

  • AU: Cloud services: Finding the right fit

    As digital transformation continues to drive new solutions and organisations look for more flexible options, moving services to the cloud is becoming the deployment choice for many.

    While on-premises deployments are still a valuable option, many companies are shifting their IT protocols to support cloud-based, multi-cloud or hybrid environments.

  • AU: Cloud vendors not cutting it, say govt CIOs

    Very few provide true cloud services that allow organisations to scale up and scale down

    Everyone’s talking about cloud computing, but some government CIOs are still not convinced, arguing that the market is still immature with one saying that some vendors are simply “repackaging” outsourcing services.

    During a panel session at CIO’s recent digital assets event in Canberra recently, Gary Sterrenberg, CIO at the Department of Human Services (DHS), told attendees there were only one or two cloud vendors that could provide ‘true’ cloud capabilities.

  • AU: Coalition Government keen on cloud

    The new Coalition Government has made a significant commitment to moving some government IT to the cloud, while slamming what it says was the former Labor Government's luke warm approach to cloud computing.

    It outlined its approach in 'The Coalition’s Policy for E-Government and the Digital Economy', released just prior to the Federal Election. Most significantly, the Coalition said that government could "contribute to the growth of a vibrant domestic industry of cloud infrastructure and service providers by moving more rapidly to adopt such services whenever economically justified in its own operations."

  • AU: Coalition Government keen on cloud

    The new Coalition Government has made a significant commitment to moving some government IT to the cloud, while slamming what it says was the former Labor Government's luke warm approach to cloud computing.

    It outlined its approach in 'The Coalition’s Policy for E-Government and the Digital Economy', released just prior to the Federal Election. Most significantly, the Coalition said that government could "contribute to the growth of a vibrant domestic industry of cloud infrastructure and service providers by moving more rapidly to adopt such services whenever economically justified in its own operations."

  • AU: Federal Govt eyes common G-Cloud

    Pulls large agencies into line.

    The Federal Government has revealed plans to allow larger departments to become cloud providers in their own right, with smaller agencies shifting between government-run resource pools with "minimum difficulty".

    Guidelines [pdf] issued this week by the Government's central procurement office AGIMO sought to standardise approaches between agencies toward resource pooling under 'community' or 'government clouds'.

  • AU: Government shared services could fall to cloud

    Gartner finds ‘marked increase’ in cloud adoption plans.

    Global government organisations may turn away from traditional shared services arrangements to new models like cloud computing and stronger supplier partnerships this year, Gartner predicts.

    The analyst firm surveyed 213 IT executives from national, state and local government organisations in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific for its Government IT Sourcing Survey Highlights 2012 report, released this month.

  • AU: How cloud is reinventing the IT department

    It's one of the big slogans of cloud proponents: liberating your IT department from the mundane and inessential shackles of hardware

    Gartner predicts that by 2016, public cloud spending in Australia will reach US$5.2 billion. The analyst firm is forecasting that Australian spending on public cloud will reach US$3.2 billion this year, representing a growth rate in excess of 23 per cent. It puts Australia ahead of the global average of 18.5 per cent growth for 2013.

    In Australia, public cloud has already found some outspoken proponents among large enterprises, including Commonwealth Bank CIO Michael Harte. Harte told a cloud computing event late last year that the bank had already saved "tens of millions of dollars" after implementing "small initiatives" that leveraged Amazon Web Services' cloud.

  • AU: How Government Early-Adopters Use Cloud Services

    What are the best practices for deploying managed cloud services? Case studies have now confirmed that cloud services can be a better, faster, less expensive and less risky way to source Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions, according to the latest market study by Ovum.

    Results from recent research conducted by Ovum details the experiences of five public sector organizations that have successfully deployed cloud services -- either with Infrastructure-as-Service (IaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).

  • AU: New Cloud centre opens in Victoria

    Set to create 117 new ICT jobs

    The Silver Lining Consultancy Group, which includes Chamonix IT Consulting and Kloud Solutions, has established a new Cloud Technology Centre of Excellence in Melbourne.

    It was opened by Minister for Technology, Gordon Rich-Phillips on August 28.

    The centre will facilitate access to Cloud consulting, system engineering and support services and will focus on areas such as communication and collaboration technologies, Cloud infrastructure services, the development and integration of current environments to the Cloud and custom-enabled applications, as well as identity and access management.

  • AU: Playing cloudy politics

    Lately I am coming across more and more cases where public sector clients are thinking about, or being pushed to join or implement shared services supporting some form of cloud service delivery.

    The case for shared services has been around for many years and is quite solid: what’s the point of duplicating IT assets or services – be they hardware, software licenses, or anything-as-a-service – across different agencies or local authorities? After all, they have a bunch of similar process and application needs, but just tend to manage them in silos because of legacy reasons and because of how the budget process works.

  • AU: State Government of Victoria builds business case for cloud services

    The State Government of Victoria is building the business case for cloud computing services, observing this platform offers substantially more savings compared to the traditional outsourcing model, according to Martin Hopley, CIO, Department of Treasury and Finance (Victoria).

    Mr Hopley was delivering a keynote address at an inaugural FutureGov Forum Victoria held in Melbourne (19th June). His presentation, Cloud Computing: another fad, or are we serious this time?” noted that agencies are motivated to use cloud services to benefit from economies of scale, while delivering cost savings.

  • AU: State government unveils NSW’s first Cloud services policy

    NSW government agencies will now be required to evaluate Cloud-based services when undertaking new procurements under the state’s first Cloud services policy.cloud services

    The policy, announced today by incoming financial services minister Andrew Constance, is a boon for companies that provide Cloud-as-a-Service (ClaaS) and will help government agencies take advantage of Cloud-based solutions to deliver better services to the community.

    Under the new model, procurement will be determined by the ICT delivery model that provides the best value for sustainable investment and takes into account a full range of cost-benefit considerations.

  • AU: Telcos told: Get on the Cloud

    Hosted and Cloud services are a natural value-add for telcos

    For some time, telcos have been warned to branch out from simply offering traditional telecommunications services and many of them have invested more into building out their business ICT services. But with global IT budgets expected to shrink, telcos will have to work extra hard to compete with specialist IT providers that have been in the game for a long time.

    With the global financial climate unpredictable at best (and tipped to get worse courtesy of the fiscal fiascos in Europe), companies are tightening their belts on IT spending.

  • AU: Time for government to put its foot on the cloud accelerator

    The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for cloud technologies as the private and public sectors rushed to update the delivery of urgent services and ensure continuity.

    A Gartner report suggests cloud spending will exceed $10 billion in Australia this year. But the government’s cloud security guidelines need to go further in overcoming barriers and drive further uptake of cloud technologies. Advancing our digital economy is a central focus of the 2021-22 federal budget, so the government has a huge opportunity to demystify cloud services.

  • AU: Turnbull commits to Cloud-first approach and 'major initiatives' through E-Government policy

    Revised Cloud Computing Policy makes it mandatory for government agencies to adopt a 'Cloud-first' approach

    Communications minister Malcolm Turnbull has reaffirmed the Government's commitment to drive ICT investment through its E-Government and Digital Economy policy, after the budget offered little support for the industry.

    Turnbull told ARN the departments of finance and communications were undertaking a number of ICT-related initiatives, "within existing resources", to deliver the Federal Government's policy.

  • AU: Victorian government embraces cloud for e-procurement

    The Victorian government is taking the lead with the use of cloud services to support its annual $10 billion spending programme. This programme, supported by a revamped “e-Services” register is enabling agencies to source a broad range of good and services through a dedicated cloud portal.

    This e-procurement effort, spearheaded by the Department of State Development, Business and Innovation, underscores moves to go “digital,” while using cloud offerings to manage ICT operational costs.

  • Aussies prefer in-house ICT

    Despite media hype to the contrary, ICT remains predominantly an in-house affair for Australian CIOs.

    That is according to global analyst firm Ovum, who says 74% of ICT activities are currently provided primarily by an in-house ICT department, with the figure projected to decline to 61% within the next two years.

    Through a survey of 63 CIOs across the ditch, Ovum’s IT research director for the region Dr Steve Hodgkinson says outsourced arrangements currently account for 13% of ICT activities, which is expected to reach 20% by 2015.

  • Aust tax regulator moves to cloud services

    Australia’s Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) is taking the lead as one of the first federal government agencies to use an integrated cloud-based solution to better access, share and manage tax data from dispersed sites.

    The board regulates more than 53,000 tax and business activity statement agents. It is moving to cloud services to help staff and board members make informed decisions in a fast-changing business environment.

    When the cloud service is fully operational, data access will be available from any device – onsite and remotely, and in a secure environment.

  • Australia cloud plans slammed

    The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has slammed the Australian Government Information Management Office's (AGIMO) discussion paper, which aims to reduce the number of government ICT services, states Computer World.

    AIIA says AGIMO is overplaying the risks of migrating to cloud computing in its draft cloud consultation paper, released late last year, according to ZDnet.

    The underlying objective of the government's draft cloud strategy is to outline plans for moving government agencies' IT requirements into a public cloud environment over the next five years.

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