Bunbury’s private cloud push presages regional hosting role
05 April, 2013 by GovTechReview StaffAfter virtualising servers and desktops in a new data centre, WA's City of Bunbury is weighing opportunities to become a cloud provider to its neighbours.
Netsuite takes cloud skills to uni as ICT salaries stagnate
08 February, 2013 by GovTechReview StaffICT employees are working harder, often for small or no pay rises. Demand may shift towards cloud and other uni training that better equips ICT graduates.
Oracle targets cloud sovereignty concerns with Australian data centre
23 January, 2013 by GovTechReview StaffOracle has established an Australian data centre to tap into growing demand for cloud-computing solutions that preserve sovereignty by keeping data onshore.
Slow-and-steady approach will help stretched agencies go cloud: Ovum
16 January, 2013 by GovTechReview StaffGovernment organisations want to embrace cloud but are struggling to develop the ICT capabilities to make it happen, Ovum says, advocating slow and steady.
Think short-term benefit for long-term cloud
14 January, 2013 by GovTechReview StaffCompanies considering cloud computing must develop short-term business goals that dovetail with long-term cloud strategies to ensure business buy-in.
Weigh internal cloud readiness before jumping: VMware
12 January, 2013 by GovTechReview StaffGovernment organisations considering a move to cloud computing must ensure their internal organisations are agile enough to capitalise on the new paradigm.
Clear message essential for cloud transition: Nikoletatos
20 December, 2012 by GovTechReview StaffOrganisations moving towards a cloud-computing infrastructure must ensure they have clear buy-in from business stakeholders that may not be ready to learn.
Cloud efficiencies will drive government's cost-cutting goals: IDC
20 December, 2012 by GovTechReview StaffGovernment ICT spend will grow slowly through 2015, but net increase masks productivity benefits of cloud, mobility, big data, and social-media spending.
Efficiency pressures hasten government cloud reckoning: Telstra
17 December, 2012 by GovTechReview StaffThe push towards cloud computing will drive government bodies to embrace the model, Telstra's head of enterprise and government business has predicted.
Infor courts councils with cloud-hosted public sector suite
13 December, 2012 by GovTechReview StaffInfor has released a cloud-hosted, software-as-a-service (SaaS) version of its public sector applications suite in order to woo cost-conscious councils.
Telstra boosts local cloud commitment with four new data centres
04 December, 2012 by GovTechReview StaffTelstra will add four new data centres to its network in order to better address government and large enterprise concerns over the sovereignty of cloud data
Can AGIMO guide government into the cloud?
29 November, 2012 by GovTechReview StaffAGIMO guidance has provided firm guidelines for government organisations charting their adoption of cloud-computing resources. But what does it say?
Big-app demands will drive government to cloud: Amazon
26 November, 2012 by GovTechReview StaffNew Australian cloud platforms will encourage government bodies to iteratively build, test and deploy larger applications, AWS public-sector head predicts.
Cloud sovereignty boost as Amazon Web Services targets Oz
12 November, 2012 by GovTechReview StaffGovernment bodies concerned over cloud data sovereignty will get a boost as Amazon Web Services this week launches a Sydney-based cloud environment.
Cloud-hosted VoIP from Zendesk gives citizens a new voice
31 October, 2012 by GovTechReview StaffA VoIP add-on for users of Zendesk's customer-service software offers citizens one-click phone calling, with auto transcription for government agencies.
