Australia is backing a small Pacific nation to set up a pilot public cloud environment, as the federal government looks to deepen ties in the region and head off Beijing’s influence.
A select group of “trusted industry partners” were invited to tender for the work this week by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in one of the first examples of Australia brokering a cloud computing contract for partners in the region.
The cloud transformation, which will include three phases, will see the unnamed Pacific nation government become “cloud-ready” in the space of 14 months, tender documents show.
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