Defence inks Google deal for ‘air-gapped’ Secret cloud


Google has signed a potentially lucrative deal to provide Australia’s military with a resilient, fully disconnected hyperscale cloud solution capable of operating through network outages.

The multi-year agreement for an “air-gapped hyperscale cloud capability” at the Secret security classification follows more than 18 months of negotiations between Google and Oracle.

Defence revealed the “Deed of Standing Offer” ahead of the Christmas break, saying the agreement would support its “transition to …

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