Tag: cloud

New SOCI test for data centres, cloud draws industry fire

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s peak tech industry body has warned that proposed thresholds for bringing data centres and cloud services under critical infrastructure laws are too broad, arguing that size alone should...

Canberra’s six-week Microsoft splurge nears $2bn

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal government Microsoft contracts are closing in on $2 billion in less than two months, with dozens more agencies signing on to new multi-year contracts under the latest iteration...

Feds mandate cloud-first approach as legacy tech costs soar

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal agencies have been told to go cloud-first on all new digital projects and minimise vendor lock-in where possible under the first major revamp of the government’s cloud policy...

Canberra’s next cloud policy is locked and loaded

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A whole of government cloud policy will be published within weeks with “clear requirements for cloud use” across federal agencies as part of the Albanese government’s push to lift...

Microsoft signs US$9.7bn cloud deal with Australia’s IREN

Posted on   |  by Deborah Sophia and Aditya Soni
Microsoft has struck a US$9.7 billion deal with data centre operator IREN that includes access to Nvidia’s advanced chips, aiming to ease the computing crunch that has kept the...

AWS’ feds contract doubles to $342m months after expiry

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Digital Transformation Agency has nearly doubled the reported cost of its previous whole-of-government cloud contract with Amazon Web Services months after it ended and was replaced with a...

AWS’s Canberra mega-deal surges past $400m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A controversial AWS whole of government agreement has surged to more than $400 million in just four months, putting it on pace to eclipse both previous iterations by the...

Victoria govt joins Canberra’s AWS mega-deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Victorian government has renewed its state purchasing contract with Amazon Web Services, giving public servants an “enhanced” way to buy hundreds of cloud services from the hyperscaler. The...