DTA launches Cloud Assessment Tool
03 December, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Digital Transformation Agency has launched a new tool aimed to allow government agencies to make decisions over whether to use a given cloud service.
SA publishes ICT Strategy for 2018–21
28 November, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe South Australian Government plans to embrace hybrid cloud, mobile and social technologies as part of its ICT Strategy for the next three years.
Airservices soars into the cloud
19 November, 2018 by Jonathan NallyAustralia's air traffic services provider has lifted and shifted its entire business IT operations into a secure, sovereign cloud environment.
University of Adelaide builds a chatbot to solve one very hard problem
03 October, 2018 by Alan Zeichick*In Australia, at 8 am on 'Results Day', thousands and thousands of South Australian Year 12 students receive their ATAR (Australia Tertiary Admissions Rank).
US govt updates Cloud First into Cloud Smart
25 September, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Trump administration plans to replace the Cloud First strategy for government IT modernisation projects with a new strategy called Cloud Smart.
CER to use Fujitsu Protected Cloud service
21 September, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingCER is adopting a fully managed ServiceNow-based SaaS offering provided by Fujitsu in partnership with Australia's Vault.
iQ3 Cloud Compute cloud infrastructure
01 September, 2018The iQ3 Cloud Compute cloud infrastructure encapsulates Private Cloud (iQ3 and GovDC), Public Cloud (Azure and AWS), Hybrid Cloud, Testing and Data Recovery.
Graffiti, garbage and fires — AI tackles city problems
28 August, 2018 by Alan ZeichickConsolidating numerous data streams into a city's data lake will enable AI-powered applications running across multiple departments.
DTA adopting Office 365 for Protected docs
24 August, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Digital Transformation Agency will become the first Australian government agency to adopt Office 365 for Protected-level email and documents.
Modern cloud for modern government – a check list
15 August, 2018Learn about cloud strategies for the public sector and how to successfully adopt and leverage cloud computing in your organisation.
City of Perth going SaaS
09 August, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe City of Perth will replace its legacy on-premise systems with the software-as-a-service based OneCouncil solution from Brisbane's TechnologyOne.
NSW Govt's buy.nsw now has 30 cloud sellers
03 July, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe NSW Government's buy.nsw cloud procurement platform has onboarded 30 cloud sellers and 20 government agency buyers in its first month of operation.
Managing cloud data risks — protected cloud certification
18 June, 2018 by Derek FittlerCommonwealth agencies are responsible for managing the risk associated with the loss of any information they hold.
Sunshine Coast Council ramps up cloud migration
12 June, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingSunshine Coast Council has continued its push into the cloud with the procurement of an SaaS-based asset management solution from Pitney Bowes.
Queensland Rail migrating to IaaS model
06 June, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingQueensland Rail plans to stop directly owning its ICT infrastructure in favour of procuring cloud-based managed ICT services.