NSW Health preps cloud platform for e-business overhaul
28 October, 2013 by GovTechReview Staff
NSW Health service-delivery arm HealthShare has invested heavily in Oracle middleware and cloud capabilities to support a major e-business refurb.
Powering your new cloud: mainframes?
11 October, 2013 by GovTechReview Staff
Mainframes could see a resurgence in the push for more cloud computing power.
Bringing the cloud to local government
30 September, 2013 by GovTechReview Staff
Strong local-government response to cloud enabling initiatives has shown just how big the council appetite for cloud has already become.
Anatomy of a cloud deal
26 September, 2013 by GovTechReview Staff
This interview with the CIO of NSW Department of Trade & Investment charts the organisation's transition to cloud computing and its future expectations.
Cloud computing: It's coming for you!
25 September, 2013 by GovTechReview Staff
Cloud computing is gaining traction as government bodies at all levels move to – and beyond – early tests and chart their future direction in the cloud.
Portland bulk port covered by cloud
10 September, 2013 by GovTechReview Staff
Victoria's Port of Portland has shifted to a cloud-based administrative system to improve the administration of its port facilities.
Portland bulk port covered by cloud
27 August, 2013 by GovTechReview StaffA major systems overhaul is improving operational processes for the Port of Portland, which replaced numerous systems with NetSuite cloud based environment.
‘Cloud first’ federal government procurement policy launched
30 May, 2013 by GovTechReview Staff
Australia's federal government has launched a national Cloud Computing Strategy that mandates a preference for cloud services in procurement of ICT services
Microsoft brings Azure cloud to Australia
22 May, 2013 by GovTechReview Staff
Government organisations have a significant new option for cloud-computing services after Microsoft announced it would bring its Windows Azure to Australia.
Misperceptions wrongly keeping government CIOs from cloud computing: Ovum
09 May, 2013 by GovTechReview Staff
Government CIOs give too much weight to cloud computing's perceived risks and too little to its benefits and manageable risks, an Ovum analyst has warned.
Despite cloud hype, most CIOs still doing IT inhouse
17 April, 2013 by GovTechReview Staff
Actual adoption of cloud services remains low despite the media attention and hype they get, Ovum CIO survey has found – although that may soon change.
Bunbury’s private cloud push presages regional hosting role
05 April, 2013 by GovTechReview Staff
After 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 Staff
ICT 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 Staff
Oracle 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 Staff
Government organisations want to embrace cloud but are struggling to develop the ICT capabilities to make it happen, Ovum says, advocating slow and steady.
