Think short-term benefit for long-term cloud
14 January, 2013 by GovTechReview Staff
Companies considering cloud computing must develop short-term business goals that dovetail with long-term cloud strategies to ensure business buy-in.
Weigh internal cloud readiness before jumping: VMware
12 January, 2013 by GovTechReview Staff
Government organisations considering a move to cloud computing must ensure their internal organisations are agile enough to capitalise on the new paradigm.
Clear message essential for cloud transition: Nikoletatos
20 December, 2012 by GovTechReview Staff
Organisations moving towards a cloud-computing infrastructure must ensure they have clear buy-in from business stakeholders that may not be ready to learn.
Cloud efficiencies will drive government's cost-cutting goals: IDC
20 December, 2012 by GovTechReview Staff
Government ICT spend will grow slowly through 2015, but net increase masks productivity benefits of cloud, mobility, big data, and social-media spending.
Efficiency pressures hasten government cloud reckoning: Telstra
17 December, 2012 by GovTechReview Staff
The push towards cloud computing will drive government bodies to embrace the model, Telstra's head of enterprise and government business has predicted.
Infor courts councils with cloud-hosted public sector suite
13 December, 2012 by GovTechReview Staff
Infor has released a cloud-hosted, software-as-a-service (SaaS) version of its public sector applications suite in order to woo cost-conscious councils.
Telstra boosts local cloud commitment with four new data centres
04 December, 2012 by GovTechReview Staff
Telstra will add four new data centres to its network in order to better address government and large enterprise concerns over the sovereignty of cloud data
Can AGIMO guide government into the cloud?
29 November, 2012 by GovTechReview Staff
AGIMO guidance has provided firm guidelines for government organisations charting their adoption of cloud-computing resources. But what does it say?
Big-app demands will drive government to cloud: Amazon
26 November, 2012 by GovTechReview Staff
New Australian cloud platforms will encourage government bodies to iteratively build, test and deploy larger applications, AWS public-sector head predicts.
Cloud sovereignty boost as Amazon Web Services targets Oz
12 November, 2012 by GovTechReview Staff
Government bodies concerned over cloud data sovereignty will get a boost as Amazon Web Services this week launches a Sydney-based cloud environment.
Cloud-hosted VoIP from Zendesk gives citizens a new voice
31 October, 2012 by GovTechReview Staff
A VoIP add-on for users of Zendesk's customer-service software offers citizens one-click phone calling, with auto transcription for government agencies.
Potential cloud users should ignore Patriot Act "scare stories": IDC
29 October, 2012 by GovTechReview Staff
Many potential cloud users have been scared off of cloud services by concerns over data sovereignty, the US Patriot Act – but one analyst says not to worry.
Objective, IBM boost Australian government cloud credibility
27 October, 2012 by GovTechReview Staff
Australia's government has struggled with issues of cloud data sovereignty and security, but new offerings from Objective and IBM will help resolve them.
Ultraserve eyes govt DCaaS windfall as 35 vendors named to cloud panel
22 October, 2012 by GovTechReview Staff
AGIMO has facilitated cloud-computing uptake by naming UltraServe and 34 other vendors for its data centre as a service (DCaaS) multi use list (MUL) panel.
Bulletproof anticipates cloud uptick with managed Amazon Web Services
17 October, 2012 by GovTechReview Staff
Hosting provider Bulletproof believes cloud computing will get even more popular when organisations can managed Amazon Web Services servers like real ones.
