Canberra Data Centres

Collaboration is easy to say but much harder to achieve, especially when it comes to finding common platforms. Microsoft’s local Protected certification of its Azure platform is about to change that equation.

Seizing the opportunity to accelerate, reform and deliver personalised government services requires more than intent. It requires world class infrastructure backed by the accrued intelligence, wisdom and capability of global partners delivered on local ground.

Agencies have for years played on the margins of cloud, only to find choices and progress constrained amid concerns over security, sovereignty, governance and resilience. Microsoft Azure’s launch for government coupled with its official ASD rating as a ‘Protected’ level provider changes that — big time.

Law Enforcement and Cyber Security Minister Angus Taylor wants quicker roll-out of public services to enable government to adapt faster. He says moving to the cloud takes out much of the time and cost for public servants.