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VITA announces completion of data center move in Virginia

The Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) has announced the completion of a major, two-years-long project designed to move the Commonwealth of Virginia’s enterprise data center from a traditional site to a modernized, cloud-ready platform.   All 65 Commonwealth executive agencies have been migrated to the cloud-ready platform and the former data center now stands empty. “This is […]


Sapporo City selects Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS

Sapporo’s use of Nutanix Cloud Clusters to establish hybrid cloud environment follows the modernization of its data center using Nutanix’s hyper-converged infrastructure solution. Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multi-cloud computing, and its partner iret, have announced that the City of Sapporo has deployed Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Amazon Web Services and selected Nutanix Flow […]


World-class data centre solution secures future for SRS

Shared Resource Service (SRS) made the decision to move to Vantage Data Centers’ CWL1 data centre campus in the UK, offering an affordable and future-proofed private cloud hosting environment for delivering shared digital services to the South Wales public sector. Matt Lewis, Chief Operating Officer at SRS, explains how the organisation now has a more […]


MAMPU keeps vital government services running smoothly with Veeam

The Malaysian Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) keeps vital government services running smoothly by achieving 99.5% system availability with Veeam. Citizens throughout Malaysia use a range of digital tools to access healthcare and education services, file their taxes, manage their businesses and much more. As the IT services provider for the public sector, […]


Barracuda launches UAE data centre services offering local cloud data protection

As it looks to meet the growing demand for data protection in the Emirates and better serve its Middle East customers, Barracuda Networks, a trusted partner and provider of cloud-first security solutions, has announced that its Cloud-to-Cloud Backup solution will now be delivered to customers in the United Arab Emirates from Microsoft’s local cloud data […]


Macquarie Government becomes first ASX-listed company to join NSW Cloud Panel

Leader in sovereign cloud and government cybersecurity joins whole-of-government state panel, simplifying agencies’ ability to buy, deploy and benefit from secure cloud services. Macquarie Government, part of Macquarie Telecom Group, has signed a whole-of-government agreement with the New South Wales Government, joining its Cloud Purchasing Arrangement (‘Panel’), becoming the first sovereign-at-scale and listed Australian company […]


Stay local, stay safe: Complying with EU data regulations

Investing in a local data residence, or partnering with a vendor that already has a local data storage facility, offers many benefits for organisations. Simon Godfrey, EMEA Senior Sales Director, Secureworks, explores why EU businesses prefer to have their security telemetry data stored locally so that it complies with GDPR and other regulations. The location […]


Suffolk County Council achieves greater RoI with Cohesity

With the influx of data dominating today’s technology market, backup and restoring files is paramount to operating smoothly and reliably. Simon Mason, Head of Design and Platforms, Suffolk County Council, tells us how the organisation wanted to improve its capabilities by focusing on both the recovery of individual files and the restore of systems, and […]


Macquarie Data centers’ full portfolio certified strategic by Australian Government

The latest certification by the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) confirms that Macquarie Data centers’ facilities offer capability to support government information up to top secret classification with full redundancy at the Certified Strategic level. Macquarie Data centers, part of Macquarie Telecom Group, has announced that its Sydney data centers in the Macquarie Park Data Center […]


Ooredoo Maldives launches first ever tier-3 ready data centre in the Maldives

Ooredoo Maldives has launched the first ever tier-3 ready data centre in the Maldives, providing unparalleled connectivity, storage, security and support systems for IT-based services and operations, designed to provide reliability and safety for all types of customer segments. Located in the emerging smart city of Hulhumale’, Ooredoo Maldives Data Centre (OMDC) is a world-class-state-of-the-art […]


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