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City of Sydney to migrate data centres under cloud initiative

The Council of the City of Sydney in Australia has issued a request for tender inviting suppliers for two new data centre facilities as part of plans to move the city council towards Infrastructure as...

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Public cloud provider expands managed services in Asia

US-based CenturyLink opens cloud node in Singapore, adding to existing capacity in Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangalore and Sydney.

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India's e-government strategy: Social, mobile, analytics and cloud computing

Social, mobile, analytics and cloud or SMAC technologies are the Indian Government’s focus for its next round of e-government initiatives, with plans to set up new departments specifically to govern...

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Automation and virtualisation help Australian Treasury CIO do more with less

The Australian Treasury had 15 per cent of its budget cut in the last two years. But its CIO, Peter Alexander, continues to meet rising demands with fewer resources, delivering real business benefits...

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The Philippines Government reveals ICT priorities: Health IT, White Space, Cloud

In an exclusive interview with OpenGov, Louis Casambre, Under Secretary & Executive Director, ICT Office, Department of Science and Technology, The Philippines reveals the key priorities and...

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HP launches Helion cloud portfolio backed up with US$1 billion investment

HP today morning launched HP Helion, a portfolio bringing together its offerings across private, public and hybrid cloud, and managed cloud services. It plans to invest over US$1 billion over the next...

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Australia plans whole-of-government open source cloud-based content...

The Australian Government is planning to have a whole-of-government Content Management System (or GovCMS), which will be delivered through a public cloud using open source Drupal software, announced...

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ASEAN’s enterprise information management platform enables mobile and secure...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has revealed an organisation-wide information management platform, ASEAN Online, that will enable ASEAN Member States and the ASEAN Secretariat to support the...

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Australian State Government reinforces support for cloud, mobility and big data

The Victorian government’s just-released ICT strategy (2014-2015) reinforces support for public cloud, mobile technologies, and better access to on-line data-sets. Staged project roll-outs replace “big...

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What could a principles-based cloud computing framework for regulators look...

Mike Mudd, Chief Representative for Asia Pacific, Open Computing Alliance, writes about how government regulators can support cloud adoption while minimising risks, and satisfying their due diligence...

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Thailand government & Microsoft to deploy cloud across all schools for 8...

The Office of the Basic Education Commission of Thailand and Microsoft Thailand have signed a memorandum of understanding that will provide 8 million students and 400,000 teachers across Thailand with...

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Australian State government leverages cloud to deliver savings

Queensland’s Minister for Information Technology, Ian Walker, announces a revitalised cloud-first strategy. Reinforces support for virtualised services to manage the cost of running ICT infrastructure.

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Singapore public university cuts 30 per cent in costs with open hybrid cloud

Nanyang Technological University, one of the two largest public universities in Singapore, has cut costs by 30 per cent by leveraging an open hybrid cloud infrastructure to support the university’s...

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Australia CTO clarifies plans to release all code to open source community

Australia’s Chief Technology Officer, John Sheridan, today clarified the government’s plans to release all code from its proposed new content management system to the open source community.

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Weatherman’s best friend: How Australia used open source for its...

How did Australia scale up to cope with all of its public research agencies at the same time? OpenGov spoke with Allan Williams, Associate Director, Australian National Computational Infrastructure to...

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New Zealand ‘should take more risks on cloud’

New Zealand government’s approach to cloud computing is too risk averse, a review of the public sector’s use of cloud computing has shown.

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Red Hat: Governments should invest in open source cloud to keep up with...

Governments should invest in open source cloud to avoid getting trapped with a vendor and their offerings when they need to meet policy requirements or the time comes to update to new technology, Red...

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New Zealand Government announces new cloud software deal

The New Zealand Government will launch a new information-sharing system to be delivered in partnership with the private sector, the Government Chief Information Officer, Colin MacDonald has announced.

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Seoul plans new cloud platform to share data

Seoul, South Korea’s capital city, is developing a cloud platform to better connect its government agencies.

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Japan to build nationwide healthcare network to address ageing population

Japan’s Government will be connecting all hospitals, clinics and pharmacies nationwide as part of broader plans to address Japan’s ageing population problem, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and...

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