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Additional services available through the Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) Multi Use List

Following a competitive assessment process, a further 14 Suppliers have joined the DCaaS Multi Use List to supply Cloud and Cloud-Like services to Australian Government Agencies. 

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Presentation on Cloud and DCaaS – AIPM

In the last couple of months I have given a number of presentations at various forums regarding the use of ICT in the Australian Government.  I thought I would share them here over the coming weeks.
The first is from an Australian Institute of Project Management event held in Canberra in late November. All photo attributions [...]

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Second assessment round for the Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) Multi Use List

I launched the Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) Multi-Use List (MUL) last week.  Since the launch, I’ve received emails from companies wanting to join.  As I said at the launch, the DCaaS MUL will be continually updated to reflect changes in the suppliers, services and pricing available to Agencies.
This is why I am announcing [...]

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Launch of Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) Multi Use List

I am pleased to announce the publication of the DCaaS Multi Use List (MUL) and Service Catalogue.  35 leading suppliers have been selected to provide Cloud and Cloud-Like services to the Australian Government.  Services range from Virtual Desktops and Servers, to Disaster Recovery and Managed Backups, to eTendering packages and online collaboration tools.
 The MUL will [...]

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Data Centre as a Service – Approach to Market

I am pleased today to release the Approach to the Market to establish the Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) Multi Use List (MUL).  This release is the culmination of a significant period of effort by the AGIMO data centre team and also by a range of interested stakeholders, in industry and in agencies, who [...]

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Streamlining Procurement: Data Centre as a Service – Project Update

We’ve been delighted with the discussion following my previous posting on the Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) initiative. We have reviewed all the contributions and used many of them to improve the Sourcing Approach and Head Agreement. The revised documents are below. I have also included a summary of the questions and responses on the Head Agreement.

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Data Centre as a Service – industry briefing session 2 May 2012

As foreshadowed, I’d like to invite representatives from industry to attend a briefing session on the Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) project at 4pm on Wednesday, 2 May 2012, in Canberra.
Update 9/5/12: The on-demand version of the webcast is now available.
The transcript is available for download here:

Transcript – AGIMO DCaas industry briefing 2 May [...]

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Streamlining Procurement: Data Centre as a Service

Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) is the next tranche of work in the Data Centre Strategy. We have been putting a lot of thought into how we can simplify procurement of and reduce transaction costs for cloud and cloud-like services while ensuring that we still meet the necessary procurement requirements. Today’s post is the [...]

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Data Centre Presentation November 2011

Hi everyone
Earlier this month I presented to agencies and industry regarding the progress of the Australian Government Data Centre Strategy. Particular focus of the presentation was on the Data Centre Panels (Facilities and Migration Services). I also briefly touched on the Data Centre Optimisation Target Policy and referred to the Data Centre as a Service [...]

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Data Centre as a Service: Industry Briefing Presentation

Hello,
Thank you to everyone who came to the Industry Briefing today. We had a great turnout.
I invite companies interested in delivering an Industry Presentation to register on AusTender (login required). Registration closes on 22 November 2011. No late registrations will be accepted due to our tight time frame.

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