Telecom wins govt cloud-computing work

Grazed from Stuff.co.nz.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Telecom says it has been selected to provide cloud-based desktop computing solutions to government agencies, alongside Datacom and Japanese-owned companies Dimension Data and Fujitsu.  However, that has not been confirmed by the Internal Affairs Department, which said it was still negotiating with a "fourth" supplier.

United States technology giants IBM and Hewlett-Packard could not immediately be reached for comment on whether they had sought places on the all-of-government supply panel or still hoped to be included.  Government chief information officer Colin MacDonald said the successful suppliers would supply "virtual desktops" to government agencies…

While public servants will need a computer terminal, their operating system software and software applications will be hosted in the cloud by the four firms.  "This means agencies don’t have to buy, build, install and operate computer hardware and software. Instead, they can purchase it as a service and access it through the internet, paying only for what they use, like a utility. Agencies can scale up or down as it suits them, " MacDonald said…

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