Oracle has released its new Oracle Cloud for Australian Government and Defence in Canberra.
“The ACT Government welcomes Oracle’s investment in this new capability here in Canberra,” said Andrew Barr, chief minister and treasurer, ACT Government. “The cloud region will be an important addition to our city’s digital infrastructure and adds to the depth and breadth of the capabilities that our cyber security sector can offer.”
“The Australian federal government has budgeted more than US$1.3 billion for digital and ICT in its 2023-24 budget, and we’re committed to helping strengthen Australia’s digital economy. Australia’s private and public sectors have trusted Oracle to help accelerate innovation for more than two decades,” said Stephen Bovis, regional managing director, Australia and New Zealand, Oracle. “The addition of the new government cloud reinforces our commitment to delivering a secure, scalable, and high-performing cloud platform and business applications that are built to meet the stringent security standards necessary to protect Australia’s most important data. With the new region, public sector organisations can now bring their most important workloads and applications to the cloud, helping drive organisational growth while delivering improved services to Australian citizens.”
Government cloud customers will have access to over 100 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services and applications, including Oracle Autonomous Database, MySQL HeatWave Database Service, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, Oracle Cloud VMware Solution, as well as integrated security capabilities such as zero-trust architecture and Oracle Cloud Guard.
In addition, since 2020, Oracle has maintained a whole-of-government (WofG) agreement with the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) to make it easier for Australian government agencies to purchase Oracle products and services.
“Digital sovereignty has been a growing issue, with governments increased needs for control over their data, infrastructure, resources, and software. Increasingly, governments are engaging and partnering with trusted cloud partners to stay abreast of their challenges in this journey,” said Daphne Chung, research director of cloud services and software, IDC Asia/Pacific. “Despite economic uncertainties, IDC forecasts Australia public cloud services to grow at a five-year CAGR of 19.2 percent to become a US$19.2 billion market in 2026.”
OCI supports private and public sector organisations globally by offering a wide range of distributed cloud deployment options beyond public cloud regions, including Dedicated Region and Exadata Cloud@Customer, which can assist with applications where data proximity and low-latency in specific locations are of critical importance.
“This is a major announcement that has great significance in supporting cloud adoption within the public sector and helping clients further leverage Oracle’s cloud technology,” said Robert Loughnane, ANZ Partner, Deloitte. “We believe that this announcement and our strong alliance with Oracle will further support our customers’ digital needs and reinforce our position as a market leader in mission-critical systems management and transformation services.”
“We welcome the addition of Oracle Cloud for Australian Government and Defence, as the initiative removes barriers to the adoption of cloud services by public sector agencies,” said Dean Langenbach, chief executive officer, Nomura Research Institute (NRI) Australia and New Zealand. “With this new offering, government agencies will have more access to high-quality and secure solutions, allowing public sector organisations to take full advantage of the benefits of the cloud without compromising the integrity and confidentiality of information.”
