Microsoft, in partnership with Canberra Data Centres, and the Australian government announced the initiative on Tuesday describing it as the first hyperscale government cloud designed to handle unclassified and protected government data.
The basic idea behind the project — which has been about three years in the making — is to modernise the system that underpins services such as healthcare, immigration, border protection, welfare and tax to pave the way for things like individual digital identities and connected health records.
Due to come into operation in the first half of 2018, Microsoft will effectively build two new cloud regions over the top of government data, which is being securely stored in Canberra.
“We’re building cloud platforms close to where the data is. By building our cloud infrastructure in the data centre where most government data already lives we can really unlock some of that data and innovate on top of it,” the lead engineer for Microsoft Azure in Australia, James Kavanagh, told news.com.au.
Described as “nation building infrastructure” the initiative will allow government agencies to unlock the potential of innovative technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligent bots and blockchain.
It could even usher in a new and more efficient tax system, Mr Kavanagh said…
Source: Microsoft Hyperscale Cloud to be used for Australian government data
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