Tag: AWS

post-image

Local tech misses out on federal opportunities

The Digital Transformation Agency has signed its seventh whole-of-government purchasing agreement with a foreign-headquartered tech giant – this time it is with Oracle – with the expressed aim to...

Service Victoria seeks new platform operator

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian government is set to go back to the market for a new operator of its one-stop shop for digital government services. Deloitte was brought in by the...

Govt finally backs sovereign cloud capability

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Foreign cloud companies such as Amazon and Microsoft would be restricted from handling certain government data sets as part of a new government plan following concerns over the security...

How stupid are we? Ask the government

Posted on   |  by Ed Husic
Ok, I don’t want to shock you but I think it’s safe to say the government thinks we’re all pretty stupid. The COVIDSafe app demonstrates that – or more...

DTA defends COVIDSafe contract with US tech giant

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Using an Australian company to host the COVIDSafe data would have delayed the rollout of the app and added “additional risk and complexity”, the Digital Transformation Agency says, amid...

COVIDSafe laws get a new framework

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Legislation enshrining privacy protections around the COVID-19 contact tracing app into law is set to be passed by the Senate on Thursday with bipartisan support after government agreed on...

AWS tracing deal a disgrace: Rex Patrick

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The contract handed to American tech giant Amazon to handle the cloud storage of data from the COVID-19 contact tracing app is a “disgrace” and more must done to...

Atlassian and the CovidSafe team

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian tech darling Atlassian is among the five private companies that helped the federal government build its COVID-19 contact tracing app. More than two million people have now downloaded...

Sovereign capability and that shocking AWS deal

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There have been a lot of fine people running around with their hair on fire yelling about sovereign capability holes in the manufacturing sector, specifically in relation to COVID...

COVIDSafe app lands, sourcecode yet to come

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government launched its controversial COVIDSafe contact tracing app on Sunday, and published a Privacy Impact Assessment as it seeks to boost public confidence and trust in the system...