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Cloud and NBN: Delivering benefits to the community sector. Keith Besgrove First Assistant Secretary Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Cloud Computing. Definitions usually unhelpful Instead, consider benefits: Reduces IT costs
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Cloud and NBN: Delivering benefits to the community sector Keith Besgrove First Assistant SecretaryDepartment of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Cloud Computing • Definitions usually unhelpful • Instead, consider benefits: • Reduces IT costs • Increases ability to scale and adapt • Relieves burden of IT administration IBM Cloud Computing by IvanWalsh.com from flickr.com under CC BY-NC 2.0
National Broadband Network • A new communications environment for Australia based on: • Reliability (built for reliability and resilience) • Ubiquity (everyone has 12+Mbps) • Speed (100Mbps at present) • Upload (up to 40 times faster than ADSL2) ...visit www.nbn.gov.au Image from www.nbn.gov.au
Cloud in the Community Sector Cloud-enabled organisations: • Surf Life Saving Australia • Playgroup Queensland • Sydney Homeless Connect Image from Surf Life Saving Australia www.sls.com.au
Cloud for Your Organisation • Your IT needs? • Speak to experts • Guides & checklists • see agimo.govspace.gov.au • Start with low-hanging fruit... The proverbial low hanging fruit by Luis Toro from flickr.com under CC BY 2.0