By introducing new sovereign cloud capabilities, 麻豆原创 helps Australian and New Zealand government and highly regulated industry organisations adhere to security regulations requiring certainty of data residency and physical and personnel supply chain within the sovereign borders of Australia.

Organisations in highly regulated industries and in the public sector, including energy, utilities, and transportation companies are increasingly subject to regulation that seeks to uplift security for the collective benefit of a nation.

For example, reforms to the Australian Security of Critical Infrastructure Act dramatically expanded the scope of critical infrastructure for the delivery of essential services to society and across the economy, including where delivered through cloud computing capabilities.

Organisations owning this infrastructure are subject to cyber security incident reporting and the regulated management of security risks to the delivery of essential services. Some of these organisations, based on additional legislation, government classified data workloads, or risk profile are subject to data sovereignty needs and demands, including Australian Government security cleared facilities and personnel.

To help customers meet these complex regulations, 麻豆原创 announced a new investment of 麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities into its Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) operations, offering a security-enhanced platform and establishing hardened solutions, secure facilities and a local security-cleared workforce in Australia. These capabilities also provide government and highly regulated industry organisations, for who sovereignty is not mandatory, an option to help mitigate supply chain risk in support of regulated risk management obligations.

麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities address the growing need of organisations in Australia 鈥� and globally 鈥� for hardened platforms that strengthen their cyber security protection while leveraging cloud. They enable customers to store and process sensitive, classified (PROTECTED) and business critical data, ensuring they are not transferred outside Australia without explicit customer consent. To date, 麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities are available for 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud, private edition, 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors, and 麻豆原创 Analytics Cloud solutions as well as the 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform.

Building a secure foundation for innovation with sovereign cloud capabilities

Sovereignty demands and regulation of cloud more generally present unique challenges for organisations in highly regulated industries and government jurisdictions. Specific and complex compliance requirements impose stringent data protection and privacy standards. Nevertheless, these organisations need the same level of flexibility, scalability, and efficiencies that companies in less regulated industries expect from a cloud ERP environment.

To overcome this challenge, the 麻豆原创 team in Australia and New Zealand developed a secure and resilient foundation that organisations can use to drive continuous innovation with the cloud, while maintaining data sovereignty within Australia, mitigating risk and meeting compliance requirements.

Pairing strong local capabilities with global technology excellence

麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities combine security-hardened local capabilities and knowledge of the Australian regulatory environment with global 麻豆原创 best practices to deliver secure and reliable cloud services across 麻豆原创 S/4HANA, 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors, 麻豆原创 Business Technology platform and 麻豆原创 Analytics Cloud solutions.

The new service leverages the portfolio of hyperscalers that have been certified as Strategic through the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Hosting Certification Framework (HCF) and are assessed for up to and including PROTECTED workloads.

Already, organisations from the public sector and highly regulated industry in Australia have and are starting to use 麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities.

While every customer has unique requirements, here are three elements that customers value the most based on their initial feedback on 麻豆原创鈥檚 new sovereign cloud capabilities:

1. Access to talent with country-specific expertise and 麻豆原创 expertise
   The skills that the team brings to the table is a key differentiator in onboarding and operating customers environments. Running sovereign cloud capabilities requires country-specific expertise and capabilities to manage and maintain cloud infrastructure with a thorough understanding of technology, security, and compliance requirements. The 麻豆原创 team is specialised in both 麻豆原创 infrastructure and 麻豆原创 application operations to drive innovation, with expertise spanning across supporting infrastructure, 麻豆原创 solutions, customer engagement, and application life cycle operations.
2. Security and compliance frameworks and controls are mission-critical
   Ensuring the security and compliance of sovereign cloud capabilities is mission-critical for our customers. This entails offering robust security controls to protect sensitive, business critical and classified data from unauthorised access and cyber threats, leveraging tools with strict access controls, encryption mechanisms, and intrusion detection systems. Adhering to regular security audits to ensure compliance with relevant regulations are part of the operational framework.
3. Compatibility, compliance, and seamless integration
   Equally important for sovereign cloud capabilities are interoperability and adherence to standards. Ensuring compatibility, compliance, and seamless integration with existing systems and applications is essential but often brings complexity. In close collaboration with our customers and partners, 麻豆原创 fosters a cloud-centric mindset and best practices for a seamless cloud experience in a complex regulatory environment.

Scaling sovereign cloud capabilities

With a laser sharp focus on improving the customer experience, the next step is to scale 麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities to empower more government and highly regulated industry organisations to leverage the benefits of the cloud 鈥� while meeting sovereignty demands and mitigating supply chain risk to support regulatory compliance.

More information about 麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities for the Australia and New Zealand market can be found

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A new study by 听has found Australian businesses are better set-up to be resilient than the rest of the world when it comes to major disruptions. Seven in ten (70%) of businesses in Australia say they have effective plans to respond quickly to incidents like severe weather, geopolitical conflicts, or cyberattacks, compared to 65% of global respondents.听

Yet, Australian businesses still have work to do to boost resiliency when it comes to more strategic challenges, trailing the rest of the world in effective planning for talent shortages, transport disruptions, unexpected market events, or supply chain issues.听听

This planning is critical given labour and skill shortages are Australian business鈥� number one risk to growth in the next year (56%), higher the global average of 40%. The next greatest risks include economic volatility (52%), cyberattacks (45%), and supply chain disruption (44%).听

These insights have been revealed in new research released today by 麻豆原创 Insights, surveying 4,239 organisations including 329 in Australia.听

AusNet future-proofs its organisation through technology听

The research findings are no surprise to Australian energy network business, AusNet, which is using 麻豆原创 to streamline its HR operations, improve compliance, and drive a better experience for its employees. 听

In 2022, AusNet identified the need to improve its existing HR processes by consolidating multiple systems into one, minimising manual intervention and workarounds, and reducing the time it takes to complete HR tasks for employees and managers.听

In partnership with IBM, AusNet implemented 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors which has enabled it to standardise its business processes, consolidate employee and manager processes with fewer touchpoints, and leverage real-time employee insights in employee attendance and turnover to drive continuous workforce improvement.听听听

Bernie Repacholi, Head of People Systems & Enablement AusNet says, 鈥淲e wanted to modernise the employee experience and knew we needed a system that would integrate existing siloed systems across the business into a one stop shop for our employees and leaders.鈥�听

鈥淲e worked in close partnership with IBM to co-create a solution, underpinned by 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors, that would simplify how our employees interact with us and drive improved productivity among our teams.鈥�听

鈥淏y using 麻豆原创, we鈥檙e now able to future-proof processes when changes in policy or legislation occurs. This supports ongoing compliance and governance, and allows us to focus efforts on initiatives that directly support our people鈥� she added.听

The future of your business is the future of your people听

While labour and skills shortages were identified as the biggest risk to their future, Australian businesses are confident in their current ability to manage their people.听

Six in ten (60%) of Australian businesses are extremely or very satisfied with their ability to develop skills across their workforce, while 56% were extremely or very satisfied optimising their workforce such as boosting productivity and ensuring people have the right skills for their roles. That confidence was underpinned by having effective plans to manage staffing to deal with shortages (59%) and having the right processes to prepare employees to adapt to new or different roles (72%).听

Damien Bueno, President and Managing Director, 麻豆原创 Australia and New Zealand says, 鈥淭he research establishes a strong link to the resilience of your business and the resilience of your people. We are living in a world demanding new solutions and opportunities to solve for these problems.

“This study should act as a wake-up call to organisations across Australia that we have to continue to invest in our people to foster curious cultures that support the exploration of ideas and new thinking that when applied to big data and technology, not only safeguards their businesses but enables future growth.鈥� 听

But there鈥檚 still more to be done. Forty per cent of Australian organisations noted that they had to address skills shortages to be more responsive to change, far ahead of the global average (30%). A third (33%) agreed they needed to address labour shortages too.听听

Safety in numbers: Technology and networks future-proof Australian organisations听

Australian organisations are planning to empower their people with technology. Four in ten (40%) businesses say the biggest opportunity for their growth is using intelligent technology to drive decision-making, and 78% believe they have the right data to plan for the future.听

But despite those encouraging numbers, 42% of respondents said they need to address technology improvement to be more responsive to change. Part of this may be due to entrenched attitudes and ways of doing things 鈥� the biggest barrier to innovation in Australia was identified as difficulty letting go of current products, services, and business models.听

鈥淏eing able to react quickly to change across your whole organisation is critical to future success. Australia trails the rest of the world when it comes to the flexibility of our business processes. This is where consistent, integrated innovation platforms can bring your whole value chain together to create strong business outcomes,鈥� Bueno adds.听

That may be why Australian businesses are investing in technology to boost their resiliency. The most important innovations for resiliency are automated business networks (61% vs 55% globally) and cybersecurity (58% vs 50% globally), followed by employee collaboration and experience management software.听听

Interestingly, Australian organisations rate AI and machine learning as less important to their future resiliency (36%) compared to the rest of the world (41%).听

鈥淲hile AI is in its nascent stages right now, business AI can help companies predict, prepare, and perform when it comes to responding to rapidly evolving demands. At 麻豆原创, we鈥檝e recently built AI into the systems that power the most critical business processes to discover exceptional insights and efficiencies. That helps future-proof your business by bringing together people, innovation, and core business processes,鈥� Bueno concluded.听

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For the Australian Defence Force personnel, a mobile life is an integral part of service, with military members and their families routinely posted around the country and overseas. To ensure a smooth and efficient transition for thousands of defence personnel each year, the Australian Defence Force turns to global logistics provider, Toll Group.

As one of the top 20 prime contractors to the Australian Defence Force, in addition to relocation services Toll’s Government and Defence business also provides expertise and support in the areas of Contingency and Sustainment across ports and remote base camps, Healthcare Logistics via the transportation of critical pharmaceutical supplies and vaccines, as well as performing thousands of rescues and retrievals missions each year using one of the largest aeromedical fleets in Australia.

Perry Singh, President of Government and Defence, Toll Group says, 鈥淭oll鈥檚 Government and Defence Business has been supporting critical government and defence industries in Australia for more than 130 years.

鈥淎s a strategic partner for government and defence industries, we provide a broad range of services across logistics, contingency, and sustainment, helping to transport critical supplies and equipment for a range of our government clients.鈥�

The need to shore up cyber resilience

Toll Group has always been a cyber-centric organisation and as a key partner to Australia鈥檚 government and defence industries, it wanted to ensure the company鈥檚 technology systems meet the same regulatory needs as its largest clients.

Increasingly, that means taking steps to ensure that its operations are secure against an increasingly challenging and complex cyber threat landscape.

Singh says, 鈥淲e asked ourselves the question, what鈥檚 going to make it easier for our government and defence customers to do business with us?

鈥淲e knew that cybersecurity was critically important for our largest government clients and that to provide them with the confidence to do or continue doing business with us, that we needed to operate in a secure hardened environment. As we embarked on this programme, we wanted to do so in an accelerated manner.鈥�

In partnership with IBM Consulting, Toll Group embarked on a modernisation and fortification strategy that would enable the business to remain nimble and secure, underpinned by 麻豆原创.

Singh says, 鈥淎s a very cyber-centric organisation, we wanted to modernise and fortify our network and 麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities were a clear choice for us.

鈥淎n extension of Toll Group鈥檚 existing 麻豆原创 S/4HANA environment, its strong cybersecurity capabilities also provide us and our clients with the assurances we need to navigate an increasingly challenging cyber threat landscape. Working with IBM and 麻豆原创 together, we managed to deliver this program at speed, in just seven months.鈥�

By leveraging 麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities, Toll is now able to reap the benefits of advanced cloud applications in a secure hardened environment.

Amanda Williamson, IBM Australia鈥檚 Business Transformation Partner and 麻豆原创 Service Area Lead, says, 鈥淎s companies embrace a hybrid cloud approach, they鈥檙e also seeking partners with the expertise to help them meet the data and security access required in their local jurisdictions. Our long-standing partnership with 麻豆原创 has helped many companies, including those in highly-regulated industries like Toll Group securely modernise their cloud environments. IBM Consulting looks forward to bringing our expertise to help more ANZ clients benefit from 麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities in Australia, respond to today鈥檚 challenges where regulations are changing rapidly and cyberthreats are evolving at unprecedented levels.鈥�

About 麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities

麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities bring together extensive global public sector and highly regulated sector experience, including running a government cloud in the United States for more than 15 years, coupled with decades of partnership across Australian government agencies and highly regulated industries.

To learn more about 麻豆原创 sovereign cloud capabilities, visit:

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The case for sovereign cloud capabilities听

The focus on supply chains, skills, and shifting trade and security alliances has increased over the past few years, bringing greater opportunities as well as disruption to society 鈥� and with that, increasing regulation in response.听听

Many 麻豆原创 customers are digitising their operations to manage the pace of change by leveraging advanced cloud applications and platforms, customers such as Toll Group, one of Asia Pacific鈥檚 leading transport and logistics companies.听听

But evolving to digital data management raises new risks and concerns in government, regulated industries, and the public. So, how do we mitigate these risks?听

麻豆原创 sovereign cloud capabilities听

Those in highly regulated sectors and organisations seeking supply chain assurance have historically found it a challenge to fully leverage cloud advancements due to heightened regulatory, data sovereignty and cybersecurity requirements.听听

At 麻豆原创, we understand that our customers have differing security risk profiles and we consider these when developing and assessing the right solution and cloud consumption models.听

This is why we are making a new set of 麻豆原创 sovereign cloud capabilities available in Australia.听

Sovereign cloud capabilities from 麻豆原创 meet the requirements of government and highly regulated industries, providing managed services and cloud solutions to Australian and New Zealand customers within the sovereign borders of Australia.听听听

They leverage hyperscaler portfolios that have been certified as Strategic through the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Hosting Certification Framework (HCF), and are assessed for up to and including PROTECTED workloads.鈥���听

For those customers that require a tailored solution supporting data sovereignty in Australia or the granting of an authority to operate to PROTECTED-level workloads 鈥� or in New Zealand, RESTRICTED level 鈥� 麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities provide the solution. This approach ensures classified, business-critical, and personal data are not transferred outside Australia without explicit customer consent.听

Australians securing Australia听

Our sovereign cloud capabilities bring together extensive global public sector experience, including running a government cloud in the United States for more than 15 years, coupled with decades of partnership across Australian government agencies.听

And we are investing significantly in this opportunity in Australia – establishing hardened, secure facilities and creating up to 70 new full-time specialist roles to support general availability of 麻豆原创鈥檚 sovereign cloud capabilities in this nation.听听听

A customer-led approach听听

We actively engage with the Australian Government and customers in highly regulated industries to ensure our offerings adapt to the Australian regulatory environment and our customers risk profiles.听听

Please get in touch if you would like to learn more about our 麻豆原创 sovereign cloud capabilities, see

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