Amazon cloud - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 18 Mar 2024 01:51:14 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Amazon cloud - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Amazon cloud pays barely $1m tax on $391m revenues https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/03/18/amazon-cloud-pays-barely-1m-tax-on-391m-revenues/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 04:52:16 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=169023 The Government has set in place a new "cloud first" policy requiring all its agencies to store their information on the cloud. "Do not invest in on-premise ICT infrastructure unless information meets specific criteria," chief executives are told. Ideally, it says, information classified as "restricted" should be hosted in a New Zealand-based data centre, where Read more

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The Government has set in place a new "cloud first" policy requiring all its agencies to store their information on the cloud. "Do not invest in on-premise ICT infrastructure unless information meets specific criteria," chief executives are told.

Ideally, it says, information classified as "restricted" should be hosted in a New Zealand-based data centre, where a suitable onshore service exists.

Yet for now, restricted information about New Zealand departments, businesses and residents is all being shipped offshore. Read more

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