This month we lead on how New Zealand ’ s South Taranaki District Council ( STDC ) migrated its Business Critical Applications to Nutanix MSP – ASI Cloud , cutting costs , enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring data sovereignty . controlling clouds and allowing them to cause a ‘ hurricane of hurt ’.

Country Focus on p48 features Indonesia ’ s Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and Ericsson completing the world ’ s first full-stack Digital Monetization Platform deployment – pitched as a blueprint for the future of telecommunications in Indonesia .

Digital transformation of the public sector is an ongoing global challenge .

Faced with existing infrastructure nearing the end of its lifecycle in 2023 , STDC – covering more than 3,500 square kilometres on New Zealand ’ s North Island , encompassing seven main towns and multiple remote sites , all requiring seamless connectivity – sought a solution that could provide a stepping stone between its on-premises legacy applications and cloud-first digital strategy .

Chris Davis-Pipe , Group VP IT , Crown Worldwide , got his start with a BBC Micro brought home by his dad . In Get to Know on p79 he tells what time in tech has taught him since .

That ’ s just a sample of what ’ s inside – enjoy the read

Have an innovative month .

Make stuff happen .

On p56 , Stephen Mileham , IT Operations Lead , STDC , outlines how the transition away from onpremise systems challenge was met with ASI Cloud and Nutanix .

Editor ’ s Question on p32 asks if APAC ’ s complex cloud climate is ripe for a storm ?

Peter Lees , Head of Solution Architecture for Asia Pacific , SUSE , tells us there ’ s a fine line between

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