Potentially reading to much between the lines but this article to me has a few take outs -
http://www.itnews.com.au/news/wa-police-cio-quits-413851
- story about CIO of WA Police which Cirrus Networks won a 3 year contract with for provision, support and maintenance of the WA Police virtualisation estate. Where will he go next as obviously has experience with selecting and working with Cirrus Networks
- Whilst Cirrus Networks were the stand out for the 3 year contract on virtualisation estate, the WA Police decided to wait and watch the WA govt IT overhaul for the broader services. Cirrus obviously stood out for the part they won with WA Police so how is this capability potentially expanding with synergies from L7 Acquisition
"The force last year went to market for outsourced managed network services but was unable to find a suitable solution.
It has instead decided to wait and watch the progress of Western Australia's whole-of-government efforts to shift to an as-a-service model."
- commentary re WA Govt IT tender...expect updates within coming weeks
The WA government last year hired its first-ever whole-of-government chief information officer, Giles Nunis, who has been tasked with ensuring the state’s $1 billion annual IT budget is spent well.
Nunis and team are expected to release WA's first whole-of-government IT strategy - which is likely to focus on cost savings and efficiencies - in the coming weeks.
The state released its first tender in the as-a-service overhaul late last year, detailing a five-year head agreement across the whole-of-government that will cover compute, storage, and unified communications network-as-a-service.
At the end of the day CNW are obviously playing in the right space with the right people and doing things well to win contracts. Expand the capability and they have the networks to grow.