Macquarie Telecom Group became a member of the VMware Sovereign Cloud initiative, a reflection of the company’s decade-long commitment to sovereign IT capability.
The growing importance of data sovereignty, scrutiny of data access and control, and increasing geo-political friction is leading governments and regulated industries to closely analyse their cloud strategies and evaluate who may have access to their data. The VMware Sovereign Cloud initiative helps customers identify and engage with trusted national or regional cloud service providers to meet their unique sovereign cloud requirements.
VMware Sovereign Cloud initiative participants offer sovereign cloud solutions for customers in highly regulated industries, such as banking and finance, healthcare, energy, government services, public sector, and telecommunications.
Macquarie’s designation as a VMware Sovereign Cloud Provider follows the company’s own rigorous assessment of its data centres and cloud services in accordance with the VMware Sovereign Cloud framework. These include protecting critical data for both private and public sector organisations with audited security controls, ensuring compliance with data privacy laws, improving control of data by providing both data residency and data sovereignty and delivering national capability for the digital economy.
Becoming a member of VMware’s Sovereign Cloud initiative is the latest in a string of sovereign credentials for Macquarie Telecom Group. In August 2021 it became one of the first data centre providers to be Certified Strategic by the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA).
Last year Macquarie also surpassed the 200-mark for staff with the AGSVA NV1 security clearance – a key requirement for managing classified government data – an increase of more than 66 per cent of staff with this clearance between July-August 2021 alone.
Managing Director of Macquarie Telecom Group Aidan Tudehope said the certification from VMware is important validation of the sovereign message his company has been championing for more than a decade.
Mike Reddie, Senior Director of Cloud for VMware A/NZ
We’re very pleased Macquarie Telecom has joined the VMware Sovereign Cloud initiative. The added value of data sovereignty, jurisdictional control, and data security and compliance means that Macquarie Telecom customers are preparing for changing regulations, increased security threats and geopolitical uncertainty – all of which are growing challenges.
