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Agreement to cement Tech Central as a new Smart City in Sydney development , transportation , cybersecurity , virtual environment , energy and agriculture technology ,” said Ayres . “ Through this MoU we would look to support the jobs of tomorrow and develop innovative ecosystems for cybersecurity start-ups and scale-ups at Tech Central , laying the foundation for new industries that drive our economic recovery .”
Jun Sawada , President and CEO of NTT , said the business was focused on making communities and cities more inclusive , safe , resilient and sustainable .
Memorandum of Understanding
A ( MoU ) has been signed between the New South Wales ( NSW ) Government and NTT Corporation . The MoU will look to leverage Japanese tech giant NTT ’ s global capacity as a leader in Digital Transformation and would cement Tech Central as a new Smart City in the center of Sydney .
Stuart Ayres , Minister for Jobs , Investment , Tourism and Western Sydney , said the agreement reaffirmed NSW as a technology hub in Asia-Pacific .
“ We ’ re powering ahead and turbocharging our tech industries through Tech Central , with a focus on areas such as urban
“ NTT has a strong collaboration record for smart innovation with many leading cities and states worldwide ,” he said . “ NSW and NTT will promote and accelerate open collaborations and innovations , leveraging smart solutions and ICT platforms that will realize smart buildings , campuses and cities in a secure way .”
Nutanix study shows global public sector ‘ Cloud Smart ’ strategies validated by COVID-19 response
Aaron White , Sr . Sales Director , METI at Nutanix of respondents reporting employing zero remote workers today .
Nutanix has announced the global public sector industry findings of its third annual Enterprise Cloud Index Report , measuring organizations ’ plans for adopting private , hybrid and public clouds .
The findings point to a concentrated modernization effort throughout the sector over the past few months , with 70 % of respondents saying COVID-19 has caused IT to be viewed more strategically in their organizations . This COVID-19-spurred push is especially notable , given that the public sector has struggled with IT modernization efforts .
While public sector organizations have historically grappled with regulations that deter home working , the pandemic forced them to take necessary steps to securely support a remote workforce .
Nearly half ( 48 %) of global public sector respondents said their organizations had no employees working remotely one year ago . However , since the onset of the pandemic , the sector has scaled its number of remote workers , with only 15 % and 11 %
“ It is clear from the research that public sector organizations favor a hybrid cloud architecture . They ’ ve embarked on a journey to achieve it with an uptake in their use of private and public clouds and rapid decommissioning of legacy data center architecture ,” said Aaron White , Sr . Sales Director , METI at Nutanix .
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