Amcom Telecommunications (ASX:AMM) has penned a three-year $9 million contract to provide hosted Cloud services to the University of Western Australia (UWA). Under the terms of the deal, Amcom will host UWA’s Cloud services out of its Perth-based data centres and will provide “hundreds” of servers with over 400 Terabytes (TB) of storage delivered over Amcom’s ten Gigabit fibre network. In a statement to the ASX, UWA director of information management, Mary Davies, said the Cloud services would underpin how the university would provide students, academics and researchers with the computing power and storage needed in coming years. “Amcom has been able to provide us with a cost effective, secure, reliable and dedicated product that gives us capacity and capability across all faculties,” she said. “It is both simple for us to manage and user friendly for our staff.” “Amcom is ready to deliver the hosted services we require now, and most important our data is stored in Perth using dedicated infrastructure (single tenant) under a private hosted services agreement.” Amcom joins a host of telcos offering Cloud services with Telstra, Optus and Macquarie Telecom making investments in the Cloud space. However, as telcos increasingly jump on the Cloud bandwagon their platforms have raised questions around what exactly they can offer in comparison with more traditional IT services providers. Follow Chloe Herrick on Twitter: @chloe_CW Follow Computerworld Australia on Twitter: @ComputerworldAU Related content feature 10 hottest IT jobs for salary growth in 2023 The demand for tech workers hasn’t slowed down, as rising salaries reveal the most sought-after tech professionals for 2023, according to data from Dice. By Sarah K. White Jun 08, 2023 8 mins Salaries IT Jobs Careers interview Oshkosh CIO Anu Khare on IT’s pursuit of value The specialty truck maker’s IT chief sees tech-enabled transformation being fueled by a relentless focus on strategic fit and customer value — and passionate business involvement. By Dan Roberts Jun 08, 2023 9 mins Automotive Industry Manufacturing Industry IT Strategy news analysis What LOB leaders really think about IT: IDC study Businesses leaders increasingly rely on digital innovation to meet their goals but are not always giving IT a say in key business decisions, a disconnect that could hinder innovation, a new IDC study has found. By Peter Sayer Jun 08, 2023 6 mins Business IT Alignment IT Strategy IT Leadership news Salesforce’s Marketing GPT and Commerce GPT to help build personalized services The new generative AI based services take advantage of the company’s Data Cloud and proprietary Einstein GPT, Salesforce said. By Anirban Ghoshal Jun 08, 2023 4 mins Salesforce.com CRM Systems Artificial Intelligence Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe