Oxfam heading to the cloud

Oxfam Australia plans to move part of its technology infrastructure, including disaster recovery and back-up services, to the cloud as a way to reduce IT expenses.

Oxfam Australia hopes to shave about 20% off its IT costs by shifting part of its technology infrastructure, disaster recovery and back-up services to the cloud.

The organisation will move part of its technology infrastructure, specifically disaster recovery and back-up services, to cloud-based systems.

Grant Holton-Picard, Oxfam Australia’s technical infrastructure manager, provided the commentary about the cloud move and expected savings.

Oxfam Australia expects the 20% IT cost savings from the cloud migration to be realised over four years.

No — according to Oxfam Australia the savings are expected to be realised over a four-year period rather than immediately.

Oxfam Australia believes that moving disaster recovery and back-up services to cloud infrastructure will reduce ongoing IT operating costs, contributing to the overall goal of cutting IT spend by around 20%.

Everyday investors and donors can view Oxfam Australia’s cloud migration as a strategic cost-management move: the organisation aims to lower IT costs by about 20% through partial cloud adoption, with savings expected to materialise over four years, per the technical infrastructure manager.