Oxfam heading to the cloud

Oxfam Australia plans to move part of its technology infrastructure to the cloud, specifically shifting its disaster recovery and back-up services to cloud-based systems.

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

The organisation is moving part of its technology infrastructure, including disaster recovery and back-up services, to the cloud.

Grant Holton-Picard, Oxfam Australia’s technical infrastructure manager, commented on the cloud move and the expected savings.

Oxfam Australia said the expected savings from the cloud migration would be realised over four years.

The targeted financial impact is a reduction in IT costs—around a 20 per cent saving—achieved by moving selected infrastructure, disaster recovery and back-up services to the cloud.

Yes. The article explicitly states that Oxfam Australia is moving its disaster recovery and back-up services to the cloud as part of the migration.

Everyday investors should note three clear facts from the article: Oxfam Australia is moving part of its technology infrastructure to the cloud, that includes disaster recovery and back-up services, and the organisation expects to realise roughly 20 per cent in IT cost savings over four years, according to technical infrastructure manager Grant Holton-Picard.