Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Azure Adopted in Brisbane

Brisbane City Council has become one of the first Australian public sector organisations to adopt a public Cloud service from Microsoft, leading the charge as state and federal governments consider the implications of such a migration.

In a lengthy response to the Australian Government to the Australian Government Information Management Office’s (AGIMO) draft Cloud strategy paper released last month, the software giant highlighted the local government’s move to Windows Azure, making it one of the first Australian government organisations to fully adopt a Cloud service.

According to Microsoft, Brisbane City Council adopted contract management software from Melbourne-based independent software vendor (ISV) Open Windows.

“Not only has Open Windows been able to take Brisbane City Council to the Azure Cloud but Council has embraced it in a big way, already creating over 11,000 user profiles in the system, and looking to take the application to their whole organisation,” the company’s submission reads.

A closed tender from the council indicates Open Windows was awarded the contract for its software in 2009. At the time, the council stipulated the solution should be hosted, either on a private or public Cloud.

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