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- 5G Networks (5GN) has been selected as a strategic supplier for the South Australian Government’s Managed Platform Services panel
- The $301.5 million panel allows South Australian government agencies to buy key infrastructure and cloud services
- As a supplier, 5G Networks will provide IT infrastructure services, which will include managed platforms and public cloud management services
- The company expects that the panel it has joined will assist the government to transform and transition to the cloud
- 5G Networks is up 10.18 per cent and trading at $1.52 per share
5G Networks (5GN) has been selected as a strategic supplier for the South Australian Government’s Managed Platform Services panel.
The $301.5 million panel allows South Australian Government agencies to procure and purchase key infrastructure, public cloud services, or third-party management for these services.
The Government’s new MPS panel is relatively new, as it only got up and running in the last couple of months. In January 2021, the panel named the first 13 suppliers which would support its hosting needs over the next six years.
As one of the latest suppliers added to the panel, 5G Networks will provide IT infrastructure services, which will include managed platforms and public cloud management services. This will involve infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS).
This is not the first time that 5G Networks has provided managed hosting and infrastructure services to South Australia’s government. The company has been doing so for many years, giving the business a history which likely played a role in its selection for the panel.
5G Networks expects that the panel it has joined will be pivotal in assisting the Government as it transforms and transitions from government hosting services to the cloud. The company’s General Manager of Sales, Joe Gillett, said 5G is delighted to continue its relationship with South Australia’s government, as a strategic supplier for critical infrastructure services.
“In working closely with SA agencies for many years, we now look forward to the next phase in the journey by enabling new innovative models of service delivery,” he said.
“The panel will also benefit from our direct investment in South Australia as we further develop our managed infrastructure platforms. This includes the continued development of the 5GN Cloud platform in Adelaide, which provides hybrid cloud services across both private and public clouds,” he added.
5G Networks is up 10.18 per cent, trading at $1.52 per share at 1:03 pm AEDT.
