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Magia Solutions and Australian Data Centres to bring more cloud computing expertise to Canberra - TechInvest Magazine Online

Written by Diana O'Connor | Mar 24, 2021 10:23:08 AM

Magia Solutions (Magia) has announced a strategic partnership with Australian Data Centres (ADC) to support Government Departments seeking to adopt Oracle Cloud Services from the recentlyannounced Oracle Cloud Region in Canberra. This partnership will provide agencies access to Australia’s top Oracle cloud experts to design and execute their pathways to Oracle Cloud.

Surend Dayal, the CEO of Magia Solutions, previously led Oracle’s Public Sector business in Australia. He has worked in Oracle for ten years under several designations in the US, APAC, and Australia. Surend is well-known in the Canberra community. He has a significant involvement at the Australian National University, and also as an angel investor in multiple local start-ups whom he has mentored through the challenges of taking their businesses global. At present, his primary focus is on building the Magia business locally and globally through the delivery of successful outcomes for customers.

Surend says, “The Oracle and ADC partnership for the Oracle Sovereign Cloud Region is a much-needed investment to provide the Commonwealth more choice in hyperscale cloud providers. Magia has established a priority focus on the Federal market to help agencies take advantage of this investment by ADC ”

Magia Solutions help enterprises, government, and higher education deliver a seamless business experience through Oracle Cloud Services. The company has received a Certified Excellence Implementer status in several fields, such as Customer Experience, indicating a consistent year-on-year rating of its implementation and support services by its customers. Magia offers a strong local presence with expertise spanning across the entire Oracle Technology including Autonomous Database, ERP, CX and Digital Marketing. The organisation prides itself on a high degree of flexibility, combined with deep expertise and vendor relationships.

“Our mission has been to make strategic investments that will foster more choice and access to innovation for the Commonwealth.” Said Rob Kelly, Managing Director, Australian Data Centres. “We are delighted that our partnership with Oracle has enabled, Magia, a high-quality Australian business, to strategically re-enter the Federal market. Choice is a fundamental necessity for any market, and particularly the Australian Federal market, to ensure all Australian companies have a fair go at securing business.”

Magia and ADC are both private, and wholly owned-and-operated Australian companies. They fully align to the conditions of the_Certified Strategic Hosting Provider_ certification level as outlined in the new Hosting Certification Framework released by the Digital Transformation Agency on 1 March 2021.

Magia is one of many to be announced strategic Australian SME partnerships that we have put in place in recent months.”_Said Rob Kelly, Managing Director, Australian Data Centres. “ADC will be a lighthouse to attract and support Australian SME providers that can deliver innovative service offerings that the Commonwealth can be confident will meet their strategic hosting provider objectives.”_