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Move, operate and innovate

Cloud services

Your success, our expertise: smart cloud solutions and managed cloud services for New Zealand organisations.

Build resilience, innovation and lasting success with cloud services

Technology is vital to every part of your business and having modern scalable platforms and digital experiences is now key to success, whilst unpredictable events from global uncertainty to cyber threats are driving the need for greater resilience. This has shown us that modern cloud solutions and reliable partners are more important than ever. At Datacom, we unlock the value of cloud to solve your key challenges with solutions that deliver resilience, efficiency, productivity and growth for New Zealand organisations.

Cloud technology is powerful, but the real impact comes from how you use it. Adopting the right technologies for your context, evolving how you work and enabling your people is essential for success.

As leading cloud experts, we focus on true partnership. We combine our local business enablement expertise and cloud consulting with the latest cloud technologies, from the edge and public cloud to private, sovereign platforms  and AI, to delivering and enabling solutions to your context for your success.

How we help:

  • Cloud consulting: Strategic alignment, architectural clarity and engineering excellence from cloud consulting experts who understand global platforms and the New Zealand regulatory and compliance landscape.
  • Enterprise cloud centre of excellence: Design, establish and enable the right people, processes and governance to drive value across your organisation by leveraging cloud effectively through an enterprise cloud centre of excellence.
  • Complete cloud solutions: Flexible, end‑to‑end cloud solutions that adapt to your needs — whether you are moving systems to the cloud, improving what you already have, or looking to innovate and solve new business challenges.
  • Cloud-smart delivery: Cloud‑smart delivery helps you select the right technology for the right outcomes, considering resilience, protection and compliance in every solution while evolving how you work and enabling your people to adopt cloud with confidence.
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Move, operate or innovate in the cloud. What are you looking to do?

With the right transformational partner and cloud service provider like Datacom, you can address today’s challenges while building future capabilities for your teams and customers. Our cloud specialists help you adapt the right mix of platforms and services so you grow innovation and resilience, and turn sustainability ambitions into measurable outcomes for your people, your business and the communities you serve.

Set a clear, low-risk path to cloud for your New Zealand organisation with expert-led migration and modernisation.

Cloud migration and modernisation →

We guide your cloud adoption, migration, and modernisation while bolstering your organisation’s digital resilience, productivity and capacity for innovation.
 

Application modernisation →

Datacom supports New Zealand businesses with secure, tailored application modernisation services, from refactoring legacy systems to building cloud‑native applications on modern platforms.

Public cloud →

Leverage leading public clouds such as AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud to deliver cloud‑native, scalable applications and access a wide range of digital and AI technologies.

Hybrid & private cloud →


Get the right cloud mix for your organisation by designing hybrid, multi‑cloud and private cloud solutions that balance flexibility, compliance, performance and control.

Sovereign cloud →


Meet compliance, data residency and sovereignty requirements with in‑country government cloud services hosted in certified New Zealand data centres.

Cloud connectivity →

Improve agility, reduce risk and cut IT costs with consistent, secure, high‑performance connectivity to support your hybrid and multi‑cloud platforms.

Realise the full benefits of cloud by improving delivery, optimising usage and spend, and protecting your digital assets with managed cloud services.

Cloud operations & delivery →

Modern hybrid cloud managed services, DevOps and automation enablement simplify, assure and protect your cloud delivery, with 24/7 monitoring and incident response from Datacom teams

Cloud FinOps →

Optimise cloud cost, reduce waste and align spend to value with visibility, tagging and cloud financial management (CFM) governance frameworks and FinOps practices.

Cloud security →

Secure your cloud platforms, applications and pipelines with the likes of cloud native application and posture protection, and security incident and response management.
 

Cloud data protection →

Protect your data with immutable backups, rapid recovery and built‑in resilience, hosted in certified Australasian data centres that support your compliance requirements.

Hybrid & private cloud →

Operate hybrid and private cloud with confidence using sovereign, Datacom‑operated platforms that balance flexibility, cost, compliance and control for critical workloads.

Solve key business priorities with cloud‑native solutions and digital technology such as artificial intelligence (AI), automation and data platforms.

Cloud innovation →

Leverage cloud, AI and digital technology to solve challenges such as operational and supply chain efficiency, sustainability, customer experience and workforce productivity, turning ideas into measurable outcomes.

App modernisation →

Modernise legacy applications through advanced AI, expert engineering, or a blend of both, so you can improve performance and experience securely, confidently and with minimal disruption.

Private AI platform →


Run AI workloads securely on private, GPU‑enabled, sovereign infrastructure to keep sensitive data protected while accelerating innovation.

Artificial intelligence →

Datacom combines deep local expertise with global AI capability to deliver human‑first AI solutions for enterprise organisations and government agencies across New Zealand.

Container service →

Develop, run and manage applications in containers without the complexity of managing the underlying infrastructure, improving portability and speed to market.

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How Datacom supports your cloud journey

 

Cloud consulting 

Strategic alignment, architectural clarity and engineering excellence with experts who know global tech and the local landscape and compliance environment.

Enterprise cloud centre of excellence 

We help you design, establish and enable the right people, processes, and governance to drive value across your organisation by leveraging the cloud effectively.

Complete cloud solutions 

We deliver flexible, end-to-end cloud solutions that adapt to your needs — whether you are moving systems to the cloud, improving what you already have, or looking to innovate and solve business needs.

Cloud smart delivery 

We help you select the right technology for the right outcomes while considering business resiliency, protection and compliance in every solution — evolving how you work and enabling your people in adoption.

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Why choose Datacom for your cloud solutions and services?

Datacom has been running critical cloud and infrastructure for New Zealand public and private sector organisations for decades, with teams based in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch. We combine New Zealand‑hosted infrastructure, deep partnerships with leading public cloud providers and 24/7 local support so you have a cloud partner who understands your regulatory requirements, connectivity constraints and business priorities.

  • Certified cloud expertise

    With more than 60 years of experience with local organisations, our team help boost business maturity and unlock innovation.
  • Breadth and depth of expertise

    Experts in SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and hybrid cloud, with skills spanning AI, data, networking & edge computing, delivering tailored solutions.
  • Global partnerships, local delivery

    Global cloud partnerships with local presence give you flexible, tailored solutions backed by trusted expertise.
  • Practical support

    We help you choose the right platforms and support your people and processes to ensure cloud success within budget.
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DATACOM'S SIXTH ANNUAL CLOUD REPORT

Delivering the promise of cloud

Datacom’s 2025 Cloud and Infrastructure Report draws on primary research from more than 500 organisations across Australia exploring whether cloud is delivering returns for organisations - and what is needed to build greater digital resilience.

This is our sixth annual cloud report, undertaken with our research partner Tech Research Asia, and is one of the largest longitudinal studies of cloud adoption in Australasia.

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Frequently asked questions

What are cloud services?

Cloud services are computing resources such as infrastructure, platforms or software delivered over the internet instead of from your own servers. They let you run applications, store data and deliver digital experiences using shared, scalable platforms managed by providers like Datacom and leading public clouds.​

For New Zealand organisations, cloud services range from public cloud (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) to private, hybrid and sovereign cloud platforms hosted in certified local data centres.

Do I need managed or unmanaged cloud services?

Managed cloud services mean a specialist partner like Datacom runs and optimises your cloud environment for you, including monitoring, incident response, security, backup and cost optimisation. Unmanaged cloud services put most of that responsibility on your internal team, who must configure, secure and operate the platforms themselves.

Most New Zealand organisations choose managed or co‑managed cloud services so they can focus on customers and innovation while Datacom handles day‑to‑day operations, FinOps and security across public, private and hybrid cloud.

How long does a migration to cloud typically take?

A cloud migration can take anywhere from a few weeks for a small, well‑defined workload to many months for complex application portfolios and multi‑site environments. The timeline depends on factors such as the number of applications, integration complexity, data volumes, compliance needs and how much modernisation you do during the move.

Datacom uses structured cloud migration and modernisation approaches to assess your landscape, prioritise workloads and sequence moves so you reduce risk and downtime while starting to realise value quickly.

Many migrations can be delivered in under 90 days using Datacom’s proven frameworks.

What are the benefits of hybrid cloud?

Hybrid cloud combines combines private or on‑premises infrastructure with public cloud services, allowing you to keep sensitive or latency‑critical workloads close while taking advantage of the scale and innovation of public cloud. This helps you balance performance, compliance, data residency and cost.​

For New Zealand organisations, hybrid cloud can also use sovereign Datacom platforms in local data centres alongside public cloud, giving you more flexibility in how and where applications and data run as needs change.

What’s the difference between hybrid and multi-cloud?

Hybrid cloud connects different types of environments, typically on‑premises or private cloud with one or more public clouds, to create a single, integrated operating model. Multi‑cloud means using services from more than one public cloud provider, such as AWS plus Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud, often for best‑of‑breed capabilities or resilience.​

Many New Zealand organisations now run hybrid and multi‑cloud together, and Datacom helps design, secure and operate these environments so they remain manageable, cost‑effective and compliant.

Where is cloud data stored?

Cloud data can be stored in local, regional or global data centres, depending on the platforms and regions you choose and your regulatory or sovereignty requirements. Datacom stores customer data on certified data centre infrastructure across Australia and New Zealand for its own sovereign and private cloud services, and helps you choose appropriate regions and controls for public cloud workloads.​

For New Zealand government and regulated organisations, Datacom also participates in the Datacom Cloud Framework Agreement, which supports use of public cloud services under New Zealand legal jurisdiction and agreed assurance frameworks.

Who provides enterprise‑grade cloud services in New Zealand?

Enterprise‑grade cloud services in New Zealand are provided by a small number of partners who combine certified expertise, secure local infrastructure and deep public cloud partnerships. Datacom is one of these providers, delivering cloud migration, managed services, hybrid and sovereign cloud, and AI‑enabled innovation for New Zealand enterprises and government agencies.

Why should having a cloud partner with local support matter to New Zealand organisations?

A cloud partner with local support understands New Zealand regulations, procurement frameworks and data‑sovereignty expectations, which reduces risk and speeds up decision‑making. Local teams can also respond in the same time zone, coordinate on‑site work when needed and align cloud roadmaps to the realities of New Zealand connectivity, skills and industry conditions.​

Datacom combines this local presence with global cloud partnerships so New Zealand organisations get enterprise‑grade expertise, 24/7 operations and practical help for their people during adoption and change.

What should a New Zealand organisation consider when choosing a cloud services provider?

New Zealand organisations should look for a provider with proven experience in similar industries, strong security and compliance credentials, New Zealand‑aligned data residency options and the ability to support both public and hybrid/sovereign cloud. It is also important to assess their managed services capability, FinOps practices, incident response model and how they will work with your internal teams over time.​

Datacom helps customers evaluate these factors through cloud consulting engagements, using structured assessments to align platforms, operating models and governance with business goals and local regulatory requirements.

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