Australian Federal Police has started upgrading its private cloud capacity in anticipation of future system modernisation projects.

The AFP told iTnews that its current hardware was approaching end-of-life and not fit to underpin its bigger upcoming projects at the agency.

The force said it needed to avoid the risk of end-of-life hardware failures and ensure agency demand for infrastructure services could be met in a timely way.

“This contract will enable other larger ICT projects within the AFP and provide consolidated infrastructure services using economies of scale to meet the operational demands the organisation places on its infrastructure services,” the AFP spokesperson said.

The AFP awarded Dell a $20 million contract to lead the upgrade project late October.

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