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Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Targets AU$2.1 Million in Savings With HPE Private Cloud

Business Wire•09/11/2026•17:00 ET
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Key Highlights

  • ➤RACS targets AU$2.1 million in five-year savings across on-premises and disaster recovery sites
  • ➤Virtualisation licensing costs fall by up to 70% annually
  • ➤Physical server count halves from eight to four, saving up to 21,000 kWh annually
  • ➤Migration completed ahead of licensing renewal without interrupting member services

Expert Statements

Andreas Diamanti, Chief information officer, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

“By the end of the five-year term, we expect to save about AU$2.1 million across our on-premises environment and disaster recovery site.”

Andreas Diamanti, Chief information officer, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

“The new environment gives us the scalability and cost efficiency we need, with a cloud-like experience that is easier for our team to manage.”

Andreas Diamanti, Chief information officer, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

“By spending less time and money maintaining infrastructure, we can focus more of our resources on improving the experience for our members.”

Alex Danobrega, Account director, Champions of Change

“Our role was to give RACS confidence that the decision was based on a rigorous assessment of what would best serve the organisation over the long term.”

Alex Danobrega, Account director, Champions of Change

“We invested hundreds of hours researching the market, analysing the options and testing them against RACS’s technology, security, compliance and commercial requirements.”

Alex Danobrega, Account director, Champions of Change

“HPE emerged as the clear choice.”

Alex Danobrega, Account director, Champions of Change

“The breadth across compute, storage and networking, together with GreenLake, provides RACS with a comprehensive platform.”

Chris Weber, Vice president and managing director, South Pacific, HPE

“RACS has made a deliberate choice to modernise around the needs of its members, not simply replace ageing infrastructure.”

Chris Weber, Vice president and managing director, South Pacific, HPE

“Working with Champions of Change, we helped the college turn a complex technology decision into a carefully planned transformation, delivered without disrupting the services its community relies on.”

Chris Weber, Vice president and managing director, South Pacific, HPE

“By reducing the cost and effort of running core systems while retaining room to grow, RACS creates more capacity to invest in the digital experiences that support surgeons throughout their careers.”

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Targets AU$2.1 Million in Savings With HPE Private Cloud

Private cloud transformation to cut annual virtualisation licensing costs by up to 70% and halve server footprint, supporting the college’s next stage of digital services

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