Macquarie Technology Group Limited ( ASX: MAQ) (Previously Macquarie Telecom Group) is an Australian

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, government cyber security and telecom company, with offices in

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. It owns and operates five

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s in Sydney and Canberra. Macquarie Telecom was founded in July 1992 shortly after telecommunications deregulation in Australia. The company was listed on the

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(ASX) in 1999. In June 2023 the company changed its name to Macquarie Technology Group, reflecting the increasing shift by the group into cloud-based services.

Macquarie Technology Group - Business Units

On 28 July 2016, Macquarie Technology Group was announced with three distinct businesses – Macquarie Telecom, Macquarie Cloud Services and Macquarie Government. In 2018, it announced a fourth business unit, Macquarie Data Centres. * Macquarie Telecom is a full service business provider of data, voice, mobile and colocation services. * Macquarie Cloud Services provide cloud hosting services, including

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, VMware cloud, virtual data centres,

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and PCI compliant cloud * Macquarie Government provides services to Federal and State Government agencies, including secure cloud, secure internet gateway, colocation and

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services * Macquarie Data Centres manages five data centres and an expansion plan to build Intellicentre 3 Super West was announced in 2021.

Data Centre and Hosting

Macquarie Technology Group runs five

s as part of its business selling

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and managed hosting. The data centres are located in Sydney and Canberra and are branded by Macquarie Data Centres as "Intellicentre". Its second Sydney Data Center, Intellicentre 2, was opened September 2012, and it has Intellicentre 4 and 5 in Canberra. In August 2021, Macquarie Technology Group's full portfolio of data centres achieved The Australian Federal Government's Certified Strategic designation under the Digital Transformation Agency's (DTA) Hosting Certification Framework.

Announcements

* In October 2011, Macquarie Telecom shared plans to build a second Sydney data centre 'Intelligence 2' which went on to house child company Ninefold * In August 2015, Macquarie Telecom announced a $4.3m loss partly attributed to child company Ninefold * In August 2017, Macquarie Telecom started a SD-WAN service, partnering with VMware. According to the company, it is Australia's first SD-WAN service that is capable of supporting multiple carriers. * In June 2018, Macquarie Technology Group signed deal with

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worth more than 100 million. As part of the deal, Macquarie Telecom will start "Business-class NBN by Macquarie Telecom" which consists of a full suite of voice, internet, data and SD-WAN products that will be available to businesses across the country for new and existing customers * In August 2019, Macquarie Technology Group announced signing of a deal with

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through which Macquarie Technology Group will resell Apple devices along with "bespoke” and off-the-shelf

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apps for mid-market businesses. *In November 2019, The Australian Tax Office signs Macquarie Technology Group for Secure Internet Gateway *In October 2020, Macquarie Technology Group was awarded World's Best Customer Experience at the World Communications Awards, Chief Executive David Tudehope was also awarded CEO of the Year *In November 2020, at the annual GloTel (Global Telecoms) awards, Macquarie Cloud Services won Managed Services Innovation of the Year for Azure Managed *In February 2021, Macquarie Telecom debuted it's SD-LAN service *In July 2021, Macquarie Technology Group announced plans to build a new data centre called Intellicentre 3 Super West at its Macquarie Park Data Centre Campus *In June 2023, Macquarie Technology Group announced their plans to re-brand from Macquarie Telecom Group to Macquarie Technology Group, to better encompass the groups focus and future in the technology space. *In October 2023, co-founders David and Aidan Tudehope were awarded the Pearcey Medal, the Australian ICT industry's highest award.

Clients

Some clients and partners of Macquarie Technology Group include:

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References

{{reflist Telecommunications companies of Australia Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Companies based in Sydney Telecommunications companies established in 1992