The certification covers Kyndryl's Government zCloud in the Sydney and Canberra regions, a federated sovereign mainframe platform designed for the Australian Government, that reduces cost and complexity for federal, state, territory or local government customers.

Certified Strategic status is the highest level of cloud services certification attainable. The certifications are managed by the Digital Transformation Agency.

"The certification of Kyndryl's Government zCloud represents our commitment to help further Australia's mission to become one of the leading digital governments globally, by providing state of the art, contemporary mainframe cloud capabilities," said Kyndryl Australia and New Zealand president Kerry Purcell.

"Through enabling greater interoperability across jurisdictions and agencies, and establishing more innovative mainframe processing services, we are proud to support the government's digital modernisation agenda in its goal of driving societal and economic benefits across all sectors of Australian society."