UniSQ | Associate Director for Hosting Infrastructure | Stephen Payne

iTnews is hosting our State of Security Breakfast Roadshow 2026 in Melbourne on September 10, proudly sponsored by CoreView, Delinea, and Huntress. Join us, and executives from end user organisations as we explore the key trends, challenges and opportunities identified in our State of Security 2026 report that are shaping Australia's cybersecurity landscape and operations.Attendance is complimentary for qualified end-user technology and security professionals. Follow the link in the description (https://pages.itnews.com.au/itnews-state-of-security-melbourne-breakfast) to register your interest, or visit itnews.com.auHello and welcome to the iTnews Podcast.Our guest this fortnight is Associate Director for Hosting Infrastructure at the University of Southern Queensland, Stephen Payne.We’ve seen and written about a lot of customers affected by price hikes for their virtualisation software upon renewal. This one’s different, because the university kicked off a strategic review of its virtualisation environment in late 2024, well ahead of its renewal, and has now replaced its hypervisor software for around 800 VMs supporting 100 applications.It is now looking ahead to a microsegmentation implementation, and outside of that, augmenting its hosting options with some Azure.