A stronger foundation to serve the public

Concentration risk, particularly reliance on a single U.S.-headquartered cloud provider, has become a material concern for Canada’s public sector under current trade and geopolitical conditions. The Patriot Act and CLOUD Act mean that data stored with U.S.-based providers can be subject to U.S. government access regardless of where the data physically resides. We help clients understand their exposure, model alternative architectures, and develop a practical roadmap toward multi-cloud or hybrid environments that meet data sovereignty requirements.

AI readiness in government starts with data governance, not model selection. Most public sector AI initiatives stall because the underlying data is siloed, ungoverned, or subject to sensitivity restrictions that weren’t accounted for in the original architecture. We begin with a structured AI readiness assessment that maps your data landscape, identifies governance gaps, and defines the foundational work required before any AI workload can be deployed responsibly. The goal is a clear, actionable strategy within 90 days.

Public safety organizations have requirements that go beyond standard enterprise IT, including mission-critical uptime, real-time data access in the field, and security postures that protect sensitive investigative and citizen data. Our work covers infrastructure modernization, SD-WAN and network connectivity for multi-site operations, application management, cloud services, and 24x7 managed security across Ontario and broader Canadian jurisdictions.

OnX is embedded in the procurement frameworks Canadian government organizations already use. We hold Vendor of Record status for the Ontario Government and Ontario Health across Cloud Services, Professional Services, and Enterprise Support & Training. Our standing contracts span the full technology stack: IaaS and PaaS cloud services including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud; IT security products and services; x86 servers, storage, and end-user computing; network and security; datacentre and colocation services; software including Dynatrace, VMware, Broadcom, Red Hat, OpenText, SUSE, and HCLTech; data, integration, visualization, and analytics including Snowflake, Qlik, Cloudera, Ataccama, and IBM; IT consulting; and staff augmentation. We hold AWS Migration and Modernization Competency designation and are an exclusive AWS Marketplace Storefront partner in Canada. When you’re ready to engage, the procurement path is already clear.