New age of high computing tech for Melbourne Uni
01 July, 2016The University of Melbourne says it's the first university to launch a new service that combines a traditional HPC with a flexible cloud computing component, known as Spartan.
Top five myths of the cloud — busted!
06 June, 2016 by Mike Lord, VP, ANZ, OpenTextOpenText's Mike Lord shares his mythbusting advice to help you avoid falling for the most common cloud fables, from security to SaaS.
AWS turns 10, surpasses 1m active customers
16 March, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAmazon Web Services has celebrated its 10-year anniversary by releasing statistics showing that the company now has over 1m active cloud users.
Aussie cloud provider Ninefold shutting down
04 November, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingCloud provider Ninefold will cease offering its public cloud server by the end of January 2016, after parent Macquarie Telecom decided not to make the investments required to expand the business.
Olympics completes first lap of cloud transformation
03 September, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Olympic Games' global IT partner Atos, in collaboration with EMC, has delivered the cloud IT infrastructure that will be used for the 2018 Winter Olympics and all future Games.
Service solutions for a better customer experience
29 July, 2015In today’s service markets there is an evident gap between what customers want and what B2B businesses can essentially provide. Business IT infrastructures tend to lack the flexibility, where software can be added easily and instantly, to effectively close this gap between what you offer and what the customer requires.
Optus Business revamps cloud strategy
28 May, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingOptus Business's new cloud strategy is aimed at allowing Australian businesses to pursue flexible cloud deployments, ensuring the seamless movement of data and processes across clouds.
Increase social and app collaboration via cloud
29 April, 2015 by George Chondros*Cloud computing is the number one way in which savvy businesses are engaging their mobile workforce, enhancing employee collaboration, improving productivity and unleashing innovation.
Tassie council moving entirely to the cloud
17 April, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingTasmania's Glenorchy City Council has commenced a migration to the cloud, and the state's Liberal Government has unveiled a plan to expand the Tasmanian ICT workforce.
Tasmanian govt makes progress with cloud project
13 April, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Tasmanian government has released a discussion paper covering scoping and implementation for Tasmanian Cloud, a project to move whole-of-government data to a secure, on-island cloud.
Oracle to add 1000 staff to APAC sales team
26 March, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingOracle plans to hire 1000 sales professionals in APAC countries including Australia as it seeks to capitalise on the region's growing cloud momentum.
It's time for a serious talk with the CFO
18 March, 2015 by Kevin Noonan, Research Director, Ovum*The time has come to look beyond asset ownership as the best way of delivering efficient and effective IT solutions, and focus more on financial management's Holy Grail of outcome-based pricing, argues Ovum's Kevin Noonan.
Govt picks nine more providers for cloud panel
24 February, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingiiNet, Dimension Data Australia and seven more providers have been added to the whole-of-government cloud services procurement panel.
Cloud services driving MYOB sales
09 February, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingCloud-based MYOB services now account for 67% of the company's new customer registrations across Australia and New Zealand, according to CEO Tim Reed.
AWS unveils cloud email service
02 February, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAmazon Web Services has announced plans to launch a managed business email service over the AWS cloud during the next quarter.
