Data centres

Can weather forecasts protect your data?

29 September, 2016 by Laura Valic

With more frequent extreme temperature instances predicted for Australia, weather forecasts could offer data centre operators an effective way to ensure they avoid damage and downtime when faced with volatile climatic events.


NEXTDC to open second Sydney data centre

07 September, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

NEXTDC has launched a $150m capital raising to fund the development of a second Sydney data centre, with roughly double the potential capacity of its existing Sydney facility.


Taking the migraine out of DC migration

05 September, 2016 by Simon Cooper, Chief Operating Officer, NEXTDC | Supplied by: NEXTDC Limited

Migrating to a co-location data centre can deliver significant benefits, but it can also be a high-risk and challenging project if not planned effectively.


Cloudscene directory launched to public

02 September, 2016

A new directory listing thousands of data centres and cloud service providers has been launched by Australian tech entrepreneur, Bevan Slattery.


Equinix opens new Sydney data centre

24 August, 2016 | Supplied by: Equinix Australia Pty Ltd

Equinix has opened its latest International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Sydney, known as SY4. Centrally located, phase one of the new US$97m facility provides a total capacity of 1500 cabinets.


Seagate Technology 60 TB SAS SSD and 8 TB Nytro XP7200 NVMe SSD flash data centre portfolio

18 August, 2016 | Supplied by: Seagate Technology Australia Pty Limited

Seagate Technology has introduced the 60 TB SAS SSD and the 8 TB Nytro XP7200 NVMe SSD flash products.


Making the move to hyperconvergence

17 August, 2016 by Alan Hyde, Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Group, HPE South Pacific | Supplied by: Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Hyper-converged appliances bring faster deployment, simpler operation and lower operating costs. What's not to like? But while it's good for some, it's not for everybody.


Western Digital Corporation 10 TB WD Gold data centre hard drive

16 August, 2016

Western Digital Corporation has announced Australian availability of 10 TB WD Gold data centre hard drives.


Equinix ME1 expansion complete

08 August, 2016 by Jonathan Nally | Supplied by: Equinix Australia Pty Ltd

Equinix has completed a $37 million expansion of its Melbourne International Business Exchange, bringing capacity to 1125 cabinets with a co-location area of 3300 square metres.


Spookfish to co-locate on NEXTDC's P1 data centre

03 August, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Australian geospatial imaging provider Spookfish has selected NEXTDC to host the data for its geospatial data-as-a-service offering.


The power of hyperconvergence

01 August, 2016 by Ian Bailey | Supplied by: Eaton Electrical (Australia) Pty Ltd

To make the most of the promise of hyperconverged infrastructure, it is imperative that a comprehensive power management design be implemented.


New WA-Asia subsea cable coming in 2018

28 July, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Trident Subsea Cable has selected Equinix data centres in Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore and Jakarta to serve as the PoPs for a new cable route between WA and Asia planned for completion in mid-2018.


Schneider Electric InRow DX 600 mm cooling system

25 July, 2016 | Supplied by: Clipsal - by Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric has introduced the second generation of the InRow DX (direct expansion) 600 mm, expanding the company's cooling portfolio to meet the evolving cooling needs of an ever-changing data centre environment.


Eaton 93PS hot-swappable UPS

21 July, 2016 | Supplied by: Eaton Electrical (Australia) Pty Ltd

The virtualisation- and cloud-ready Eaton 93PS hot-swappable UPS achieves up to 99% efficiency and features Eaton's Intelligent Power Manager and Intelligent Power Protector software, which integrate with leading virtualisation and storage platforms.


Drivers and benefits of Edge Computing

11 July, 2016 by Andrew Kirker, General Manager, Data Centre, Schneider Electric | Supplied by: Schneider Electric IT Australia

Edge Computing — moving data closer to the end user — can result in a better end-user computing experience and reduced data costs.


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