Planning and controlling data centre downtime
03 September, 2013 by Mike Jansma*A data centre can't function without experiencing some downtime. The art lies in controlling this downtime, planning it effectively into the data centre schedule.
Local data centre providers seek partnerships
20 August, 2013 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingGrowing competition in the A/NZ data centre market is putting pressure on providers to consolidate and move further up the services stack, according to IDC.
A day without COBOL
18 July, 2013 by Kylie Kelly, General Manager, Australia and New Zealand, Micro Focus | Supplied by: Micro Focus Pty LtdTry to imagine what you would do if ATMs stopped working, credit card transactions couldn’t be processed, online purchases weren’t recognised and retail registers refused to work causing shops to shut down.
Unitas experiences 80% regional growth with new data centre provider
20 May, 2013Choosing a new data centre provider has allowed Unitas Global to grow 80% in the Asia-Pacific region.
Oracle’s new SPARC servers light fire under IBM
27 March, 2013 by Anthony Caruana | Supplied by: Oracle Corporation AustraliaOracle’s founder and CEO Larry Ellison today announced two new processor families and server ranges that, according to independent benchmarks, deliver markedly better bang for buck than IBM.
Yarra Valley Water simplifies IT with Oracle Exadata, Exalogic
11 March, 2013 by Andrew CollinsYarra Valley Water (YVW) has replaced a series of Sun servers with a ‘black box’ approach involving Oracle’s Exadata and Exalogic. The new system can spin up environments in hours rather than weeks and provides easier management, allowing staff to focus on other projects.
The quest for a rock solid data centre
28 February, 2013 by Anthony CaruanaWith the increasing demands by businesses and consumers for more data, it’s the data centre that’s feeling the squeeze. What’s it take to create a rock solid data centre?
Why are we building data centres?
21 February, 2013 by Anthony Caruana | Supplied by: Emerson Network PowerYou’d think that with the consolidation of computing driven by blade servers and virtualisation that the number and size of data centres would be shrinking. But the opposite is true.
Auckland University outfits data centre with bespoke cabling solutions
15 January, 2013 by Andrew Collins | Supplied by: AFL Telecommunications Pty LtdAuckland University has implemented several cable management products and techniques in its new data centre, allowing for more efficient use of rack space and giving the university a means to audit its fibre cables.
Day of the Trifid: high-performance computing and education
07 November, 2012Researchers can’t afford to be slowed by technology - they need to process large batches of research calculations quickly or they risk a rival publishing a finding first. As such, researchers who need to perform complicated calculations on giant datasets rely on high performance computing (HPC) facilities - systems that are capable of processing many trillions of calculations per second.
Macquarie Telecom reduces running costs at flagship Intellicentre 2 data centre with server automation
14 August, 2012Telecoms and managed hosting provider Macquarie Telecom has deployed server and network automation in its new $60 million Intellicentre 2 data centre to manage, and reduce, the costs of rapid ongoing growth.
Metronode opens direct free air cooling data centre
01 August, 2012Metronode, a subsidiary of Leighton Contractors, today opened what it terms a “large-scale, energy-efficient data centre” in Derrimut, Victoria. The facility uses direct free air cooling and modular plant systems to help increase power utilisation efficiency.
Schneider Electric StruxureWare Data Centre Operation v7.2 Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software
16 July, 2012The StruxureWare Data Centre Operation v7.2 Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software identifies underutilised servers, enabling the optimisation of IT equipment within the data centre.
Schneider Electric StruxureWare Data Centre Operation Suite v7.1 DCIM software
17 May, 2012Schneider Electric has released v7.1 of its StruxureWare Data Centre Operation Suite, featuring updated and flexible change management with a customisable approach to workflow management and maintenance processes.
Fujitsu upgrades Melbourne data centre to the tune of $60 million
11 May, 2012Fujitsu today reopened its Melbourne data centre, which the company recently upgraded in a $60 million program. According to the company, the upgrade has improved the centre’s security, connectivity and availability, to provide its 2000 Australian enterprise and government customers with increased access to secure hosting services.
