Tasmania seeks input on govt cloud project
18 November, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingTasmania's government has kicked off a pre-tender consultation for the Tasmanian Cloud project, an initiative to consolidate whole-of-government public sector data.
Australia.gov.au migrated to govCMS
12 November, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe first Australian government website has been onboarded onto the dedicated govCMS platform, a Drupal-based content management system.
Telstra, VMware to bring vCloud Air to Australia
06 November, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingTelstra will host VMware's vCloud Air platform on its Australian data centres in a bid to make it easier for companies to adopt dedicated and hybrid cloud services.
Google ups the ante with cloud price cuts
05 November, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingResponding to recent price cuts from rivals AWS and Microsoft, Google has announced sweeping price reductions to its own cloud services while also introducing new features and enhancements.
Australian finance departments slow to adopt cloud
03 November, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAustralian finance managers generally agree that their department's information management and analytics processes can be improved, but have so far been slow to turn to the cloud for a solution.
CSIRO launches software suite for scientists
29 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe CSIRO's free Workspace software suite is designed to make it easier for researchers to analyse complex data sets and publish the results.
Azure Geo 'open for business' in Australia
27 October, 2014 | Supplied by: Microsoft Pty LtdMicrosoft has rolled out its latest Azure Geo cloud services offering in Australia and has already signed up an impressive list of launch customers.
Australian cloud market to hit $4.55bn by 2018
23 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingData-intensive applications are stimulating spending on cloud services among Australian organisations, particularly IaaS and SaaS, according to Frost & Sullivan.
Data centre virtualisation and DCIM - a holistic approach
22 October, 2014 by Andrew Sylvester, Data Centre Software Manager, Schneider Electric, IT Business | Supplied by: Schneider Electric IT AustraliaWith energy usage and costs continuing to rise, expect to see businesses moving towards a more holistic and end-to-end approach to data centre strategy.
SAP to offer HANA over IBM cloud
16 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingSAP and IBM have teamed up to accelerate the adoption of cloud-based enterprise applications, in part to quell data sovereignty fears over US surveillance.
Deakin to use IBM's Watson for student advice
10 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingDeakin University plans to deploy a student advisor application that uses IBM's Watson cognitive computing platform and can adapt its answers to individual students.
Avoid the dangers of an accidental cloud architecture
07 October, 2014 by Sean Hooper, Director of Strategic Programs, Oracle Asia-Pacific | Supplied by: Oracle Corporation AustraliaAn estimated 86% of Australian companies adopted cloud in some shape or form in 2013, according to IDC. But most are doing so in piece-meal fashion, resulting in an accidental cloud architecture that makes doing business much harder and more fragmented.
Cisco's Intercloud project gets 33 new partners
01 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNew cloud providers, builders and aggregators have signed on for Cisco's project to build an internet-scale network of connected clouds.
Australian businesses lack cloud confidence
29 September, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThree-quarters of Australian businesses are investing in the cloud, even though many still lack confidence in cloud services.
Which will be faster, NFV adoption or server adoption?
23 September, 2014 by Barbara Porter, Senior Product Marketing Manager, EmulexNetwork functions virtualisation (NFV) is far more complicated than server virtualisation and it can't stand alone. It needs a full ecosystem of partner technology to enable successful adoption.
