Govt should adopt cloud, digital-first policies: report
07 May, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Commission of Audit's phase one report argues that the government should have a digital-first policy for all interactions with government, and a cloud-first policy for ICT service procurement.
Cloud: more than a zero-sum gain?
07 May, 2014 by Lawrence Garvin, Head Geek, SolarWindsThe cloud is sometimes touted as a money-saver, or at least a way to make management of expenditure easier - by turning CAPEX into OPEX. But there are hidden costs (like bandwidth) that should be taken into account when planning a cloud deployment.
Toyota adopts cloud-based backup platform
29 April, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingToyota Motor Corporation has consolidated its disparate backup platforms into a single enterprise-wide system, using a cloud-based backup-as-a-service (BaaS) offering from Logicalis.
JCurve agrees to buy cloud firm Full Circle
17 April, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingCloud and mobility services provider JCurve has tentatively agreed to spend up to $2.9m in cash and stock to acquire the Full Circle Group in order to expand the company's product portfolio.
CCA contracts IBM for cloud revamp
09 April, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingCoca-Cola Amatil has selected IBM's Sydney data centre to serve as the cloud hub for its entire South Pacific operations.
AWS launches City on a Cloud challenge
26 March, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAmazon Web Services will select three local governments and four application developers to share in a prize pool of US$250,000 worth of credits for projects that use the AWS cloud to benefit citizens.
Hightail to open APAC HQ in Melbourne
17 March, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingCloud file sharing company Hightail - formerly YouSendIt - has become the latest tech company to announce plans to set up its APAC headquarters in Melbourne.
To virtualise or not to virtualise
05 March, 2014 by Andrew CollinsServer virtualisation is now mainstream in Australia and New Zealand, with more than 80% of server operating systems running as virtualised machines, according to Gartner. But there are still some workloads that can cause problems to the unprepared when they are virtualised, and uncooperative software vendors don't make life any easier.
IBM spending $1.4bn to expand cloud reach
21 January, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingIBM has revealed plans to open 15 new data centres this year, and to make recent acquisition SoftLayer the foundation of its global cloud portfolio.
VM backup and recovery 10 times faster at medico after upgrade
15 January, 2014Western Health has adopted a virtual machine (VM) backup and replication solution in order to make sure data is available for patient care.
IT buyers to go "cloud first" in 2014
12 December, 2013 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingFronde CTO James Valentine believes 2014 will be a turning point for cloud adoption.
Google's IaaS launch won't faze Amazon
11 December, 2013 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingGoogle's Compute Engine IaaS offering - which launched for general customers last week - is not yet a threat to the likes of Amazon. But, an analyst argues, nor was it designed to be.
UXC to buy ServiceNow reseller for up to $28m
03 December, 2013 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingUXC Limited will pay at least $24m for Keystone Management Solutions, a reseller of cloud-based enterprise service automation offerings from ServiceNow.
What is the reality of cloud?
06 November, 2013 by Andrew CollinsThe cloud is probably the most hyped concept in IT right now, and also the one greeted with the most cynicism by wary IT pros. We spoke to three IT leaders to get their honest thoughts on three aspects of the cloud: the OPEX/CAPEX argument, end-user adoption of cloud tools and potential government surveillance of cloud data.
Top five barriers for system integrators to adopt cloud
21 October, 2013 by Andrew Tucker*System integrators face different barriers to most organisations when it comes to the cloud. What are some of these barriers and what can be done to overcome them?
