Cloud + virtualisation

The impact of the Megaupload shutdown on cloud computing in business

24 February, 2012 by Albert Y Zomaya, The University of Sydney

The recent shutdown of file-sharing website Megaupload has created a sense of unease surrounding cloud-based storage. Companies are questioning the wisdom of relying on these services, which could seemingly collapse at a moment’s notice. According to Albert Y Zomaya, The University of Sydney, companies that shy away from the cloud are potentially missing out, especially given the advances the cloud is about to go through.


DreamWorks implements HP systems for Puss in Boots

20 February, 2012

DreamWorks Animation SKG used hundreds of high-performance workstations, backed up by five server farms, to produce the company’s most technically advanced film to date, Puss in Boots.


Cloud computing will create new business models in 2012

17 February, 2012

A convergence of cloud computing trends will create new business models for Australian businesses in 2012, according to analyst firm Frost & Sullivan. Executives across all industries are urged to assess how their companies might be affected by developments from tech companies like Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook.


Preparing your data centre for desktop virtualisation

10 January, 2012 by Stephen Withers

Desktop virtualisation is becoming increasingly commonplace in Australian organisations. Once you’ve determined that it’s the right approach for your organisation, how do you decide what’s needed to support virtual desktops from your data centre? Stephen Withers explains.


Disadvantages of the cloud and how to overcome them

22 December, 2011

The cloud promises to liberate organisations from the limitations of traditional IT infrastructure. Here, Oracle’s Marc Caltabiano argues that early cloud solutions have created new computing silos that actually impose new limits on organisations. He suggests that organisations must take a more nuanced view of the cloud to get the most from a cloud strategy.


SolarWinds Virtualization Manager

15 December, 2011

SolarWinds has integrated its Virtualization Manager and Storage Manager tools to offer extended cloud management.


Infrastructure as a service helps Village Roadshow cope with data growth

13 December, 2011

Village Roadshow has moved to the cloud with an IaaS model to cope with its massive data growth.


Veritas Storage Foundation High Availability 6.0 for Windows Server failover

12 December, 2011

Veritas Storage Foundation High Availability 6.0 for Windows is designed to help organisations rapidly failover Windows Server applications.


CA Cloud 360 helps cloud service migration

08 December, 2011

Cloud 360 provides enterprises with a prescriptive approach to validate and select which applications and business services are best suited to private, public and hybrid clouds or traditional models.


Voice+Data wins Cover of the Year award

07 December, 2011

Voice+Data last month earned the award of Cover of the Year for B2B magazines, at the Publishers Australia Excellence Awards. The magazine won the award for the ‘My Dog is a Cloud’ illustration, featured on the cover of the May 2011 issue.


OzHub to raise cloud profile in Australia

14 November, 2011 by Merri Mack

Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr recently launched OzHub, a cloud initiative with the aim of building “Australian consumer and business confidence in cloud computing”. Merri Mack takes a closer look at OzHub and its potential impact on cloud computing in Australia.


Getting a grip

04 November, 2011 by Merri Mack

In his eleven years at TechnologyOne, IT Manager Andrew Bauer has seen the IT team grow from just two members to a team that supports the company’s current staff of 850 people. Merri Mack talks to Bauer about the challenges of getting a hold of something relatively intangible - such as the cloud - and using it to create real-world benefits for the business.


Juniper Networks Junosphere Lab cloud-based development environment

26 October, 2011

Junosphere Lab is a virtual environment for network design, testing and operation. Using Junosphere Lab, users can create and run networks, on-demand, by ‘renting’ virtual networks. This, it is claimed, speeds up modelling projects and lowers total cost of ownership when compared to the alternative of building a physical lab. It also provides network operators with the opportunity to work at a scale that is difficult to achieve with physical equipment.


The rise and pitfalls of data centre virtualisation

04 October, 2011 by Merri Mack

Data centre operators continue to be hounded by perennial problems like rising energy costs and increasing compute demands. Many are seeking to virtualise the entire data centre in order to get a leg-up. But this pursuit carries many dangers, as Merri Mack found out.


Aussie cloud services revenues to quadruple by 2015

21 September, 2011

Increased interest in the cloud across all sizes of business will continue to fuel the cloud computing service market in Australia, with revenues in Australia set to quadruple by 2015.


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