US govt breached human rights in copyright case, Dotcom’s laywers claim
15 May, 2013Lawyers of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom last week launched a white paper discussing America’s prosecution of Megaupload, in which they accuse the US of using “dirty tactics” and “due process abuses” in their case against the file sharing company.
Cloudy with a chance of success
08 May, 2013 by Alan Perkins*, Director of Technology and Product, Asia Pacific, Rackspace | Supplied by: Rackspace TechnologyThe cloud gives unprecedented opportunities for IT to adapt to rapidly shifting business priorities.
Robot brains that live in the cloud
08 April, 2013Robotics researchers are set to revolutionise how robots ‘think’, by mining the now-familiar model of cloud computing.
Asia Cloud Forum update
25 March, 2013
The Asia Cloud Forum, an online media portal, has been created to represent the interests of enterprise users, governments, telcos, vendors, policy makers and others with a stake in the development of cloud computing in Asia.
Cloud not quite ready for enterprise-class services
18 March, 2013 by Anthony McLachlan, VP Asia Pacific, CienaWe’re all talking about the cloud but is it really ready for the enterprise?
What about on-premises computing?
01 March, 2013 by Matthew Oostveen*, Research Director, IDC Australia | Supplied by: IDC Australia Pty LtdWe have been mesmerised by the large migration that’s been taking place as organisations move their workloads from on-premises deployments to off-premises. What happens to what remains behind?
Is the cloud making you lose sleep?
07 February, 2013 by Anthony CaruanaWhile there’s much focus on the impact of cloud technologies on enterprise IT, are we thinking about disaster recovery, backups and other essential services delivered by IT?
Rocketseed moves virtual environment to Australian-based hosting
22 January, 2013 by Andrew Collins | Supplied by: Aptira Pty LtdEmail marketing service provider Rocketseed has moved its virtual environment to a new Australian ISP, achieving cost savings and flexibility gains. Rocketseed enables its customers to brand their outgoing employee emails, turning ordinary corporate emails into marketing opportunities.
Homeland Security warns against Java; Lenovo undertakes restructure; Office 365 disruption in NZ
14 January, 2013 by Andrew CollinsThe big stories this week include a critical security hole in Java, Lenovo’s plans to restructure its consumer and business brands, and a cautionary tale of New Zealand users unable to access the cloud-based Office 365.
Asia Cloud Forum created
19 December, 2012
The Asia Cloud Forum, an online media portal, has been created to represent the interests of enterprise users, governments, telcos, vendors, policy makers and others with a stake in the development of cloud computing in Asia.
Click Frenzy, the cloud and capacity planning
23 November, 2012 by Anthony CaruanaOld models for capacity planning no longer apply in a world with elastic cloud services. The Click Frenzy online sale quickly degenerated into a massive PR fail when its server crashed within minutes of the ‘event’ launching.
Amazon Web Services opens in Sydney; Israel/Palestine conflict spills onto social media
20 November, 2012 by Andrew CollinsAndrew Collins takes a gander at the more interesting tales from IT in the last seven days, including the launch of Australian-based Amazon Web Services and the increasing use of social media as a propaganda tool for warring factions.
Veeam Backup Management Suite 6.5 for data protection and virtualisation management
12 November, 2012 | Supplied by: Veeam Pty LtdVeeam Backup Management Suite 6.5 combines Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5 and Veeam ONE 6.5 in a single solution for data protection and virtualisation management.
Riverbed Cascade 10.0 network performance management
07 November, 2012 | Supplied by: Riverbed Technology Australia Pty LtdCascade 10.0 offers network performance management (NPM) for virtualised desktop infrastructure (VDI), server virtualisation and fully virtualised data centres using VXLAN software-defined networks (SDNs).
Big data for predictive analysis: hype or reality?
01 November, 2012 by Cameron Wall, Managing Partner of C3 Business SolutionsLooking past the initial promise of the big data craze, Cameron Wall, Managing Partner of C3 Business Solutions, discusses why big data predictive analytics is pure hype for the majority of the business world and how companies can better take advantage of the information they already possess.
