SAP’s NSW Trade & Investment deal a proof point for cloud
17 August, 2012The success or failure of a recent agreement between NSW Trade & Investment and SAP, which will see the government department deploy SAP’s Business ByDesign SaaS (software as a service) ERP solution, will be an indicator of the future of cloud services in Australia, according to Ovum.
UltraServe Cloud Machine public cloud infrastructure
09 August, 2012UltraServe has announced the next generation of its Cloud Machine service. The service builds on its range of Managed and Hosting Services and public and private cloud computing solutions.
Citrix CloudGateway 2 unified store solution
08 August, 2012Citrix has announced the availability of Citrix CloudGateway 2, its unified store solution. Featuring MDX mobile technology, the product offers a single unified point of control for all mobile, web, SaaS and Windows apps and data, across any mix of corporate and personal devices.
Kyocera Cloud Connect links multifunctional printers to Evernote
27 July, 2012 | Supplied by: Kyocera AustraliaKyocera Cloud Connect, from Kyocera Document Solutions, is an application that bridges Kyocera’s products to cloud service provider Evernote, enabling scanning and printing of files in Evernote directly from most Kyocera multifunctional product control panels.
Ninefold congratulates GovHack 2012 winners
08 June, 2012 | Supplied by: Ninefold Pty LimitedNinefold has congratulated all winners and participants of the largest GovHack 2012 competition yet in Australia, particularly the 10 of 22 winners using Ninefold virtual machines. GovHack is a not-for-profit event that brings government, industry, academic and civil society together to create new mashups, data visualisations and apps from government data sets.
EMC and Brocade collaborate with VSPEX Proven Infrastructure cloud computing
11 May, 2012The EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure combines Brocade cloud-optimised networking technologies with EMC unified storage and next-generation backup architecture. VSPEX’s modular design enables customers to specify their choice of server, network and virtualisation technologies within a pre-validated framework.
The dangers of Google Drive and Dropbox in the enterprise
08 May, 2012 by Andrew CollinsWhat happens when a well-meaning employee inadvertently shares your company’s financial records with the world? That’s a reality organisations could face if they ignore their employees’ use of consumer cloud storage services like Google Drive and Dropbox.
Public cloud services will boost economy by $3 billion pa after 10 years
01 May, 2012Australian businesses could substantially cut capital and labour costs through the use of public cloud services, leading to a yearly $3 billion boost to the economy after 10 years, according to a new report from KPMG.
Dirty disks raise new questions about cloud security
26 April, 2012Research by Context Information Security has identified potentially significant flaws in the implementation of cloud infrastructure services offered by some providers which could be putting their clients’ data at risk. By exploiting the vulnerability, which revolves around data separation, Context consultants were able to gain access to data left on other service users’ ‘dirty disks’, including fragments of customer databases and elements of system information that could, in combination with other data, allow an attacker to take control of other hosted servers.
Region’s largest cloud conference series to visit Australia next month
17 April, 2012Having successfully visited nine major hubs across Asia since November last year, the Asia Cloud Conference series comes to Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland in May.
McAfee Management for Optimised Virtual Environments (MOVE) AV agentless antivirus
12 April, 2012The McAfee Management for Optimised Virtual Environments AV (antivirus) solution is now available in an agentless deployment option.
Quest Software vFundamentals virtual backup suite
11 April, 2012The vFundamentals product suite offers backup, capacity planning and resource optimisation for VMware virtual environments. The bundle includes the vRanger Pro VMware backup, replication and recovery solution, as well as capacity management and optimisation technology from VKernel’s vOps Server Standard Edition.
Australia leads the world in cloud adoption
28 March, 2012Cloud computing continues to confound Australian organisations, with many IT pros still confused by the differences between public, private and hybrid clouds. But despite this confusion, a recent panel of cloud computing experts declared that more than one third of Australian organisations are considering implementing cloud within two years, and 10-20% are currently implementing some form of the technology.
Open sky for cloud as the Open Data Center Alliance makes progress in Melbourne
27 March, 2012 by Merri MackThe Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) steering committee met in Melbourne recently for two days of meetings to chart priorities for the organisation’s mission to deliver open cloud solutions. Merri Mack reports on the findings of the committee and the question of whether vendors will support interoperability for cloud solutions.
Four myths of storage virtualisation
15 March, 2012 by Adrian De Luca, Director, SNIA ANZIn recent years, server virtualisation has hogged the IT industry’s spotlight. All the while, storage virtualisation has remained in the background, slowly developing and maturing. However, there are still misconceptions surrounding the technology. Adrian De Luca, Director, SNIA ANZ, dispells these myths, claiming that storage virtualisation is ready for prime time.
