Cloud and database services provide the right fit
13 August, 2014 | Supplied by: Rackspace Hosting Australia Pty LtdTo address seasonal demand, scale strategically and maintain its rapid growth, connected fitness company MapMyFitness uses a variety of Rackspace services.
Vocus buying Perth data centre for $12m
13 August, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: VocusVocus Communications has arranged to buy ASG Group's Bentley Data Centre for $11.9m and become the IT vendor's preferred communications service provider.
Pacnet picked as government data centre supplier
04 August, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingPacnet has been picked to join the Australian Government Data Centre Facilities Supplies Panel, allowing it to provide data centre services to public sector organisations.
Driving the next generation of data centres
28 July, 2014 by David Reoch, Senior Director of Cloud Services, Gigamon | Supplied by: GigamonCIOs need several capabilities to overcome the challenges presented by the surge in virtualisation, cloud computing, mobility and video.
The hard questions to ask your data centre
23 July, 2014 by Kris Kumar* | Supplied by: Digital RealtyProviding state-of-the-art facilities is one thing, but data centre providers should do more to raise the bar of customer service.
IBM invests $3.2bn to prepare for post-silicon era
16 July, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingIBM will spend $3.2bn to research sub-7-nanometre transistors, post-silicon chips, cognitive and quantum computing and other ways to keep Moore's Law going while transforming how computers are designed.
Big data will drive data centre spending increase
09 July, 2014 | Supplied by: Digital RealtyBig data will drive data centre growth in Australia, with more than 75% of Australian organisations expecting to increase spending on data centre facilities within the year.
Australian data centre services revenue to exceed $1.7 billion by 2020
24 June, 2014 | Supplied by: Frost & SullivanThe Australian data centre services market recorded revenues of $698 million in 2013 - a growth of 17.2% over 2012 - while revenue from co-location services increased by almost 17% during 2013.
Australian IT leaders plan to hike data centre spend
14 May, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNearly 60% of Australian IT decision-makers expect to increase their data centre budgets by 5-10% in the next 12 months, with big data investments and virtualisation driving data centre growth.
Internet of Things to transform the data centre
19 March, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe rapid proliferation of 'Internet of Things' devices and the large volumes of data they generate will transform data centres from centralised systems to distributed environments, Gartner predicts.
The data centre as castle: digital communities behind the firewall
12 March, 2014 by Dr Glen Duncan*The existence of and potential for participation in a data centre community will be a potential opportunity for CIOs and IT managers to add competitive value for their organisations.
Incumbent server vendors on the way out
06 March, 2014 by Andrew CollinsThe traditional server OEMs are losing their grasp on the market, with at least one likely to partially exit the market by 2017, according to a recent Gartner report.
Data centre redesign provides flexibility for next decade
22 January, 2014Southern Cross Health Society has rejigged its data centre design, boosting the facility's energy efficiency and providing enough flexibility to cover the organisation's racking needs for the next 10 years.
Digital Realty opens second Melbourne DC
25 November, 2013 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingData centre provider Digital Realty has formally launched Digital Deer Park, its second facility in Victoria and its sixth in Australia.
Protecting pubs' power with UPSs
25 November, 2013The ALH Group, which operates more than 320 licensed venues and over 460 retail liquor outlets across Australia, has implemented an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) at each of its pubs.
