Bureau of Meteorology to get new supercomputer
10 September, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Bureau of Meteorology has launched a request for tenders for a new supercomputer, which will be nearly 20 times faster than its current system, to help more accurately forecast natural disasters.
Data centre decisions: past, present and future
10 September, 2014 by Jonathan NallyThe cloud and virtualisation are changing the data centre playing field, but the technology is not necessarily the most important aspect to consider. Reliability, support, user experience and legal issues remain critical.
Cutting data centre energy costs
26 August, 2014 by Peter Prowse, General Manager, Data Centre Solutions, Dimension DataDespite increasing demands on data centres and the rapidly increasing cost of energy, it is possible to limit the impact of power costs in data centres.
NSW Government expands Silverwater data centre
19 August, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe NSW Government has launched the second stage of its purpose-built Silverwater data centre, and agencies from all departments have commenced migration to the new facility.
A 'wait loss' system for data centres
15 August, 2014 by Larry HardestyA new system developed by MIT researchers could reduce data-transmission delays across server farms by 99.6%.
Cloud and database services provide the right fit
13 August, 2014 | Supplied by: Rackspace TechnologyTo 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.
