EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

Victoria's auditor-general has questioned the University of Melbourne's procurement process and business case for a life sciences computing facility that received $50 million in state funding.

We also bring you photos of the Perth iX data centre from Liz Tay's visit to WA last week.

-- Brett Winterford

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TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Ry Crozier | June 15, 2011

Auditor-General questions project's value for money.

By Liz Tay | June 15, 2011

Floor-to-ceiling windows in Perth's CBD.

By James Hutchinson | June 15, 2011

Transmission upgrade to provide bigger-than-expected network boost.

By Brett Winterford | June 15, 2011

Launches micro-instances, targets Amazon and Rackspace.

By Nicole Kobie | June 15, 2011

Abandoned UK customers vent their anger.

By Darren Pauli | June 15, 2011

Backups, passwords exposed on public servers.

By Liam Tung | June 15, 2011

Responds to competitive pressures.

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