Tag: centres

Hardware

Google tips US$300m in HK data centre

By Liam Tung | Dec 9, 2011 | Comment Now

Goes APAC skills hunting.

Networking

Google to build data centres in Singapore, HK, Taiwan

Sep 28, 2011 | Comment Now

Pumps at least $US200 million into region.

Software

Detention inquiry stunted by DIAC systems

By Ry Crozier | Aug 17, 2011 | Comment Now

Estimates of three months to a half-year to extract data manually.

Hardware

Financial services firm consolidates data centres

By Ry Crozier | Jul 21, 2011 | Comment Now

IOOF project to centralise infrastructure in Melbourne.

Finance

Analysis: Carbon tax to define IT success

By Brett Winterford | Jul 12, 2011 | Comment Now

Winners and losers divided by data centre refresh.

Networking

QLD data centres operating despite floods

By Ry Crozier | Jan 12, 2011 | 1 Comment

Updated: AAPT confirms flood damage, Pipe threat eases.

Networking

Micron21 create geographically-redundant IP service

By Ry Crozier | Dec 16, 2010 | Comment Now

Public launch.

Networking

Vocus pays $5.9m for E3 data centres

By Ry Crozier | Oct 25, 2010 | Comment Now

Independent space added to portfolio.

Oddware

HP explores cow power for data centres

May 21, 2010 | 4 Comments

Brings new meaning to 'server farm'.

Hardware

Budget 2010: Defence upgrades plant at Canberra data centres

May 12, 2010 | Comment Now

Funding allocation for capital works.

Networking

Greenfield data centres fertile for network revamp

By Ry Crozier | Nov 20, 2008 | Comment Now

Juniper is banking on greenfields data centre builds to kickstart a reduction in the complexity of network architectures, but admitted getting corporate server rooms to follow ...

Storage

APC: new solutions for data centres

By Jenny Eagle | Sep 29, 2008 | Comment Now

APC, a provider of technology and industrial applications, has introduced three new solutions to manage power, cooling, physical space and security in datacentre environments.

Networking

Lehman's value mainly in data centres

By Iain Thomson | Sep 20, 2008 | Comment Now

The data centre assets of failed investment bank Lehman Brothers have proved to be the most valuable part of the company, based on Barclays' purchase plan.

Storage

Google applies for floating data centres patent

By Iain Thomson | Sep 16, 2008 | Comment Now

Google has submitted a patent application for floating data centres that are powered in part by wave power.

Telco/ISP

Australian call centres not bothered by Do Not Call Register

Jun 2, 2008 | Comment Now

While the Federal Government’s Do Not Call Register has celebrated its first year in operation with news it has amassed 2.3 million telephone numbers to its list, findings from ...

Strategy

Call centres still putting users off

Jun 2, 2008 | Comment Now

Eight out of 10 service providers believe that they provide a 'superior customer experience' through their call centres, but fewer than one in 10 customers agree..

Networking

Data centres failing on energy efficiency

By Robert Jaques | Apr 24, 2008 | Comment Now

Nearly two-thirds of IT and facilities staff consider the energy efficiency of their data centre to be 'average' or 'worse than average', new research reveals..

Hardware

Trouble ahead for ageing data centres

By Clement James | Dec 19, 2007 | Comment Now

Data centres are ageing and companies are not planning ahead or demonstrating timely investment in new facilities, according to a recent survey..

Hardware

Dell points to 'hidden data centres'

By Iain Thomson | Nov 16, 2007 | Comment Now

Data centres are in desperate need of upgrades and automation and doing so could reveal hidden clusters of computing power, according to Dell chief executive Michael Dell..