EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

In our second-last edition for the year, we kick off with a piece on how data centre transformation is one of the few areas that will attract investment next year.

The finding is from a HP survey, but is a validation for a lot of the stuff we've been talking about for months now.

Ask pretty much any data centre manager locally and they'll tell you about consolidation initiatives, new racks, cooling tech they're evaluating... Fujitsu, Macquarie Telecom, manageNET, you name it - they're all doing it.

2009 is certainly shaping up to be the year of the data centre - but do let us know what you think.

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Gareth Morgan | December 19, 2008

More than eight out of 10 enterprises will embark on datacentre transformation projects in 2009, as the need to cut costs and minimise business risks intensifies

By Ian Williams | December 19, 2008

Toshiba has unveiled the world's first 2.5in 512GB solid state drive (SSD), designed to provide a high level of performance and endurance for use in notebook computers, and gaming and home entertainment systems.

By Ian Williams | December 19, 2008

A consortium of eight companies has launched an initiative to develop a wireless power standard aimed at driving development and convenience in electronics charging.

By Daniel Robinson | December 19, 2008

Adobe has announced a Linux version of AIR 1.5, its runtime environment for rich internet applications.

By Rosalie Marshall | December 19, 2008

UK trade body Intellect held an event on Tuesday at Yahoo's London offices to discuss how companies can be encouraged to offshore their services to Palestine.

By Daniel Robinson | December 19, 2008

Smartphone users are driving up the use of Wi-Fi hotspots, according to a new survey, with Apple's iPhone accounting for nearly 10 per cent of access requests in the US.

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