EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

Fallout from last week's Primus data centre blackout continues to mount with other Melbourne data centres now reporting a spike in sales enquiries coinciding with the failure.

Customers appear to be re-evaluating the redundancy of the centres they use but with space in Melbourne already at a premium, high-grade options may be hard to find.

Still, it appears some of Primus' competitors have the space available and the redundancy to back up their offers.

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Ry Crozier | February 13, 2009

At least two Melbourne data centres claim to have experienced a sharp jump in sales enquiries after the Primus blackout as customers seek new assurances over redundancy and disaster recovery capabilities.

By Brett Winterford | February 13, 2009

Software as a service, the model by which software is hosted and delivered over the network, "will not happen" in 2009, according to Gartner research director, Andrew Rowsell-Jones.

By Iain Thomson | February 13, 2009

Microsoft has given its strongest hint yet that Windows 7 will be in the shops by Christmas.

By Nate Cochrane | February 13, 2009

It's time to drop the corporate-speak to start dealing with your supporters, customers and partners like human beings.

By Shaun Nichols | February 13, 2009

A group of hardware and security vendors including HP, IBM and RSA are putting their weight behind a new encryption key specification.

By Iain Thomson | February 13, 2009

Palm has confirmed that it is dropping the Palm operating system to concentrate fully on the Web OS currently developed for the forthcoming Palm Pre.

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