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BREAKING IT NEWS FOR AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS Thursday May 21, 2009
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EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

Readers will probably recall the stir about NetApp's Storage Efficiency guarantee.

NetApp put their money where their mouth is, offering up $1 million of storage hardware, software and services to have the guarantee independently benchmarked.

Today we announce the recipients of all that kit and who will be auditing the tests - read on for more...

-- Ry Crozier

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TODAY ON ITNEWS

Storage
Charity to host the NetApp $1m storage challenge

By Brett Winterford | May 21, 2009

A group of IT managers that run the systems of some of Australia's largest charities will host the benchmarking of NetApp's $1 million storage challenge.

 
 
Telecommunications
Acure to use Amcom downtime to upgrade power

By Ry Crozier | May 21, 2009

Acure has brought forward a major power upgrade in its DC1 data centre to Sunday to coincide with a core network upgrade by Amcom that is expected to cut communications to up to 70 per cent of Acure's customers.

 
 
Software
Virtualisation loses its lustre at UQ

By Brett Winterford | May 21, 2009

If you think server virtualisation is a walk in the park, Brian Kissell, chief technology officer at the University of Queensland, has a few lessons you should probably hear.

 
 
Storage
Federal investigation into missing presidential hard drive

By Iain Thomson | May 21, 2009

U.S. Federal investigators are examining how a hard drive containing sensitive personal information from the Clinton era has gone missing from the National Archive.

 
 
Storage
Sun Microsystems touts virtualisation for tape drives

By Shaun Nichols | May 21, 2009

Sun Microsystems has revealed plans to add one of the newest storage technologies into one of the oldest storage methods still in use.

 
 
Security
Microsoft warns of new flaw in Internet Information Server

By Shaun Nichols | May 21, 2009

Microsoft has issued a security advisory about a vulnerability in Windows Internet Information Server (IIS) and encouraged web hosts to lock down the server component in response.

 
 
Internet
Google adds language translation to Gmail

By Phil Muncaster | May 21, 2009

Google has launched a new translation feature in Gmail which could allow colleagues in global organisations to communicate with each other in their native language.

 
 

EVENTS

Event Name Location Date
How to make More Money from IT Services Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne May 20, 2009
RecFind 6 Seminar - more than just EDRMS Punthill Apartment Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria May 22, 2009
The ICT for Life Sciences Forum - Professor Stan Skafidas of NICTA on Artificial Silicon Retina: the role of microelectronics in restoring vision loss Brown Th/ Lvl1/ Bldg 193 (Dept of Electrical Engineering)/University of Melbourne May 25, 2009
SWIFT Business Briefing - Risk Management for Corporates NSW Trade & Investment Centre in Martin Place May 26, 2009
NICTA - Meet the Founder Interview Series - Alan Finkel, Axon Instruments Brown Th/ Lvl1/ Bldg 193 (Dept of Electrical Engineering)/University of Melbourne May 26, 2009
SWIFT Business Briefing on Risk Management for Corporates Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne May 27, 2009
PacRim Help Desk & IT Service Management conference 2009 Sheraton on the park Sydney June 01, 2009
 
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