EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

Metronode has opened its second Melbourne data centre, boasting tenants including an unnamed government customer, as well as cloud and co-location providers. We take a look inside the $150 million facility.

And Queensland's whole-of-government CIO Peter Grant has estimated a bill of more than $5 billion over the next five years to repair the government's 50 most vulnerable systems.

-- James Hutchinson

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By Liz Tay , Darren Pauli | August 02, 2012

Targets agencies and enterprises with $150 million facility.

By John Hilvert | August 01, 2012

Exclusive: Government could spend big to fix vulnerable systems.

By Juha Saarinen | August 01, 2012

Southern Cross confirms no pricing changes.

By Ry Crozier | August 02, 2012

Escape budget constraints.

By James Hutchinson | August 01, 2012

'More court cases' to address toothless critique.

By Ry Crozier | August 01, 2012

Begins moving Hotmail users to Outlook.com.

By John Hilvert | August 01, 2012

Data Centre-as-a-service to be operating by end of October.

By Chris Jager | August 01, 2012

Claims demand from community.

By Juha Saarinen | August 02, 2012

No more bank sign-ups needed.

By Juha Saarinen | August 02, 2012

Key staffer departs.

By Darren Pauli | August 02, 2012

Inside the $150 million, free-cooled facility.

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