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Brisbane data centres unscathed by flood

Brisbane data centres unscathed by flood

Data Centres in Brisbane have come through the worst rainstorm in three decades unscathed, as flooding took its toll on telecommunications lines and other key infrastructure.
Brett Winterford May 22 2009 3:30PM Networking
Acure to use Amcom downtime to upgrade power

Acure to use Amcom downtime to upgrade power

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.
Ry Crozier May 21 2009 6:00AM Telco/ISP
NAB trials off-grid power and Kyoto cooling in data centre

NAB trials off-grid power and Kyoto cooling in data centre

The National Australia Bank (NAB) is trialling radical power generation and cooling technologies in its data centre after being disappointed with the lack of power savings yielded from server virtualisation.
Brett Winterford May 19 2009 6:01AM Storage
Colocation stunts data centre tier upgrades

Colocation stunts data centre tier upgrades

Operators of colocation data centres are being prevented in some cases from improving the tier level of facilities because they can’t mandate minimum standards for customer equipment, a Sydney consultancy has said.
Ry Crozier May 15 2009 5:53AM Networking
CeBIT09: Federal CIO rules out super data centre

CeBIT09: Federal CIO rules out super data centre

Australian Government CIO Ann Steward has ruled out the possibility of the Federal Government building its own supersized data centre to support all its agencies to meet recommendations in the Gershon Review.
Brett Winterford May 13 2009 10:15AM Storage
Data centre cut disrupts Western Sydney hospital

Data centre cut disrupts Western Sydney hospital

The Sydney West Area Health Service has confirmed a six-hour outage affected access to Nepean Hospital’s electronic medical record system on Saturday.
Ry Crozier May 6 2009 2:38PM Hardware
Netbooks, cloud to be winners this year: IDC

Netbooks, cloud to be winners this year: IDC

Gazing into its crystal ball, analyst International Data Corporation predicts "pockets of opportunity" for the IT industry in an otherwise gloomy outlook this year.
Nate Cochrane May 5 2009 2:18PM Hardware
eWay puts gateway into Macquarie data centre

eWay puts gateway into Macquarie data centre

Payment gateway provider eWay has inked a three-year, $500,000 deal with Macquarie Hosting to host its online payment system, transaction applications and encrypted customer data.
Staff Writers Apr 21 2009 3:47PM Hardware
Primus admits to blackout at Melbourne data centre

Primus admits to blackout at Melbourne data centre

Primus Telecom has admitted to a power outage in part of its Melbourne data centre Saturday, citing the “bad luck” of being between phases of a multi-million dollar upgrade to its power systems as a contributor to the issue.
Ry Crozier Apr 20 2009 4:46PM Networking
No outage in data centre, says Primus

No outage in data centre, says Primus

Primus Telecom has this morning angrily denied suggestions that its Melbourne data centre went down for up to eight hours on Saturday afternoon.
Ry Crozier Apr 20 2009 11:49AM Networking
Victoria University overhauls data centres

Victoria University overhauls data centres

Victoria University has contracted IBM to design and build a green data centre and will rebuild its existing Footscray Park facility as part of a major program of works.
Ry Crozier Apr 9 2009 12:30AM Networking
Inside the Global Switch Sydney data centre

Inside the Global Switch Sydney data centre

iTnews gets a rare and exclusive look at the results of the last phase of construction and power and cooling upgrades at one of the region’s flagship data centres – and we have the photos to prove it.
Ry Crozier Apr 7 2009 5:41AM Networking
HCF picks out problems from customer calls

HCF picks out problems from customer calls

Health fund HCF is pioneering speech analytics in its call centre that listens to calls and can pinpoint customer problems before they escalate.
Staff Writers Apr 3 2009 1:21PM Software
Corporate Express builds new data centre

Corporate Express builds new data centre

Corporate Express has built a new 121 square metre data centre within its Sydney south headquarters and has virtualised almost 90 per cent of company IT systems.
Ry Crozier Mar 20 2009 6:26AM Networking
Primus reveals cause of data centre blackout

Primus reveals cause of data centre blackout

Primus has revealed for the first time that an ambient temperature above 35°C, power cuts and a single diesel generator all contributed to the Primus data centre outage in Melbourne in February.
Ry Crozier Mar 17 2009 2:20PM Networking
BOQ re-examines call centre authentication

BOQ re-examines call centre authentication

The Bank of Queensland has revealed it programmed a challenge-response application into existing internet banking security tokens that could be used in the future for call centre authentication.
Ry Crozier Mar 13 2009 11:30AM Security
BOQ re-examines call centre authentication

BOQ re-examines call centre authentication

The Bank of Queensland has revealed it programmed a challenge-response application into existing internet banking security tokens that could be used in the future for call centre authentication.
Ry Crozier Mar 12 2009 3:26PM Security
Big Blue says its Nextgen data centre is Queensland today, Perth the next

Big Blue says its Nextgen data centre is Queensland today, Perth the next

IBM has leased the last 400 square metres of rack space in Brisbane's Nextgen data centre to provide multi-site disaster recovery services to Queensland businesses.
Ry Crozier Mar 4 2009 11:57AM Networking
EFTel data centre escapes fire system flood

EFTel data centre escapes fire system flood

EFTel equipment sustained only minor damage after contractors working above the Melbourne data centre allegedly broke a fire hydrant, flooding two floors of the office tower.
Ry Crozier Feb 23 2009 3:37PM Networking
Rosehill racecourse data centres on the inside track

Rosehill racecourse data centres on the inside track

Sydney Turf Club is building a back-up data centre at Rosehill racecourse to add redundant capacity for disaster recovery.
Ry Crozier Feb 20 2009 4:01PM Networking

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