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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
Alphawest and DiData to lead Cisco data centre sell

Alphawest and DiData to lead Cisco data centre sell

Alphawest and Dimension Data will lead the technical implementation of Cisco's new data center strategy.
Brett Winterford Mar 17 2009 2:12PM Hardware
Heartland, RBS WorldPay no longer PCI compliant: Visa

Heartland, RBS WorldPay no longer PCI compliant: Visa

Visa announced on Friday that it has removed Heartland Payment Systems and RBS WorldPay -- two payment processors that have announced massive data breaches in recent months -- from its list of service providers compliant with payment industry guidelines.
Dan Kaplan Mar 16 2009 10:57AM Security
Maintaining security during retrenchments

Maintaining security during retrenchments

With the economy in tatters and layoffs happening so regularly that internet applications are being created solely to chronicle the firings, the insider threat is rising, as Dan Kaplan explains.
Dan Kaplan Mar 12 2009 2:46PM Security
HP aims to optimise datacentres

HP aims to optimise datacentres

HP has unveiled a new portfolio of products and services designed to help businesses simplify the management of datacentres, but also to ensure that firms are spending money on the right areas to weather the recession and be in a stronger position afterwards.
Daniel Robinson Mar 11 2009 1:20PM Storage
UK police under fire in new database row

UK police under fire in new database row

Just a day after the UK Information Commissioner raided a firm for possessing a covert database of construction workers’ personal information, it emerged that the police force is keeping a potentially illegal database listing the details of political activists and journalists.
Phil Muncaster Mar 9 2009 10:36AM Security
Google receives support for IP address stance

Google receives support for IP address stance

A Symantec expert has sided with Google in the debate over whether an IP address can be considered personal data.
Ry Crozier Mar 6 2009 3:48PM Security
New York Police Department loses as many as 80,000 records

New York Police Department loses as many as 80,000 records

A recent offline data breach may have put tens of thousands of New York City police officers at risk of identity theft.
Shaun Nichols Mar 6 2009 3:13PM Security
NYPD loses as many as 80,000 records

NYPD loses as many as 80,000 records

A recent offline data breach may have put tens of thousands of New York City police officers at risk of identity theft.
Shaun Nichols Mar 6 2009 3:08PM Security
HP touts new business intelligence services

HP touts new business intelligence services

HP has announced a number of new business intelligence services that it said would help firms improve corporate governance and reduce operating costs.
David Neal Mar 5 2009 5:51AM Software
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
An eye on security for 2009

An eye on security for 2009

There were several fundamental challenges in the security field last year, and this year will be no different, according to Websense's Phil Vasic.
Phil Vasic Feb 27 2009 12:14PM Security
Protection of data should be a priority for businesses

Protection of data should be a priority for businesses

Companies should focus on protecting data rather than fixing holes, according to one vendor.
Dan Raywood Feb 26 2009 11:08AM Security
Over 50% of ex-employees walking out the door with corporate data

Over 50% of ex-employees walking out the door with corporate data

More than half of workers who left their jobs last year have admitted that they took confidential corporate information with them, according to research by security giant Symantec.
Phil Muncaster Feb 24 2009 10:54AM Security
Ex-employees walking out the door with corporate data

Ex-employees walking out the door with corporate data

More than half of workers who left their jobs last year have admitted that they took confidential corporate information with them, according to research by security giant Symantec.
Phil Muncaster Feb 24 2009 5:32AM Security
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
Almost 100,000 student details compromised in University of Florida data breach

Almost 100,000 student details compromised in University of Florida data breach

Officials at the University of Florida have reported a breach with the details of almost 100,000 people compromised.
Dan Raywood Feb 23 2009 10:42AM Security
Web users concerned over data privacy

Web users concerned over data privacy

Data privacy is a major concern for the majority of web users with 80 per cent of users won't give it up for more relevant advertising, according to new research.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 23 2009 10:35AM Security
Google rejects Atlantis discovery claims

Google rejects Atlantis discovery claims

Google has denied claims that its Google Earth tool had been used to discover a grid of streets in the ocean thought to be the lost city of Atlantis.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 23 2009 6:34AM Software
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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