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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
Ericsson pushes VDSL2 data transfers above 500Mbps

Ericsson pushes VDSL2 data transfers above 500Mbps

Ericsson has achieved data transfer rates of more than 500Mbps in what it said is the world's first live demonstration of a new VDSL2-based technology.
Brett Winterford Mar 17 2009 2:57PM 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
Shoalhaven Council finds power in networking

Shoalhaven Council finds power in networking

Shoalhaven City Council will upgrade its data network to a multi-protocol label switching-based WAN, in part to support VoIP services.
Staff Writers Mar 9 2009 3:13PM Networking
CeBIT: Amazon CTO talks cloud computing

CeBIT: Amazon CTO talks cloud computing

Amazon.com may be a bookseller but its heart is in the cloud, according to Dr. Werner Vogels, vice-president and CTO at Amazon.com
Sylvie Barak Mar 9 2009 3:06PM Networking
Cisco lands deal to build climate-change network for NASA

Cisco lands deal to build climate-change network for NASA

Cisco has inked a deal with NASA to build a new global system for tracking climate change.
Shaun Nichols Mar 9 2009 6:16AM Networking
Defence IT staff fill 80 per cent of Unisys roles

Defence IT staff fill 80 per cent of Unisys roles

Ex-Defence ICT personnel filled over 80 per cent of the approximately 380 positions required to support Unisys’ $240 million IT services contract with the Department of Defence, the company said today.
Staff Writers Mar 5 2009 3:26PM Networking
Cloud and SaaS terminology ‘confuses’ Aussie companies

Cloud and SaaS terminology ‘confuses’ Aussie companies

Around four in five Aussie firms have no plans to use cloud computing in the next 12 months and the few that do appear confused by the terms ‘cloud’ and ‘SaaS’.
Ry Crozier Mar 4 2009 3:15PM Networking
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
Nortel reports loss of US$5.8bn for 2008

Nortel reports loss of US$5.8bn for 2008

Communications giant Nortel had more bad news for its shareholders today, after announcing a loss of US$5.8 billion for 2008.
Phil Muncaster Mar 4 2009 6:14AM Networking
Juniper Networks foresees single data centre fabric

Juniper Networks foresees single data centre fabric

Juniper Networks has laid out its roadmap for future plans to develop a next-generation data centre fabric, including hardware, software and technology infrastructure.
Ian Williams Feb 27 2009 6:04AM Networking
VirtenSys unveils I/O virtualisation switches

VirtenSys unveils I/O virtualisation switches

Enterprises can now reduce operating costs and simplify management by using I/O virtualisation (IOV), according to startup VirtenSys.
Daniel Robinson Feb 24 2009 5:28AM 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
Radware snaps up Nortel division

Radware snaps up Nortel division

Radware has reached an asset purchase agreement to acquire Nortel's Layer 4-7 application delivery business after months of speculation around the fate of the embattled networking firm.
Ian Williams Feb 21 2009 7:37AM 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
New system turns cars into networking nodes

New system turns cars into networking nodes

A new radio system developed in Australia allows cars to be used as network nodes, allowing them to communicate with each other about road conditions and with a head office on positioning.
Iain Thomson Feb 20 2009 6:44AM Networking
Faulty router stalls Internet traffic

Faulty router stalls Internet traffic

A misconfigured router caused a huge slowdown in Internet traffic on Monday.
Iain Thomson Feb 18 2009 3:22PM Networking
IT managers losing control of the network

IT managers losing control of the network

As much as 40 per cent of company bandwidth is being used for recreational or non business-critical applications, according to a recent survey by network optimisation firm Blue Coat Systems.
Ian Williams Feb 11 2009 6:22AM Networking
Picocell improves in-building 3G reception

Picocell improves in-building 3G reception

Communications firm ip.access has introduced a picocell designed to improve 3G network coverage in offices, shops and other hard-to-reach places.
Daniel Robinson Feb 10 2009 6:29AM Networking
Cisco issues security fix

Cisco issues security fix

Cisco is advising administrators to update their wireless routers following the release of a new security patch.
Shaun Nichols Feb 5 2009 3:11PM Networking

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