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Inside the Macquarie Telecom data centre refit

Inside the Macquarie Telecom data centre refit

iTnews gets a first-look at how Macquarie Telecom is refreshing the managed services and ‘colo’ floors of its Sydney data centre – and we have the photos to prove it.
Ry Crozier Nov 28 2008 6:29AM Networking
IBM launches cloud services

IBM launches cloud services

IBM has unveiled new services designed to help customers evaluate, install, configure and deliver secure cloud computing inside the data centre, and protect against web-based threats.
Phil Muncaster Nov 25 2008 6:11AM Networking
Greenfield data centres fertile for network revamp

Greenfield data centres fertile for network revamp

Juniper is banking on greenfields data centre builds to kickstart a reduction in the complexity of network architectures, but admitted getting corporate server rooms to follow suit will take more time.
Ry Crozier Nov 20 2008 3:01PM Networking
QLogic InfiniBand switches target HPC hardware

QLogic InfiniBand switches target HPC hardware

High performance network infrastructure vendor QLogic is to build new quad data rate (QDR) InfiniBand switch systems capable of 40Gbit/s through a single port, targeting the burgeoning market for connecting high performance computing clustered systems.
Dave Bailey Nov 19 2008 6:36AM Networking
HP gives network boost to blade servers

HP gives network boost to blade servers

HP has unveiled new products designed to improve performance in virtual server environments, including a network connection module to boost bandwidth and an accompanying server blade.
Daniel Robinson Nov 18 2008 6:20AM Networking
New data centres underpin digital policy: Conroy

New data centres underpin digital policy: Conroy

Communications and broadband Minister, Stephen Conroy, has weighed into the data centre space debate claiming the raft of new facilities being built are important ‘foundations’ to the government’s digital economy – but he stopped short of revamping support subsidies to encourage further development.
Staff Writers Nov 17 2008 3:03PM Networking
IBM returns to broadband over power line market

IBM returns to broadband over power line market

IBM is once again planning to set up a broadband over power line (BPL) system in the US.
Shaun Nichols Nov 17 2008 7:12AM Networking
NetComm gets the go ahead for Call Direct

NetComm gets the go ahead for Call Direct

NetComm has hit the acquisition trail, with a purchase of Call Direct Cellular Solutions.
Staff Writers Nov 14 2008 12:48PM Networking
Power reduction could bite you: Gartner

Power reduction could bite you: Gartner

Data centre managers should be wary of committing to a long-term total reduction in the centre’s power as part of green initiatives, Gartner has warned.
Ry Crozier Nov 12 2008 2:27PM Networking
ISPs fear IPv6 security threats

ISPs fear IPv6 security threats

Over half of internet service providers believe that new threats could emerge with the deployment of the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), according to the latest annual worldwide Infrastructure Security Report from Arbor Networks.
Phil Muncaster Nov 12 2008 6:23AM Networking
Sun considers Rent-a-Blackbox

Sun considers Rent-a-Blackbox

Sun Microsystems is evaluating several customer requests to rent out their Blackbox shipping container-based data centres in Australia.
Ry Crozier Nov 10 2008 3:22PM Networking
Telarus to build Melbourne data centre

Telarus to build Melbourne data centre

Telarus will build a new enterprise-grade data centre in Melbourne to escape the current shortage of available carrier- and vendor-neutral space and support future service launch plans.
Ry Crozier Nov 7 2008 12:04PM Networking
Data centre space pricing to rise

Data centre space pricing to rise

Data centre customers could find themselves forking out more for their space in 2009 as supply struggles to catch up with burgeoning demand in the sector.
Staff Writers Nov 4 2008 1:37PM Networking
Coffee company brings on the guilt trip

Coffee company brings on the guilt trip

We've all seen them, those moochers who sit with one cup of coffee in an internet café for hours using the Wi-Fi effectively for free – one company has now come up with an ingenious way of preventing this.
Emma Hughes Nov 4 2008 6:52AM Networking
Sun Microsystems slumps to US$1.68bn loss

Sun Microsystems slumps to US$1.68bn loss

Sun Microsystems has posted a first quarter net loss of US$1.68bn, compared to an US$89m profit in the same period last year, as the supplier feels the bite of the global financial crisis
Tom Young Nov 1 2008 9:57AM Networking
Feature: How to cut energy costs at the node

Feature: How to cut energy costs at the node

Socket-level monitoring is this year’s hot button topic in power management. iTNews takes an in-depth look at how much power your servers are really drawing and the costs involved.
Ry Crozier Oct 30 2008 12:37PM Networking
Virtual servers to roam across networks

Virtual servers to roam across networks

A consortium of University researchers has developed a way to make Internet switches and routers both open and programmable, a move that will allow virtual servers to roam between networks in real-time.
Staff Writers Oct 30 2008 12:26AM Networking
University of Queensland advances Windows cluster trial

University of Queensland advances Windows cluster trial

University of Queensland is conducting tests on a number of research applications to potentially run on its Windows-based high performance cluster.
Ry Crozier Oct 29 2008 12:25AM Networking
Fujitsu to ‘free cool’ new Perth data centre

Fujitsu to ‘free cool’ new Perth data centre

Fujitsu has revealed further details of a new multi-million dollar data centre to open in Perth in ‘late 2010’, including the free cooling system it will use.
Staff Writers Oct 28 2008 10:50AM Networking
Internet breaches the final frontier

Internet breaches the final frontier

Internet creator looks to the stars for his next project.
Sylvie Barak Oct 28 2008 6:41AM Networking

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