Spotlight on cloud and data centres Spotlight on cloud and data centres

Enterprise IT is undergoing fundamental transformation and there’s no sign of the rate of change slowing.

Whether you’re going all-in cloud, refreshing a data centre or taking your first step to hybrid, IT change is having a profound effect on every organisation.

How do you keep up with those changes? What are the new best practices in cloud and data centre deployments? How are IT leaders transforming their IT infrastructure?

In this Spotlight on cloud and data centres, we will be reporting on the big IT infrastructure changes, the latest challenges and most innovative solutions – including coverage from the Cloud & DC Edge 2017 summit on the Gold Coast on 14–16 March, which is co-organised by iTnews.

Photos: All the action from Sydney vForum

Photos: All the action from Sydney vForum

Telstra, Optus and CSC among the companies making a splash at VMware's annual Australian event.
Oct 27 2010 3:43PM Software
Polaris a pricey jewel in NEC's crown

Polaris a pricey jewel in NEC's crown

Data centre to be used for NEC's cloud services.
Brett Winterford Oct 27 2010 1:52PM Strategy
NEC Australia shuts professional services division

NEC Australia shuts professional services division

Managers shown the door, staff retained.
Brett Winterford Oct 26 2010 4:38PM Strategy
AAPT to roll out virtual Windows 7 desktops

AAPT to roll out virtual Windows 7 desktops

Weans staff off BlackBerry in favour of Android.
Ry Crozier Oct 25 2010 1:57PM Networking
Macquarie Telecom to build second Sydney data centre

Macquarie Telecom to build second Sydney data centre

Buys land for 20,000 square metre, $60m facility in North Ryde.
Brett Winterford Oct 25 2010 1:37PM Networking
Amazon offers 'free' year in EC2

Amazon offers 'free' year in EC2

But kills free inbound transfer offer.
Liam Tung Oct 25 2010 9:57AM Storage
Analyst firm estimates cloud security market to hit US$1.5b by 2015

Analyst firm estimates cloud security market to hit US$1.5b by 2015

Forrester says "highly secure and trusted" cloud services will emerge.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 22 2010 12:45PM Security
Accenture, Telstra buddy up for Silver Lining cloud

Accenture, Telstra buddy up for Silver Lining cloud

Preferred, but not exclusive, partner.
Brett Winterford Oct 21 2010 3:30PM Storage
Singapore regulator casts doubt on banking clouds

Singapore regulator casts doubt on banking clouds

Too risky, says Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Stephen Withers Oct 21 2010 11:29AM Security
Microsoft puts Office in cloud

Microsoft puts Office in cloud

Worldwide by 2011.
Liam Tung Oct 20 2010 6:19AM Software
And the lucky iTnews reader is...

And the lucky iTnews reader is...

Announcing the winner of the 2010 iTnews Reader Survey.
Brett Winterford Oct 18 2010 4:15PM Training & Development
IBM pitches portable data centres at resources sector

IBM pitches portable data centres at resources sector

Brings its modular pod design to Australia.
Angus Kidman Oct 14 2010 10:41AM Storage
Inside IBM's Portable Modular Data Centre

Inside IBM's Portable Modular Data Centre

Angus Kidman takes a tour of IBM's take on the container data centre, in Brisbane, Queensland.
Oct 14 2010 10:20AM Storage
Verizon opens Hong Kong data centre

Verizon opens Hong Kong data centre

Schedules Canberra facility to go live in late 2011.
Brett Winterford Oct 13 2010 1:43PM Storage
More than half of critical infrastructure targeted

More than half of critical infrastructure targeted

Many fear politically motivated attacks.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 8 2010 2:04PM Security
Fujitsu's Sydney cloud compute goes live

Fujitsu's Sydney cloud compute goes live

Inside Fujitsu's enterprise-grade cloud computing service.
Brett Winterford Oct 7 2010 3:41PM Storage
AGIMO shifted to Special Minister of State

AGIMO shifted to Special Minister of State

Public cloud computing on the cards in re-shuffle.
Brett Winterford Oct 4 2010 6:23PM Strategy
Photos: Inside Animal Logic's latest server cluster

Photos: Inside Animal Logic's latest server cluster

A behind the scenes tour of the render farm for "Legend of the Guardians".
Brett Winterford Oct 1 2010 1:26PM Hardware
Powering "Legend of the Guardians": a supercomputer story

Powering "Legend of the Guardians": a supercomputer story

Sydney animation house Animal Logic gives iTnews a look at the latest server cluster used to render "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole", which opened in cinemas yesterday.
Oct 1 2010 11:06AM Hardware
Analysis: Ten take-outs from Telstra investor day

Analysis: Ten take-outs from Telstra investor day

Execs on frontline support, cloud services and broadband churn.
Ry Crozier Sep 30 2010 2:43PM Telco/ISP

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