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.

Benchmark Awards 2019 Finalist: Mychemist.com.au hybrid cloud

Benchmark Awards 2019 Finalist: Mychemist.com.au hybrid cloud

Making apps portable and robust while maximising DC utilisation.
Staff Writers Feb 6 2019 6:55AM Cloud
ANZ's CIO says his cloud focus is on flex, not price amid sectoral uncertainty

ANZ's CIO says his cloud focus is on flex, not price amid sectoral uncertainty

Derides death-of-SWIFT talk as overblown.
Julian Bajkowski Feb 5 2019 12:15PM Financial Services
Longreach Airport overcomes IT outages caused by literal bugs

Longreach Airport overcomes IT outages caused by literal bugs

Birthplace of Oz aviation says no to flying insects.
Matt Johnston Feb 1 2019 12:25PM Projects
Microsoft may need to credit customers for cloud login outage

Microsoft may need to credit customers for cloud login outage

If the impact was above one hour.
Ry Crozier Jan 31 2019 11:51AM Cloud
VMware cloud storage scales with mysterious new AWS instance type

VMware cloud storage scales with mysterious new AWS instance type

It’s like network storage all over again, with added cloud.
Simon Sharwood Jan 30 2019 12:00PM Cloud
Fed's shared services successor in protected cloud build

Fed's shared services successor in protected cloud build

FORTRESS gets an upgrade.
Justin Hendry Jan 24 2019 12:37PM Strategy
AWS can now carry protected Australian govt data

AWS can now carry protected Australian govt data

Joins Microsoft with certification.
Ry Crozier Jan 24 2019 8:23AM Cloud
Benchmark Awards 2019 Finalists: Melbourne Water taps AI for asset and knowledge management systems

Benchmark Awards 2019 Finalists: Melbourne Water taps AI for asset and knowledge management systems

As part of broader automation push.
Matt Johnston Jan 24 2019 7:05AM Software
CSIRO's Data61 battles to replace 20-year-old servers

CSIRO's Data61 battles to replace 20-year-old servers

"Almost impossible to get funding for infrastructure hardware" outside research projects.
Ry Crozier Jan 22 2019 11:55AM Hardware
In 5G play, Vodafone and IBM link up cloud systems for business

In 5G play, Vodafone and IBM link up cloud systems for business

To support machine learning on 5G.
Douglas Busvine Jan 18 2019 7:08AM Cloud
Atlassian admits it did Kubernetes 'the hard way'

Atlassian admits it did Kubernetes 'the hard way'

And wouldn't recommend others do the same.
Ry Crozier Jan 17 2019 12:08PM Cloud
NAB online banking, cards suffer more problems, blames data centre

NAB online banking, cards suffer more problems, blames data centre

Says $4.5bn cloud transformation will improve things, eventually.
Julian Bajkowski Jan 16 2019 6:50AM Financial Services
Queensland Rail picks DXC for $94m IT services shakeup

Queensland Rail picks DXC for $94m IT services shakeup

Provider rationalisation for cloud shift.
Justin Hendry Jan 11 2019 12:00PM Strategy
Microsoft opens more security features to O365 E3 users

Microsoft opens more security features to O365 E3 users

Through two new subscription offers.
Staff Writer Jan 3 2019 12:15PM Cloud
Healthdirect Australia pulled plug on Docker after six months

Healthdirect Australia pulled plug on Docker after six months

Early adopter couldn't make it work.
Ry Crozier Dec 21 2018 12:37PM Software
Ambulance Victoria eyes Azure-based predictive analytics platform

Ambulance Victoria eyes Azure-based predictive analytics platform

For real-time insights.
Justin Hendry Dec 21 2018 7:02AM Strategy
iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019: Local government finalists announced

iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019: Local government finalists announced

Excellence in technology from councils and cities celebrated.
Staff Writers Dec 20 2018 7:30AM Benchmarking Change
Google Australia finally gets cloud added to certified govt list

Google Australia finally gets cloud added to certified govt list

Physical Sydney data centre and 16 services covered.
Ry Crozier Dec 13 2018 12:06PM Cloud
DFAT probes protected Microsoft cloud

DFAT probes protected Microsoft cloud

Follows DTA’s footsteps.
Justin Hendry Dec 11 2018 10:47AM Strategy
NAB's public cloud expansion ran without internal IT staff

NAB's public cloud expansion ran without internal IT staff

They left when infrastructure was outsourced a decade ago.
Ry Crozier Dec 6 2018 7:00AM Financial Services

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