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.

Australian business moves to a new cloud era

Australian business moves to a new cloud era

Australia’s largest businesses are nearly all conducting transformation programs and cloud is at the centre of many. But moving to cloud has not proved easy for some, who have changed plans as lack of skills impacted their ambitions.
Dec 4 2018 9:00AM
Broken door lock at Vocus NZ data centre goes viral

Broken door lock at Vocus NZ data centre goes viral

Operator opens audit.
Ry Crozier Dec 4 2018 6:47AM Security
IBM's cloud wobbles for the second time in a week

IBM's cloud wobbles for the second time in a week

Server provisioning has been a bit hit-and-miss lately.
Simon Sharwood Nov 30 2018 7:10AM Cloud
AWS goes on-prem for the big end of town

AWS goes on-prem for the big end of town

New “Outposts” will see AWS run and maintain its kit in your data centre.
Simon Sharwood Nov 29 2018 11:48AM Cloud
NAB tries to spot and fix cloud security gaps in 45 seconds

NAB tries to spot and fix cloud security gaps in 45 seconds

Creates solution to keep up with cloud app boom.
Ry Crozier Nov 29 2018 10:07AM Financial Services
AWS reveals its own CPUs and they’re nothing to do with x86

AWS reveals its own CPUs and they’re nothing to do with x86

Analysis: Amazon shows it can perform all of Intel’s core competencies.
Simon Sharwood Nov 28 2018 6:55AM Cloud
AWS hybrid cloud push? Here's some heavy hints...

AWS hybrid cloud push? Here's some heavy hints...

Pops a GPU in Snowball Edge devices and improves hybrid networking.
Simon Sharwood Nov 23 2018 7:00AM Cloud
City of Gold Coast looks to blockchain

City of Gold Coast looks to blockchain

Identifies three potential use cases.
Ry Crozier Nov 23 2018 7:00AM Cloud
SA govt's DPTI shifts to open source, cloud hosted databases

SA govt's DPTI shifts to open source, cloud hosted databases

Cloud journey rapidly expanding.
Ry Crozier Nov 22 2018 10:06AM Cloud
Digital Realty to build third Western Sydney data centre

Digital Realty to build third Western Sydney data centre

Snaps up new land parcel.
Ry Crozier Nov 15 2018 12:29PM Networking
Amazon and Oracle in database drama

Amazon and Oracle in database drama

Amazon.com ditched Oracle, then AWS kicked Larry in public.
Simon Sharwood Nov 15 2018 12:25PM Strategy
SA's new digital school system to cost $82 million

SA's new digital school system to cost $82 million

Contract prohibits data from being sent offshore.
Justin Hendry Nov 8 2018 12:10PM Cloud
Vodafone's infrastructure boost to combat 'not great' iPhone launches

Vodafone's infrastructure boost to combat 'not great' iPhone launches

Site stays up despite telco jumping the gun on sales.
Ry Crozier Nov 8 2018 11:48AM Cloud
Airservices' cloud migration makes rapid landing

Airservices' cloud migration makes rapid landing

Prompted by eviction.
Julian Bajkowski Nov 7 2018 10:30AM Cloud
News Corp Australia hits reset on Salesforce

News Corp Australia hits reset on Salesforce

Inside the major project to right the ship.
Ry Crozier Nov 7 2018 7:00AM Cloud
NAB to migrate 35 percent of IT apps to cloud

NAB to migrate 35 percent of IT apps to cloud

Finally reveals goals for massive project.
Ry Crozier Nov 1 2018 10:15AM Cloud
Telstra cloud outage hits enterprise users, websites

Telstra cloud outage hits enterprise users, websites

Confirms issue.
Ry Crozier Oct 31 2018 10:23AM Cloud
ANZ drives visibility into its financial advice business

ANZ drives visibility into its financial advice business

Creates single view of adviser and practice as regulators circle.
Ry Crozier Oct 26 2018 6:45AM Financial Services
Cisco says WebEx is totally fixed now (except for two problems)

Cisco says WebEx is totally fixed now (except for two problems)

Outage and subsequent wobbles lasted 20 days.
Simon Sharwood Oct 17 2018 6:52AM Cloud
Sensis ditches all on-prem infrastructure in three-year cloud push

Sensis ditches all on-prem infrastructure in three-year cloud push

Everything's in AWS and Salesforce now.
Ry Crozier Oct 16 2018 6:04AM Cloud

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