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.

Getting shared services right

Getting shared services right

A wary public service finally chalks up some wins.
Staff Writers Mar 20 2015 6:04AM Strategy
How a school funded a microwave link with Google Apps

How a school funded a microwave link with Google Apps

Cloud cuts data centre costs in half.
Ry Crozier Mar 18 2015 11:36AM Strategy
Scale wins in Aussie race for cloud racks

Scale wins in Aussie race for cloud racks

Stakes high as DC operators battle for slice of cloud business.
Ry Crozier Mar 18 2015 6:45AM Networking
How Telstra axed modular from Clayton data centre design

How Telstra axed modular from Clayton data centre design

'Value engineered' out of the project.
Ry Crozier Mar 17 2015 6:36AM Financial Services
Qld govt prepares to build 'cloud foundations'

Qld govt prepares to build 'cloud foundations'

Needs brokerage layer for cloud storefront.
Allie Coyne Mar 16 2015 11:05AM Strategy
Inside AusPost's switch to active-active data centres

Inside AusPost's switch to active-active data centres

How it overcame a provider change midway through the project.
Ry Crozier Mar 16 2015 10:00AM Strategy
NextDC betas open DC management tool

NextDC betas open DC management tool

Enters SaaS market with vendor-neutral solution.
Penny Wolf Mar 12 2015 5:09AM Hardware
Equinix's Melbourne data centre to open in weeks

Equinix's Melbourne data centre to open in weeks

ME1 to span 9800 square metres and 1500 cabinets.
Juha Saarinen Mar 5 2015 10:47AM Storage
Australia Post completes data centre overhaul

Australia Post completes data centre overhaul

Laying foundations for the future.
Staff Writers Mar 4 2015 10:49AM Hardware
Apple to spend billions on two new Euro data centres

Apple to spend billions on two new Euro data centres

Powered by renewable energy.
Juha Saarinen Feb 24 2015 6:51AM Storage
Supernap's $1bn bet on Reno

Supernap's $1bn bet on Reno

Nevada facility larger than all Australia's co-lo combined.
Staff Writers Feb 19 2015 5:09PM Hardware
How News Corp's CIO tackled skills in his race to the cloud

How News Corp's CIO tackled skills in his race to the cloud

What to do when your team’s talents are no longer needed.
Allie Coyne Feb 19 2015 12:40PM Training & Development
Microsoft widens Office third-party cloud storage options

Microsoft widens Office third-party cloud storage options

Windows 10, Android in the works.
Allie Coyne Feb 18 2015 7:07AM Software
Microsoft promises not to use customer data for ads

Microsoft promises not to use customer data for ads

Adopts ISO/IEC 27018 standard for cloud privacy.
Juha Saarinen Feb 17 2015 9:24AM Storage
Feds launch whole-of-govt cloud panel

Feds launch whole-of-govt cloud panel

First 49 vendors added to beefed-up buying scheme.
Paris Cowan Feb 13 2015 4:12PM Strategy
Vocus splashes $23.5m on two data centres

Vocus splashes $23.5m on two data centres

Acquires EDC business and assets.
Allie Coyne Feb 13 2015 11:27AM Hardware
News Corp turns attention to cloud 'glue'

News Corp turns attention to cloud 'glue'

'Mind the gap' and performance teams augment technology.
Ry Crozier Feb 11 2015 10:21AM Strategy
Cloud computing demands a rethink of international law

Cloud computing demands a rethink of international law

[Opinion] Time to dump the old paradigm.
Dan Jerker B. Svantesson Feb 4 2015 6:47AM Software
Eagle Boys shifts ordering system to Azure

Eagle Boys shifts ordering system to Azure

Push to get 50 percent more out of every customer.
Paris Cowan Feb 3 2015 10:42AM Software
Apple to build data centre out of failed sapphire plant

Apple to build data centre out of failed sapphire plant

Invests $2.6 billion in conversion.
Staff Writers Feb 3 2015 10:27AM Hardware

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