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.

South Korean nuclear reactors hit by cyber attack

South Korean nuclear reactors hit by cyber attack

Operations not affected, says CEO.
Staff Writers Dec 29 2014 9:51AM Security
Human error caused Microsoft Azure outage

Human error caused Microsoft Azure outage

Post-mortem analysis identifies gaps in deployment processes.
Juha Saarinen Dec 18 2014 6:11AM Storage
Telstra eyes up Pacnet for acquisition

Telstra eyes up Pacnet for acquisition

Working to take over 46,000km of undersea cable.
Allie Coyne Dec 17 2014 3:23PM Telco/ISP
Data centre outage hits all Queensland hospitals

Data centre outage hits all Queensland hospitals

[Updated] CTO explains what happened.
Paris Cowan Dec 10 2014 4:50PM Storage
Drones to inspect NSW electricity infrastructure

Drones to inspect NSW electricity infrastructure

TransGrid to modernise the ‘binoculars’ approach.
Paris Cowan Dec 10 2014 11:33AM Hardware
Microsoft readies Aussie data centres for Office 365

Microsoft readies Aussie data centres for Office 365

Sydney and Melbourne hosting by March.
Steven Kiernan Dec 9 2014 7:02AM Software
Cloud pioneer David Kennedy quits the public service

Cloud pioneer David Kennedy quits the public service

NSW Trade and Investment CIO moves into financial services sector.
Brett Winterford Dec 5 2014 12:23PM Strategy
First round of speakers for Data Centre Summit 2015

First round of speakers for Data Centre Summit 2015

[Blog post] Experts in DR and data centres to converge on the Gold Coast.
Penny Wolf Dec 5 2014 11:00AM Networking
AWS offers bigger discounts for committed customers

AWS offers bigger discounts for committed customers

Reserved instances now tiered by payment over usage.
Allie Coyne Dec 4 2014 9:41AM Software
Dropbox for Business API launched

Dropbox for Business API launched

Playing catch-up with Box.net.
Juha Saarinen Dec 3 2014 6:30AM Storage
Mi9's secret is out: 'all-in' on public cloud

Mi9's secret is out: 'all-in' on public cloud

Migrates server farm to AWS.
Brett Winterford Dec 1 2014 10:46AM Strategy
IBM nabs $99m Transport for NSW deal

IBM nabs $99m Transport for NSW deal

Value of infrastructure mega-contract revealed.
Allie Coyne Nov 28 2014 11:44AM Hardware
Aus Govt CTO readies cloud email, desktop services

Aus Govt CTO readies cloud email, desktop services

Scoping study is in, approach to market coming.
John Hilvert Nov 25 2014 11:57AM Software
Telstra, DiData battle for Canberra cloud market

Telstra, DiData battle for Canberra cloud market

Big players announce govt-focused services.
Paris Cowan Nov 24 2014 11:56AM Strategy
AWS slammed for secrecy over renewable energy goal

AWS slammed for secrecy over renewable energy goal

Greenpeace sceptical of data centre sustainability pledge.
Allie Coyne Nov 20 2014 12:10PM Hardware
Azure cloud suffers multi-region outage

Azure cloud suffers multi-region outage

Update: Microsoft offers details on bug.
Juha Saarinen Nov 20 2014 6:14AM Storage
Lufthansa outsources IT to IBM for $1.4bn

Lufthansa outsources IT to IBM for $1.4bn

IT infrastructure division shifted out.
Allie Coyne Nov 19 2014 7:14AM Strategy
Inside the early days of Singapore's first privacy regime

Inside the early days of Singapore's first privacy regime

"Still a fair amount of work to do" in data hosting hotspot.
Paris Cowan Nov 18 2014 6:06AM Security
Zespri takes kiwi fruit production to the public cloud

Zespri takes kiwi fruit production to the public cloud

Migrates SAP environment to Microsoft Azure.
Penny Wolf Nov 14 2014 6:36AM Software
Microsoft makes full .NET server-side core stack open source

Microsoft makes full .NET server-side core stack open source

Enables .NET to run on Apple OS X and Linux.
Juha Saarinen Nov 13 2014 6:47AM Software

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