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.

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
Qantas moves ERP out of IBM and into MacTel

Qantas moves ERP out of IBM and into MacTel

Core Oracle platform gets new home.
Allie Coyne Nov 12 2014 7:00AM Software
Photos: Telstra's new Melbourne data centre

Photos: Telstra's new Melbourne data centre

A tour of the telco's Clayton facility.
Tony Yoo Nov 11 2014 12:08PM Telco/ISP
Inside Telstra's Clayton data centre

Inside Telstra's Clayton data centre

Cisco and VMware clouds to reside in Clayton.
Tony Yoo Nov 11 2014 6:21AM Telco/ISP
Telstra to host VMware's next hybrid cloud

Telstra to host VMware's next hybrid cloud

Melbourne instance to launch first.
Steven Kiernan , Brett Winterford Nov 5 2014 7:01AM Networking
Dropbox joins forces with Microsoft for Office integration

Dropbox joins forces with Microsoft for Office integration

Dropbox for Business users will require Office 365 subscription.
Juha Saarinen Nov 5 2014 6:04AM Storage
Go early, go hard, or go home

Go early, go hard, or go home

[Blog post] In defence of early adopters.
v f Nov 4 2014 2:50PM Strategy
Megaport sells east coast fibre network for $15m

Megaport sells east coast fibre network for $15m

Enters 15yr lease-back deal with new owner Amcom.
Allie Coyne Nov 3 2014 12:41PM Telco/ISP

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