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.

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
Westpac merges seven legacy wealth systems

Westpac merges seven legacy wealth systems

Celebrates completion of retail online banking migrations.
Allie Coyne Nov 3 2014 10:30AM Software
Photos: Spark Digital's new, modular data centre

Photos: Spark Digital's new, modular data centre

Inside the $53m Takanini, Auckland facility.
Juha Saarinen Oct 31 2014 11:28AM Telco/ISP
Australian data centre floor space growth rate 'exceptional'

Australian data centre floor space growth rate 'exceptional'

Sydney and Melbourne rack up co-lo capacity.
Juha Saarinen Oct 31 2014 7:27AM Hardware
Microsoft provides cross-platform APIs for Office 365 devs

Microsoft provides cross-platform APIs for Office 365 devs

Over 400 petabytes of Office 365 data.
Juha Saarinen Oct 29 2014 6:31AM Software
HDS, Equinix tie-up for global hybrid cloud deal

HDS, Equinix tie-up for global hybrid cloud deal

Storage giant accepts inevitability of cloud.
Staff Writers Oct 28 2014 12:02AM Storage
Microsoft offers dedicated fibre connections to Aussie Azure cloud

Microsoft offers dedicated fibre connections to Aussie Azure cloud

Will inflated local prices turn customers off?
Anthony Caruana , Allie Coyne Oct 27 2014 10:37AM Software
The Buyer's Guide to Primary Storage

The Buyer's Guide to Primary Storage

The definitive guide to your company's storage options.
Oct 26 2014 11:32AM Cloud
How Queensland Urban Utilities dealt with its workload explosion

How Queensland Urban Utilities dealt with its workload explosion

Cloud-based portal eases the strain.
Penny Wolf Oct 24 2014 6:10PM Software

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