Spotlight on data centres Spotlight on data centres

With an ever-increasing focus on energy use, efficiency and sustainability, the Australian data centre market is thriving and continuing to evolve.

Over the next two weeks iTnews will be looking at key trends such as new advancements in power and cooling technology, server and processor architecture, networks, storage, the co-location industry, cloud, as well as developments in modularisation and containerisation.

Special thanks to the support of Cisco, which has come onboard as a sponsor for our activities this week.

Should IT suppliers get a bonus for delivering projects under budget?

Should IT suppliers get a bonus for delivering projects under budget?

WA’s government CIO weighs up incentive scheme.
Paris Cowan May 25 2016 6:22AM Strategy
Canberra Data Centres taken over in $800m deal

Canberra Data Centres taken over in $800m deal

Buyers bet on Aussie data centre market growth.
Juha Saarinen May 19 2016 11:08AM Storage
NextDC picks Tullamarine for second Melbourne data centre

NextDC picks Tullamarine for second Melbourne data centre

Busy year for facilities owner.
Paris Cowan May 19 2016 9:43AM Hardware
NextDC secures land for second Brisbane data centre

NextDC secures land for second Brisbane data centre

Fortitude Valley home for $75m facility.
Paris Cowan May 18 2016 10:39AM Hardware
Healthdirect charts path to Docker containers

Healthdirect charts path to Docker containers

Starting small.
Ry Crozier May 18 2016 6:30AM Strategy
Melbourne Airport's infrastructure investment paying off as data skyrockets

Melbourne Airport's infrastructure investment paying off as data skyrockets

Involving IT early helps.
David Braue May 17 2016 10:46AM Hardware
How IAG NZ took control of its operations environment

How IAG NZ took control of its operations environment

Commissioning VMs slashed to under 15 minutes.
David Braue May 16 2016 6:30AM Software
Intel to cut 12,000 jobs globally

Intel to cut 12,000 jobs globally

11 percent of workforce to go in IoT, data centre refocus.
Allie Coyne Apr 20 2016 6:48AM Strategy
SAP picks CDC for Canberra cloud site

SAP picks CDC for Canberra cloud site

Continues onshore push.
Paris Cowan Apr 19 2016 10:39AM Software
WA Health locked into paying dubious data centre invoices

WA Health locked into paying dubious data centre invoices

Lawyers say no recourse on $44m contract amendments.
Paris Cowan Apr 13 2016 6:47AM Hardware
How Seek and Everydayhero put Docker into production

How Seek and Everydayhero put Docker into production

Australian early adopters' business cases for 'it' technology.
Ry Crozier Apr 7 2016 6:30AM Software
Digital Realty reveals $89m data centre expansion

Digital Realty reveals $89m data centre expansion

Third Deer Park facility on the horizon.
Paris Cowan Mar 17 2016 3:51PM Storage
Universal Music Australia turns to cloud to crunch streaming data

Universal Music Australia turns to cloud to crunch streaming data

Analyses music consumption, trials productivity tools.
Ry Crozier Mar 14 2016 11:41AM Software
Google joins Facebook's Open Compute Project

Google joins Facebook's Open Compute Project

Will donate rack design.
Staff Writers Mar 10 2016 4:02PM Hardware
Metronode turns to cooling in pursuit of six-star data centre

Metronode turns to cooling in pursuit of six-star data centre

Embarks on R&D program.
Ry Crozier Mar 3 2016 3:26PM Networking
Cloud still driving Aussie data centre raw space race

Cloud still driving Aussie data centre raw space race

No signs of slowing.
Ry Crozier Mar 3 2016 10:20AM Networking
Photos: The world's coolest data centres

Photos: The world's coolest data centres

Getting creative with data storage.
Allie Coyne Mar 3 2016 6:44AM Hardware
Barrick Gold consolidates five data centres into Supernap

Barrick Gold consolidates five data centres into Supernap

Transition of workloads 75 percent complete.
Ry Crozier Mar 1 2016 6:21AM Networking
Carsales moves website into AWS

Carsales moves website into AWS

Looks to active-active future.
Allie Coyne Feb 29 2016 6:50AM Software
Data centre builders turn to climate science

Data centre builders turn to climate science

De-risking site selection over 20-50 year timeframe.
Ry Crozier Feb 24 2016 11:00AM Networking

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