Spotlight on IT infrastructure and operations Spotlight on IT infrastructure and operations

As IT infrastructure is changing, so too is the operations team. Optimisation and automation tools in the cloud and data centre mean that IT leaders can focus less on support and more delivering business outcomes.

But there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. What delivery platform – public cloud, data centre or hybrid – is best for your business? What new tools and techniques can help optimise that platform? What new skills are required? And what are the best practices of leading enterprises?

iTnews will provide some answers to these questions in this Spotlight on IT infrastructure and operations, which coincides with the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Data Center Summit in Sydney on 15–16 May.

Photos: Inside Facebook's radical Prineville data centre

Photos: Inside Facebook's radical Prineville data centre

Facebook has celebrated the launch of a new data centre in Prineville, Oregon, which the social networking giant claims will set a new standard for power efficiency.
May 3 2011 9:40AM Networking
CSIRO builds tech for hybrid cloud deployments

CSIRO builds tech for hybrid cloud deployments

Develops software for internal use and commercialisation.
Liz Tay May 3 2011 6:38AM Networking
Report: Time to get serious on data centre safety

Report: Time to get serious on data centre safety

Analyst warns of lax attitude to OH&S.
Brett Winterford May 2 2011 6:00AM Networking
Amazon issues ten days credits for cloud outage

Amazon issues ten days credits for cloud outage

Post-mortem posted.
Brett Winterford , Staff Writers May 1 2011 10:42PM Storage
Amazon confirms cloud services are back

Amazon confirms cloud services are back

The tech giant says its cloud services are back to normal, but a small amount of data will never be retrieved.
Paul Briden Apr 29 2011 12:12PM Security
Rackspace targets Aussie business with cloud-building service

Rackspace targets Aussie business with cloud-building service

Flags new opportunities from open source move.
Liz Tay Apr 27 2011 3:13PM Hardware
BMC offers tools to attack 'cloud by stealth'

BMC offers tools to attack 'cloud by stealth'

Aims to return control to enterprise IT departments.
Brett Winterford Apr 27 2011 6:05AM Strategy
Amazon EC2 Cloud crashes

Amazon EC2 Cloud crashes

Reddit, Foursquare, Quora and Hootsuite all fall victim to the downtime.
Paul Briden Apr 22 2011 1:38AM Security
NextDC to spend $80m on WA facility

NextDC to spend $80m on WA facility

Eyes vacant land in Perth.
Liz Tay Apr 20 2011 3:12PM Hardware
Photos: Trend Micro's Security Roadshow 2011

Photos: Trend Micro's Security Roadshow 2011

David Higgins addresses Trend Micro's partners at the annual Security Roadshow in Sydney on Friday.
Apr 20 2011 1:13PM Security
Second Polaris data centre planned for Melbourne

Second Polaris data centre planned for Melbourne

A $200 million, five-storey build.
Stuart Finlayson Apr 19 2011 10:19AM Networking
Another data centre for Sydney's tech belt

Another data centre for Sydney's tech belt

NextDC announces new build in Macquarie Park.
Brett Winterford Apr 18 2011 2:04PM Networking
Storage, security on SMB cloud users' risk list

Storage, security on SMB cloud users' risk list

Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are focusing on their infrastructure as a key priority, according to research released today.
Adrian Bridgwater Apr 15 2011 9:44AM Security
Cloud users remain worried by security, lock-in

Cloud users remain worried by security, lock-in

Those committed to the cloud most worried by the risks.
Dan Hatch Apr 15 2011 9:39AM Security
NBN Co takes on third-party pit damage costs

NBN Co takes on third-party pit damage costs

Industry welcomes changes.
Ry Crozier Apr 13 2011 2:20PM Telco/ISP
Microsoft calls Google on key government credentials

Microsoft calls Google on key government credentials

Google denies it misled court.
Liam Tung Apr 12 2011 8:43AM Networking
Toll's IT goes global with network refresh

Toll's IT goes global with network refresh

Alongside data centre consolidation project.
Brett Winterford Apr 7 2011 11:06AM Strategy
Microsoft, Toyota team up on digital auto network

Microsoft, Toyota team up on digital auto network

Service in Azure cloud.
a Staff Writer Apr 7 2011 6:23AM Software
Cloud providers to stick with CPUs: Intel

Cloud providers to stick with CPUs: Intel

No economies of scale for GPU supercomputing?
Liz Tay Apr 7 2011 6:10AM Hardware
IEEE moves on Cerf's "Intercloud"

IEEE moves on Cerf's "Intercloud"

Working on cloud portability standards.
Liam Tung Apr 6 2011 9:44AM Networking

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