News (536)

  • 7 more agencies seek interim datacentres

    Seven more federal government agencies, including the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, have applied to buy datacentre capacity from the government's new interim datacentre panel.

  • NSW, Vic move on datacentres

    The NSW Government yesterday went to market with its plan to move its dozens of datacentres from over 30 agencies into two new efficient facilities by 2011, while Victoria said it would soon release a tender for whole-of-government needs.

  • No Aussie datacentre for NetSuite

    For NetSuite customers, price, availability and performance of applications outweigh the desire to have their data kept inside the country, the company's CEO Zach Nelson said today.

  • Suncorp standardises on NetApp

    Tier two bank and major insurer Suncorp has consolidated and standardised its storage environment on NetApp's products, according to a statement distributed today by the vendor.

  • Just 5 agencies can use datacentre panel

    Not all federal government agencies can apply for datacentre resources under the newly formed interim datacentre panel. In fact, only five have been cleared to do so, according to the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO).

Blogs (22)

  • Read the blog post - Juha Saarinen

    Silence of the IBM

    Having one of your biggest customers roast you in the media as "slow to react to a catastrophic systems failure" and "unwilling to apologise" for it is not a good look for IBM New Zealand.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Datacentre disaster lessons

    As a system administrator, the health and status of your datacentre is at the forefront of your mind. But how often do you think about the needs beyond server status and bandwidth?

  • Read the blog post - Alex Serpo

    UPS systems from the dark ages

    Australia's largest banks typically have back-up systems upon back-up systems. Or do they? Some might not be quite so modern.

  • Read the blog post - Alex Serpo

    Sun's BlackBox Down Under

    A humorous look at Sun Microsystems' revelation it had shipped two of its Project BlackBox 'datacentre in a shipping container' products in Australia over the past year.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Google should come clean on datacentres

    It's nice that Google says it has put an effort into making its datacentres more energy efficient, but the search giant's pledges won't mean much until it discloses just how many of the beasties it's actually running.

Features and Case Studies (216)

  • BlackBerry datacentre could hit Oz

    BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is considering establishing an Australian datacentre as it continues efforts to upgrade its infrastructure reliability across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

  • Energizer CIO hates in-house servers

    Energizer chief information officer Randy Benz would be happy if he never had to run another server inside his company ever again; most of his company's services are already run by Microsoft as part of the software giant's emerging online model.

  • Queenslanders debate cloud computing

    Could cloud computing be used to deliver a national driver's license registration scheme that was sold to states as a service? Probably not, say four Queensland Government IT chiefs, including state CIO Alan Chapman.

  • CenITex needs to be governed for success

    Victoria appears set to leap into a new phase of government ICT with the creation of shared technology services agency CenITex, but challenges remain.

  • Video: Optus CIO Lawrie Turner

    In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.

Videos (13)

  • Suncorp CIO talks new datacentre

    Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about the finance giant's new datacentre facilities.

  • The Green Enterprise: Intel

    On the next installment of The Green Enteprise, CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos looks at how Intel is developing green technologies for its customers and within its own organization. Innovations include ultra-lower power 45nm chips, greening its fab operations in China, Arizona and Israel; and developing non-toxic materials for packaging and...

  • LinkedIn: Lloyd Taylor, VP of Technical Operations

    Lloyd Taylor, vice president of technical operations at LinkedIn talks about facilitating online communications between its 17 million business professionals. He also discusses his past experience building and scaling data centres at Google and how it differs from his new role.

  • Autodesk: Billy Hinners, CIO

    Billy Hinners, CIO of Autodesk speaks to ZDNet Editor-in-chief Dan Farber about creating design software for its eight million customers in the construction, media and manufacturing industries. He also talks about the company's green strategy, his 20 years in product development and transitioning to his new role as CIO.

  • Final thoughts on CES 2008

    At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, ZDNet Director Josh Taylor talks to Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his impressions of the show, including his thoughts on Sony's new OLED TVs, the HD DVD format war, and a prototype of Yahoo's next generation portal.

Reviews (30)

  • Symantec Backup Exec 12

    Symantec Backup Exec 12 allows complete system recovery and concentrates on continuous file/data protection. Though AU$1,795 may seem a lot of money for an application, Backup Exec might be worth the investment if you're using it for irreplaceable and highly valuable data.

  • Broadband: Which plan is for you?

    The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.

  • Archival survival guide

    In this special report, we review six archival options in the market.

  • The best firewall is ....

    Looking for firewall solutions? We review nine options to suit your corporate needs.

  • Data centre 101

    Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.

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