The South Australian government has selected a panel of three vendors to supply the agencies' hosting needs over the next three years.
Hostworks acquisition by Broadcast Australia will allow it to expand and tackle a larger market, the company says.
IT managers often speak anecdotally about the challenges of scaling up their systems to meet demand, but Damian Smith faced this challenge head on after the exploding popularity of Big Brother sent demand for Network Ten online videos soaring
Adelaide-based Web hosting company Hostworks is ramping up its investment in server virtualisation after re-signing its biggest customer, NineMSN, for a further three to six years.
Network Ten has inked a AU$2.5 million managed Web hosting services deal with Hostworks as the broadcaster looks to ramp up its online assets.
While there's not much that's more fun than stirring up Linux and Windows zealots into a frenzy of spite against each other, we thankfully finally seem to be approaching a more measured universe in which technology choices can be made based on suitability rather than preconception.
When I first heard the news about Melbourne IT merging with WebCentral, my immediate reaction was: "Well, that's lucky for Melbourne IT."
It was around nine years since strong-armed government departments began to realise willy-nilly outsourcing wasn't, perhaps, the best idea. However, with contracts signed and staff already migrated, there was little to do but ride out the storm. In this special report, we look at the Victoria Police and the South West Alliance of Rural Hospitals' approach to managed services.
Web-based jobs directory Seek will outsource its online infrastructure to managed service provider Hostworks in a three-year deal announced today.
Before handing over your IT requirements to a host, you had better learn to play all your cards right.
As it becomes more popular to have applications hosted by an external service provider, what implications does this have for integrating those applications with your other systems? ZDNet Australia investigates.
Business critical Web sites require fail-proof Web hosting. ZDNet Australia reports on companies who can manage the load whilst you focus on your business.
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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