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News (13)

• Green issues drive change at Sun

  Sun Microsystems is merging its storage and server units into one team, the company's chief executive Jonathan Schwartz has announced.

• Straight to the source: Green and Redman

  We put Steve Redman, MD of EMC Australia, up against Simon Green, MD of Network Appliance Australia and watch the sparks fly.

• HP snaps up Mercury Interactive

  Hewlett-Packard announced on Tuesday that it will acquire management software company Mercury Interactive for US$52 a share, or US$4.5 billion in cash.

• Giant Aussie 2009 predictions round-up

  What will 2009 hold for Australia's ICT industry? We asked dozens of local leaders for their predictions; and this is what they came up with.

• Microsoft hands out green cash as Sun gets thin

  Microsoft has this week handed out US$500,000 to four universities doing research into efficient computing, while rival Sun has stepped up its green IT marketing efforts.

Blogs (1)

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  Virtually large but apparently small

  You've only got to hang around a datacentre for about 30 seconds before someone starts raving on about virtualisation. While the cost benefits of virtualisation are obvious, the management challenges often get swept under the carpet.

Features and Case Studies (24)

• What's the best hosted virtualisation suite?

  A lot of the fuss behind virtualisation is focused around the datacentre. That's all well and good, but there is a whole world of virtualisation for workstations where competition for the best suite is red-hot and constantly improving.

• Managing data at Melbourne IT

  Managing data can be difficult, especially if you have almost 500 terabytes of storage and spend $10,000 a month on backup tapes. This case study looks at how Melbourne IT, one of Australia's biggest web hosting companies, handles storage

• Microsoft hijacks virtualisation: What's in a name?

  Virtualisation was high on the list of important technologies at the Windows Server 2008 launch yesterday and not just one or two sorts of virtualisation. By the time the show was over, seven distinct flavours were on display. Some of them looked oddly familiar.

• Virtual infrastructure, at your servers

  Thin clients, make way for a new competitor: hosted, virtual servers and desktops are finally changing the way corporate Australia manages its IT infrastructure.

• When it comes to desktops, fat is the new thin

  With the rise in virtualisation technology, the role of the thin client has changed for the better. As virtualisation expands away from its initial home in the data centre, it's providing a completely new paradigm for the corporate desktop.

Reviews (11)

• Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8

  Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8 provides flexibility when creating desktop and laptop backups. If you have high value data stored on your computer, then we think $106.53 is a reasonable price to ensure it's protected.

• NComputing X300

  NComputing's X300 provides a cost-effective way to hang up to six terminals off a single desktop PC using low-power, secure, easy to administer and quiet access terminals. It's not for power users, but is well suited to schools, business workgroups, libraries and internet cafes.

• Kace Kbox 1000

  The appliance format of the Kbox 1000 puts a new slant on systems management, making the process significantly easier, quicker and more affordable compared to traditional software-only solutions.

• Lenovo ThinkServer RD210

  Lenovo's RD210 makes perfect sense if you're a small business that just needs a grunty all-purpose 1RU server.

• Avaya Aura: What exactly is it?

  Avaya's Aura is a suite of communication products, all bundled together in an effort to reach the dream of unified communications for businesses.

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