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  • Melbourne IT spends up on systems

    Domain name and hosting specialist Melbourne IT today unveiled plans to embark on a year-long major technology refresh project, targeting everything from its accounting, billing and provisioning systems to its storage network and data centre.

  • Melbourne IT salvages VeriSign business for US$50m

    Domain name registrar Melbourne IT will acquire VeriSign's underperforming Digital Brand Management Business for US$50 million.

  • Telstra, CommBank, DoD in secret cyberwar games

    In an unknown location, a handful of Australia's best known companies and government agencies are undertaking secret tests in a mock cyberwar, as the country's infrastructure comes under attack in a simulated online war named Cyber Storm II.

  • WebCentral arms itself for storage explosion

    Web hosting company WebCentral is investing AU$1 million in new SAN, virtualisation and blade server technology to steel itself for exponential growth in data storage requirements.

  • NetRegistry cries foul at failed WebCentral bid

    Domain name registrar NetRegistry has rejected claims its failed bid to buy rival Melbourne IT's acquisition target WebCentral included too many uncertainties.

Blogs (2)

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Unique is better than Good

    Good Technology exec Terry Austin has heard every joke in the book relating to his company's name.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Melbourne IT merger musings

    When I first heard the news about Melbourne IT merging with WebCentral, my immediate reaction was: "Well, that's lucky for Melbourne IT."

Features and Case Studies (1)

  • 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

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