When supercomputers get together, things get hot fast. Our photo gallery reveals how modern datacentres are cooled, and gives an insight into Google's secret solution to the problem.
Managing power so that your data centre systems can receive a clean and continuous supply of electricity is an absolutely critical part of system administration. Here are some tips on how to power your networks.
Power spikes, surges, sags, blackouts, and noise can all play havoc with your expensive equipment and vital data. We look at seven options for keeping your power uninterrupted.
Power surges and sags caused by wild fires in the Sydney basin have done untold damage to computing infrastructure, and highlighted the need for business continuity protection.
Foreign e-businesses face a number of daunting barriers as they prepare to launch e-commerce in China, but many are beginning to lay the groundwork.
As Britney Spears can testify, some things can be brought down all too easily by their own popularity -- as Vodafone's not-so-merry Christmas shows.
As expected, Senator Stephen Conroy -- who made a career out of picking holes in the actions of his predecessor Helen Coonan -- was named to Kevin Rudd's front bench, bearing the interesting new title of Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (BCDE).
It wasn't too long ago that vendors still made a lot of their money through equipment markups. Telcos were the same, with comfortable profit on ISDN, STD calls, calls to mobiles and other heavily used services padding out financial reports.
The CIO of a rather large Australian company recently told me that the firm was happy with its security set-up but then quickly made a U-turn. Would that statement, on record, effectively lay down a hacker challenge?
Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".
When supercomputers get together, things get hot fast. Our photo gallery reveals how modern datacentres are cooled, and gives an insight into Google's secret solution to the problem.
Mashups involving digital maps are bridging the gap between the virtual and physical worlds, with uses ranging from local shopping and traffic reports to online dating and community organising.
Databases have been available with an open-source licence for many years. But the past few months have seen a growing number of partnerships and products aimed at maturing the industry of add-ons and support services -- vital to winning over corporate customers.
Three industry leaders sound off on the state of wireless security.
With a US$1 billion annual budget, Kenneth W. Lacy, CIO of parcel carrier UPS, has one of the biggest jobs in IT. He talks about his challenges, including a $200 million Wi-Fi project in a recent interview.
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.
Suffering from blackouts, brownouts, or sags? How about bushfires, floods, or cyclones? Then maybe you need a UPS. We review six UPS appliances.
Most computer users are vigilant when it comes to the possibility of virus attacks and other technological threats. There is, however, one potential disaster that can strike anywhere, anytime, that’s not taken seriously by some – the possibility of a power outage. A preventative UPS device is much more valuable than an expensive cure.
The old adage "good things come in small packages" certainly applies to the QNAP TS-409, a silver and black cube whose small dimensions sport a raft of features.
While we're all waiting for wireless USB, Belkin intends to make print servers easy.
History of British PCs
The cash-strapped UK National Museum of Computing is home to an exhibition of the evolution of British PCs.… Watch it now
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