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• Centrelink replaces backup batteries

  Welfare agency Centrelink has revealed planns to replace hundreds of ageing Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) units that provide emergency back-up power for computers scattered all around the nation.

• Centrelink blames UPS for datacentre outage

  Centrelink claims maintenance work on its backup power supply caused a datacentre outage last week the second such failure in as many years.

• Power your networks to maximise uptime

  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.

• Don't interrupt: Options for uninterrupted power

  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.

• Photos: Datacentre heat, Google's secret solution

  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.

Blogs (37)

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Itanium's growing pains

  Last week I had the chance to hear HP give their world view on why you should join them and Intel on Itanium for your next generation of servers.

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  Aussie start-up execs hit Silicon Valley

  The global financial crisis might have tarnished some of Silicon Valley's lustre, but for many Australian technology entrepreneurs who have migrated to the US, it hasn't lost its bright shiny status.

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• Power your networks to maximise uptime

  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.

• Don't interrupt: Options for uninterrupted power

  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.

• Double-gate chip stops power leakage

  IBM scientists have made a working RAM chip with two gates for conducting electricity, but problems remain in developing a manufacturing process.

• Photos: Datacentre heat, Google's secret solution

  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.

• Mapping a revolution with 'mashups'

  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.

Reviews (967)

• Power Protection

  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.

• UPS for all seasons: 6 appliances tested

  Suffering from blackouts, brownouts, or sags? How about bushfires, floods, or cyclones? Then maybe you need a UPS. We review six UPS appliances.

• 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.

• Start-up redesigns fuel cells

  A start-up company says it has developed a way to make fuel cells out of silicon, a change that potentially could increase the performance of cells and make them easier to manufacture.

• Apple Power Mac G5

  With the G5, Apple's Power Mac finally lives up to its Power Mac name.

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