Case Studies
Data centre redesign provides flexibility for next decade
Southern Cross Health Society has rejigged its data centre design, boosting the facility's energy efficiency and providing enough flexibility to cover the organisation's racking needs for the next 10 years. [ + ]
Accommodating expansion with virtual PBX
HRMWEB has implemented a virtual PBX system, helping the company to expand its phone system capacity in alignment with an increased headcount. [ + ]
VM backup and recovery 10 times faster at medico after upgrade
Western Health has adopted a virtual machine (VM) backup and replication solution in order to make sure data is available for patient care. [ + ]
Helpdesk software boosts user support at the MAC
The MAC Services Group has replaced its helpdesk software, helping boost the quality and speed of the company's user support. [ + ]
Massey University upgrades contact centre solution
New Zealand's Massey University has updated its contact centre solution in preparation for unified communications. [ + ]
Protecting pubs' power with UPSs
The ALH Group, which operates more than 320 licensed venues and over 460 retail liquor outlets across Australia, has implemented an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) at each of its pubs. [ + ]
UTM appliance picks up slack when domain controller fails
ACS Aviation Solutions has deployed a unified threat management appliance in its Australian and Ireland offices, creating a sure site-to-site connection and VPN tunnel between the two. [ + ]
Mission Australia goes mobile with private cloud
Not-for-profit organisation Mission Australia has implemented a private cloud on a new data centre platform to support IT initiatives including mobility. [ + ]
Acer CEO resigns, lay-offs to follow; BlackBerry CEO fired with US$22m payout
The tech world has seen two high-profile CEOs fall in the last few days, with Acer's CEO resigning and BlackBerry's CEO being shown the door. [ + ]
Providing staff with self-service business intelligence
Cosmetics Cubed, a company in the Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) beauty industry, has implemented a business intelligence solution on a Debian Linux virtual machine. Staff can now conduct self-service data analysis. [ + ]
SA research institute deploys new network infrastructure
South Australian Health Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) has deployed a new network infrastructure - including structured cabling and a management tool that provides a real-time view of the network physical layer. [ + ]
Managed comms services improve productivity at United Voice
United Voice has adopted a new managed communications service to improve staff productivity. [ + ]
Masterpet accelerates 5 Mbps connection to 140 Mbps
Masterpet has streamlined its nightly Veeam virtual machine replication and disaster recovery exchange between NZ and Australia. Using data acceleration software, Masterpet is now transmitting three times more data twice as fast over a 5 Mbps connection. [ + ]
Print overhaul nets bus company 750% more pages per toner
ComfortDelgro and Cabcharge (CDC) has replaced its old printer fleet with new print devices and technologies. The company is saving 40% on its total monthly cost per copy fee and getting 15,000 pages per toner, compared to the 2000 of the previous system - an increase of 750%. [ + ]
Aged care facility enables innovative healthcare applications with new WLAN infrastructure
Royal Freemasons’ Benevolent Institution (RFBI) is partway through the deployment of new WLAN infrastructure to its 22 aged care villages located throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. [ + ]
