Australian businesses lack cloud confidence
29 September, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThree-quarters of Australian businesses are investing in the cloud, even though many still lack confidence in cloud services.
Which will be faster, NFV adoption or server adoption?
23 September, 2014 by Barbara Porter, Senior Product Marketing Manager, EmulexNetwork functions virtualisation (NFV) is far more complicated than server virtualisation and it can't stand alone. It needs a full ecosystem of partner technology to enable successful adoption.
Cloud solutions require a consultative approach
27 August, 2014 by Adam Wilkinson* | Supplied by: Schneider Electric IT AustraliaThose who wish to implement cloud services are best served by employing vendors who are focused on consultative solutions over those who simply deal in components.
IBM to launch first Australian SoftLayer DC in Sept
26 August, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: IBM Australia LimitedIBM will switch on its first Australian SoftLayer data centre in Melbourne next month as part of its US$1.2 billion ($1.29 billion) investment in its global cloud services capacity.
Cloud and the new rules for the IT department
21 August, 2014 by Bob West, Chief Trust Officer, CipherCloud | Supplied by: CipherCloudEnterprise data is travelling beyond network boundaries and outside traditional technology controls, which means that data protection must now extend into the cloud.
Veda hands IBM a five-year outsourcing deal
20 August, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAustralian credit-reporting company Veda has awarded IBM a five-year outsourcing contract in anticipation of the new computing power required to respond to new industry regulations.
People, processes and technology: the perfect combination
30 July, 2014 by Max McLaren, Regional Vice President and General Manager Australia and New Zealand, Red Hat Asia Pacific | Supplied by: Red Hat Asia Pacific Pty LtdOrganisations that begin a journey towards adopting cloud must begin with a clear understanding of the destination, or be left with disappointing results.
Are zombie virtual machines coming to get you?
09 July, 2014 by Charles Clarke, Technical Director for APAC, Veeam Software | Supplied by: Veeam Pty LtdThe ancient human instinct not to throw away anything useful is leading to VM sprawl - the rise of zombie virtual machines that refuse to die.
Is HP's Helion the missing link in cloud evolution?
03 July, 2014 | Supplied by: Hewlett Packard EnterpriseTechnology powerhouse Hewlett-Packard has revealed its plans for the groundbreaking Helion portfolio with the announcement of US$1bn investment in Cloud Computing.
Growing pains for the cloud's open source platform
02 July, 2014 by Andrew CollinsOpenStack vendors are increasingly claiming that the open source cloud platform has reached maturity - but is it truly ready for the enterprise market?
Virtualisation brings savings, simplicity and flexibility
25 June, 2014 | Supplied by: NutanixHornsby Shire Council wanted to better manage its 500 desktops, 100 laptops and 80 printers used by 750 personnel across 20 sites. Virtualisation was the answer.
Transforming applications for cloud and mobility
25 June, 2014 by Gordon Hoff, Director, Applications & Business Services, Enterprise Services, HP South PacificOrganisations need to understand how to embrace emerging technologies to bring them new customers or defend their existing bases. However, too many organisations are struggling to maximise the potential.
Australian cloud IaaS market booming
18 June, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingMore than half of Australian organisations with more than 20 employees have adopted public cloud IaaS for at least part of their IT infrastructure, research from Telsyte shows.
More of SAP landscape shifting to the cloud
18 June, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingLarge enterprises plan to move nearly half of their SAP on-premise environment to the cloud within the next two years, creating a $41.5bn market segment, a survey indicates.
Overlay networking - what took so long?
13 June, 2014 by Rahul Shah, Product Marketing Manager, Emulex | Supplied by: EmulexDespite the continuing development of virtual machine migration-related capabilities, various networking challenges continue to fester, including onerous networking reconfigurations and inadequate virtual LAN IDs for scaling secure private networks.
