The role of cloud in enterprise service delivery
30 October, 2012 by Stephen Withers‘Cloud’ has become a pervasive part of the IT vocabulary - but how big a role will it play in enterprise service delivery? Stephen Withers speaks to a panel of senior IT executives drawn from the user and analyst communities and found there was a broad consensus.
How to avoid a disaster when moving to the cloud
30 October, 2012 by Carrie HigbieWith all the hype about clouds, 2011 was a year of education. The term 'cloud' is overused and has been sullied by the sheer variety of definitions used in the industry.
Sleep data snoozes safely in the cloud
08 October, 2012Australian-based technology services company DiUS Computing has been awarded for developing Easy Care Online (ECO) - a cloud-based compliance management software solution enabling users to securely access sleep apnoea patients’ usage and efficacy data online.
Datacore SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor
08 October, 2012 | Supplied by: DataCore Software CorporationThe SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor forms a virtualisation layer across storage devices to help maximise the performance and utilisation of disk resources in IT organisations.
Think: Education Group saves $500k annually with Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
25 September, 2012 by Andrew CollinsThink: Education Group, an Australian private education company, has implemented a virtual private cloud, enabling a printing project that is set to save the company $500,000 annually.
Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager and VMware vFabric Application Director
04 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Riverbed Technology Australia Pty LtdRiverbed has integrated Stingray Traffic Manager, its software and virtual application delivery controller (ADC), with VMware vFabric Application Director, a hybrid cloud application provisioning solution.
SAP’s NSW Trade & Investment deal a proof point for cloud
17 August, 2012The success or failure of a recent agreement between NSW Trade & Investment and SAP, which will see the government department deploy SAP’s Business ByDesign SaaS (software as a service) ERP solution, will be an indicator of the future of cloud services in Australia, according to Ovum.
UltraServe Cloud Machine public cloud infrastructure
09 August, 2012UltraServe has announced the next generation of its Cloud Machine service. The service builds on its range of Managed and Hosting Services and public and private cloud computing solutions.
Citrix CloudGateway 2 unified store solution
08 August, 2012Citrix has announced the availability of Citrix CloudGateway 2, its unified store solution. Featuring MDX mobile technology, the product offers a single unified point of control for all mobile, web, SaaS and Windows apps and data, across any mix of corporate and personal devices.
Kyocera Cloud Connect links multifunctional printers to Evernote
27 July, 2012 | Supplied by: Kyocera AustraliaKyocera Cloud Connect, from Kyocera Document Solutions, is an application that bridges Kyocera’s products to cloud service provider Evernote, enabling scanning and printing of files in Evernote directly from most Kyocera multifunctional product control panels.
Ninefold congratulates GovHack 2012 winners
08 June, 2012 | Supplied by: Ninefold Pty LimitedNinefold has congratulated all winners and participants of the largest GovHack 2012 competition yet in Australia, particularly the 10 of 22 winners using Ninefold virtual machines. GovHack is a not-for-profit event that brings government, industry, academic and civil society together to create new mashups, data visualisations and apps from government data sets.
EMC and Brocade collaborate with VSPEX Proven Infrastructure cloud computing
11 May, 2012The EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure combines Brocade cloud-optimised networking technologies with EMC unified storage and next-generation backup architecture. VSPEX’s modular design enables customers to specify their choice of server, network and virtualisation technologies within a pre-validated framework.
The dangers of Google Drive and Dropbox in the enterprise
08 May, 2012 by Andrew CollinsWhat happens when a well-meaning employee inadvertently shares your company’s financial records with the world? That’s a reality organisations could face if they ignore their employees’ use of consumer cloud storage services like Google Drive and Dropbox.
Public cloud services will boost economy by $3 billion pa after 10 years
01 May, 2012Australian businesses could substantially cut capital and labour costs through the use of public cloud services, leading to a yearly $3 billion boost to the economy after 10 years, according to a new report from KPMG.
Dirty disks raise new questions about cloud security
26 April, 2012Research by Context Information Security has identified potentially significant flaws in the implementation of cloud infrastructure services offered by some providers which could be putting their clients’ data at risk. By exploiting the vulnerability, which revolves around data separation, Context consultants were able to gain access to data left on other service users’ ‘dirty disks’, including fragments of customer databases and elements of system information that could, in combination with other data, allow an attacker to take control of other hosted servers.
