New WA-Asia subsea cable coming in 2018
28 July, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingTrident Subsea Cable has selected Equinix data centres in Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore and Jakarta to serve as the PoPs for a new cable route between WA and Asia planned for completion in mid-2018.
Schneider Electric InRow DX 600 mm cooling system
25 July, 2016 | Supplied by: Clipsal - by Schneider ElectricSchneider Electric has introduced the second generation of the InRow DX (direct expansion) 600 mm, expanding the company's cooling portfolio to meet the evolving cooling needs of an ever-changing data centre environment.
Eaton 93PS hot-swappable UPS
21 July, 2016 | Supplied by: Eaton Electrical (Australia) Pty LtdThe virtualisation- and cloud-ready Eaton 93PS hot-swappable UPS achieves up to 99% efficiency and features Eaton's Intelligent Power Manager and Intelligent Power Protector software, which integrate with leading virtualisation and storage platforms.
Drivers and benefits of Edge Computing
11 July, 2016 by Andrew Kirker, General Manager, Data Centre, Schneider Electric | Supplied by: Schneider Electric IT AustraliaEdge Computing — moving data closer to the end user — can result in a better end-user computing experience and reduced data costs.
Schneider engaged for Toowoomba data centre
07 July, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingFKG Group has selected Schneider Electric to help the company design its new, energy-efficient Tier 3 Pulse Data Centre in Toowoomba.
Hyper-scale technology the focus of DC roadshow
09 June, 2016 | Supplied by: CommScopeAn IT roadshow, focusing on hyper-scale technology as it takes over the enterprise data centre, will be coming to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane from 21–23 June.
Beating the downtime blues
08 June, 2016 by Don Williams, Vice President, ANZ, Veeam | Supplied by: Veeam Pty LtdOrganisations need to do better at bridging the availability gap — the difference between what users demand and what IT departments can deliver.
DCX3000 Digital Matrix KVM Switch
02 June, 2016 | Supplied by: Black Box Network Services AustraliaThe small-sized DCX3000 Digital KVM Matrix Switch is suitable for use in KVM switching applications for control rooms or workgroups where multiple users need to access shared PC or server resources.
HPE ProLiant Gen9 portfolio server options
31 May, 2016 | Supplied by: Hewlett Packard EnterpriseHewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced new offerings for its HPE ProLiant Gen9 portfolio of servers to help customers modernise their data centres. It includes a range of compute technology options designed for optimised performance in a hybrid infrastructure environment.
NEXTDC finds site for new Melbourne data centre
19 May, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNEXTDC has selected a site for its second data centre in Melbourne, one day after announcing the location for its second Brisbane facility.
NEXTDC selects site for second Brisbane DC
18 May, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNEXTDC will build its planned $75m B2 data centre, its second in Brisbane, at a newly acquired site in Fortitude Valley.
Fujitsu PRIMERGY servers
14 April, 2016 | Supplied by: Fujitsu AustraliaFujitsu has announced an update to its PRIMERGY dual-socket server line-up from tower servers to nodes for high-performance computing clusters. In line with the update, the company has also released the PRIMERGY RX2510 M2 designed for service providers and hosters.
Algorithm designer on the cusp of data centre transformation
05 April, 2016Algorithms designed by an Australian student researcher could help reduce the electricity consumption of power-hungry data centres and cloud facilities, as well as deliver information faster.
Equinix to open fourth Sydney data centre
03 March, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingEquinix has announced plans to open its fourth Sydney data centre as part of a global expansion of its International Business Exchange data centre footprint.
Global Switch, Akamai opening Sydney data centres
02 March, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingGlobal Switch has commenced construction of the final stages of its Sydney East data centre, while Akamai has opened a data centre in Sydney to help Australian companies mitigate DDoS threats.