Pacnet launches Sydney Data Centre
17 February, 2011
Pacnet announced the launch of its Sydney Data Centre, their latest investment into Australia that is designed to meet the rapidly growing hosting and co-location demands of Australian businesses.
Interworld Electronics VMR series outlet metered PDUs
15 February, 2011
VMR series outlet metered power distribution units (PDUs) are designed to monitor the power consumption of individual devices on a network and provide secure, remote power control and reboot capabilities.
Yamasaki VM007 FibreSpy video scope
10 February, 2011
The Yamasaki VM007 FibreSpy video scope, for safe inspection of live optical networks, allows the user to get a clear view of an end face or ports in an optical fibre network through the use of a video camera. The images are displayed on a backlit LCD screen and can be connected to a computer for closer observation and saving screen shots.
Specsavers increases data centre capacity
18 January, 2011
Specsavers is the third-largest supplier of eye care in the world with an annual turnover of more than $2.1 billion in 2006. The company’s Australian and New Zealand manufacturing and retail operations rely on the 24/7 availability of its manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, finance and general office applications as well as its communications network that spans across all its sites.
Yamasaki TF916 optical fibre identifier
14 January, 2011
Testing for traffic is essential when installing or maintaining optical fibre networks to avoid disrupting live communication. The Yamasaki TF916 clamps onto the outside of the fibre so users don’t have to disconnect the optical fibre to test for signals in the core of the fibre.
Avaya VENA data centre virtualisation architecture
20 December, 2010
The virtual enterprise network architecture (VENA) data centre virtualisation architecture from Avaya can improve data centre efficiency, reliability and network uptime (always on); reduce time to service (removing one layer of hardware complexity); and is claimed to have leading scalability and performance in a virtual services platform (VSP9000) with up to 27 Tbps throughput.
Data centre markets optimistic for 2011
15 December, 2010
The Biannual Emerson Network Power study says the ICT infrastructure pipeline is set to grow and capital expenditure is also on the rise. So the Asian data centre is optimistic for 2011.
IBM Portable Modular Data Centre
06 December, 2010
The IBM Portable Modular Data Centre (PMDC) is a compact, portable, fully functional and high-density capable data centre ‘in-a-box’. It is designed for users requiring immediate additional computing capacity in remote or temporary locations, such as mining and resource companies.
Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Ops Center
02 December, 2010
Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Ops Center simplifies hardware management in traditional, virtualised and cloud-based data centre environments; and is claimed to reduce hardware management costs by up to 90% through a converged approach to managing Sun hardware environments.
Hitachi Ultrastar solid-state drives
02 December, 2010
The Ultrastar solid-state drive (SSD) family are claimed to be the first SAS and FC enterprise-class SSDs and are suitable for those using tiered storage as a method of managing the escalating performance, capacity, endurance and reliability requirements of data centres. The family is available in 100, 200 and 400 GB capacities, featuring both 2.5″ 6 Gbps serial attached SCSI (SAS) and 3.5″ 4 Gbps Fibre Channel interfaces.
APC by Schneider PowerChute Business Edition 9.0 UPS software
02 December, 2010
PowerChute Business Edition 9.0 (UPS) is claimed to be the first uninterruptable power supply (UPS) software to provide energy reporting for IT equipment. It provides APC safe system shutdown and UPS management users with energy, cost and CO2 emissions reporting by each individual smart-UPS system.
Hewlett-Packard Just Right IT server storage and networking range
25 November, 2010
The Just Right IT portfolio includes a server and storage and networking products designed for small and medium-sized businesses.
Power IQ 2.0 energy management software
25 November, 2010
Power IQ 2.0 energy management software can be used to help conserve energy in data centres. It provides thermal analytics for monitoring rack temperatures based on industry guidelines, enabling users to increase temperature to meet recommendations; alert users if temperature exceeds threshold conditions; and, provide long-term trend charts. It also enables graceful shutdown of under-utilised Windows and Linux servers.
Bankwest first customer in data centre in Perth
24 November, 2010
Bankwest has signed up to be the first customer in Fujitsu's Perth advanced data centre.
True vendor partnerships key to TAFE’s success
08 November, 2010
The Box Hill TAFE in Victoria, through its entrepreneurial relationships with leading vendors such as Cisco, Microsoft, Apple and APC, provides students with the opportunity to study at specialised academies within the TAFE. Chris Tayler*, the acting CIO, has the responsibility of ensuring the 24/7 operation is accessible for students across three metropolitan campuses plus many more international sites such as Fiji, Samoa and Kuwait.
