Unified data centre infrastructure
29 June, 2010 by Andrew Collins*Forget separate stacks of networking, storage and servers. The latest trend among vendors and service providers is to offer complete, pre-integrated unified infrastructure platforms. Andrew Collins looks at whether integration equals innovation.
Strategy determines structure
13 April, 2010 by Merri MackCurtin University of Technology’s students and colleagues benefit from its CIO Peter Nikoletatos’s fascination with technology and its potential. These lucky people get to use and experience the most innovative technology. Merri Mack speaks to Nikoletatos about what drives him.
Challenging the status quo for data centres
01 March, 2010 by Merri MackVoice&Data interviewed Greg Boorer, Founder and Managing Director of the state-of-the art data centre Canberra Data Centres, and found out that he is a passionate advocate of running a smart, green data centre for the benefit of his clients.
Hughes takes up Country Manager Role for 3Com Australia and New Zealand
07 December, 2009It's business as usual for 3Com despite Hewlett-Packard's projected acquistion of the company which should come to fruition in 2010. 3Com has just appointed a new Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand.
The evolution of the data centre
02 December, 2009 by Mark Nielsen*, Product Marketing Manager, Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks Division, part of the Enterprise Storage and Server (ESS) GroupWhile CIOs continue to focus on maximising the value of their data centre investments, we’ll see vendors develop technologies like virtualisation and automation that will help to drive down costs and improve quality of service as they mature and gain traction. HP’s Mark Nielsen outlines how customers will benefit from increasing flexibility of choice for their infrastructure, either by building it themselves, outsourcing it or tapping into cloud-related services.
Digital multimeter range
19 November, 2009Eaton has introduced the Kyoritsu high-performance Digital Multimeter range. The range includes four models: the 1051, 1052, 1061 and 1062.
Side entry modular jack
19 November, 2009AMP NETCONNECT has introduced the SL Series AMP-TWIST Side Entry modular jack, the side entry jack, fully-compatible, 10Gig connector.
Recession has not killed IT spending
03 November, 2009A survey has revealed that CFOs will still spend on IT systems to reduce costs and increase efficiencies.
IT infrastructure affected by economic climate
24 September, 2009 by Andrew Drever*IT managers lose out in decision making for new projects in current economic climate.
EDS wins $96 million infrastructure deal with federal government
21 May, 2009A technology infrastructure deal has been awarded to EDS by the federal governmnent.
Data governance
02 April, 2009 byThe joint Communications Logical Data Model and Enterprise Data Warehouse Roadmap (CLDM/EDWr) solution helps develop processes that govern how data flows through service providers’ systems.
Infrastructure management
02 April, 2009 byUnisys has expanded its suite of real-time infrastructure solutions.
Data centre connection manager
04 March, 2009The HP ProCurve Data Center Connection Manager (DCM) is a rackmounted datacentre appliance designed to help formalise and automate the handling of workflows between network and server support teams.
Microsoft gets the jump on its competitors with government
11 February, 2009Microsoft today confirmed that it had agreed on a coordinated procurement arrangement as part of the federal government’s Coordinated Procurement Contracting initiatives. Microsoft is the first vendor in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry to reach such an agreement with the federal government.
