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    1. Fujitsu invests $60m in Melbourne data centre upgrade

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (May 11 2012) Construction , Carbon Tax

      Fujitsu invests $60m in Melbourne data centre upgrade

      Data centre provider, Fujitsu, has spent $60 million adding a fourth data hall to its 6,700 metre Tier III facility in Noble Park, Melbourne, with the option of adding a further two data halls in the future if customer demand warrants it. Included in the $60 million price tag were security enhancements such as on-site biometric systems, access card readers and digital closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras. The facility hosts data from enterprise and government customers.

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    2. NextDC gets green light for Sydney data centre

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (Nov 14 2011) Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

      NextDC gets green light for Sydney data centre Data centre operator NextDC (ASX:NXT) has been given the go-ahead to kick off construction on its latest data centre in Sydney, S1, which was initially announced back in March. The company has received formal development approval from the City of Ryde Council for the construction of the facility at Macquarie Park on a site of 10,000 square metres, which is scheduled to go live in December 2012. NextDC chief financial officer, Robin Khuda, told Computerworld Australia that the build of S1 will be headed up by FDC Construction and Fitout which will now begin preliminary work, while engineering design firm, Arup will design the facility. The facility, located next to Fujitsu’s Sydney data centre, will provide about 5000 square metres of data halls with a 10 megawatt IT load. The site will be powered by Ausgrid and have fibre connectivity from numerous fibre operators including Telstra, Optus ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Fujitsu   CSC

    3. CA Technologies Top Technology Predictions for 2011

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (Dec 13 2010) Cloud Computing

      CA Technologies Top Technology Predictions for 2011 Clouds will reign It is not just an incremental advance in IT; cloud computing represents a paradigm shift in the IT industry and for how technology will transform business. In 2010, there was a lot of talk about cloud computing. In 2011, the talk will become a reality, and cloud computing will become the predominate way that organisations operate – either via public, private or hybrid clouds. Organisations will uncover realistic, practical uses that give them the flexibility and speed they require to better meet the fast-changing needs of the business. (Read Full Article)

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    4. MIT: Light speed now a bottleneck in fastest networks

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (Dec 6 2010)

      MIT: Light speed now a bottleneck in fastest networks With global networks carrying complex time-sensitive data, the speed of light is actually becoming a significant source of latency, researchers have found. While today's fiber optics-based networks can shuttle data around the world at the speed of light -- momentarily slowed only by routing and switching -- the vast geographic distances data has to travel can be a factor of delay, especially when the information itself is generated so quickly by computers and is useful only within a very short time period. At least one industry, finance, is starting to chafe at this limit. (Read Full Article)

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    5. Verizon Business Wins Two Top Accolades at World Communication Awards 2010

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (Dec 1 2010) Cloud Computing , Networking

      Verizon Business Wins Two Top Accolades at World Communication Awards 2010 Verizon Business has received two top accolades at the 2010 World Communication Awards. The company won The Users’ Choice award in recognition of its superior customer service, and Verizon’s Computing as a Service (CaaS) solution was named Best New Service. The Users’ Choice award is presented to the company voted as the best among major global competitors across a range of service-fulfilment criteria. In a survey conducted by Total Telecom and Telemark Services, users across a variety of industries were asked to rank service providers on key service attributes including skills, responsiveness, communications, flexibility, reliability and value. Verizon Computing as a Service was recognised as having achieved real market impact. The cloud computing solution leverages Verizon’s global IP infrastructure and data center investments to enable customers to deploy scalable computing resources – including server, network and storage capacity -- on demand, via a Web-based portal. This means businesses only have ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Verizon Business

    6. How secure is Windows Phone 7 app code?

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (Nov 29 2010)

      How secure is Windows Phone 7 app code? A recent glitch on Microsoft's download servers for brand new Windows Phone 7 applications has sparked widespread Internet chatter among developers and focused new attention on the best ways to protect smartphone apps from being hacked. Microsoft crafts shrewd apps plan for Windows Phone 7 launch The MobileTechWorld Web site discovered that it was possible for registered developers with "unlocked" phones to download the basic code package, in Microsoft's XAP file format, directly from Microsoft's online servers, bypassing the company’s online Zune marketplace. The XAP "package" could then be subjected to a variety of well-known tools to break down the files into their constituent elements, including any data or intellectual property that the developer might want to keep hidden. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   Network World   Facebook

    7. DRAM prices to keep falling through the first half of 2011

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (Nov 25 2010)

      DRAM prices to keep falling through the first half of 2011 The price of DRAM, the main memory inside personal computers, will likely keep falling throughout the first half of next year before a recovery takes hold, analysts and market researchers say. The chips, which are important to the overall speed of a computer, have been pricey over the past year because of a PC industry recovery. But in recent months, shaky consumer confidence has hurt PC sales and sent chip prices down. Increased production by DRAM makers has further hurt chip prices, and more factory capacity is coming on line that will keep DRAM prices on the decline. (Read Full Article)

    8. Gartner lays down the rules for data centre economies

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (Nov 20 2010) Servers

      Gartner lays down the rules for data centre economies A new breed of data centres could solve many of the problems of capacity that are affecting companies today. Changes in data centre design could provide a 300 per cent growth in capacity at the same time as reducing floor size by 30 per cent, said Gartner. Many companies are being squeezed by data centres reaching capacity and by the high cost of real estate and organisations are looking to squeeze much more from their data centres. Hit by the high cost of power, organisations have tried to get the best from their data centres by spreading out across a larger floor space but this procedure has become unviable. (Read Full Article)

    9. 5 Questions To Ask Your Data Center

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (Nov 16 2010) Data Center Outages , Cloud Computing , Servers

      5 Questions To Ask Your Data Center While tech companies are trying to outdo each other in data center design and energy efficiency, small businesses still can find choosing a data center a tough proposition. Entrusting your company's data and valuable information to someone else needs additional research and a certain confidence level with customer service. A business may need a data center to continue its growth, but there are a few things to know before signing a contract. Whether it's about security, emergency plans, or cost, here are few questions to ask. (Read Full Article)

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    10. Beyond the data centre

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (Nov 11 2010)

      Beyond the data centre Gartner analysts estimate the global information and communications technology (ICT) industry accounts for about 2 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions, a figure equivalent to the aviation industry. The research group released the statistic in 2007. At the time, it suggested IT departments need to clean up their own house first by, to name a few, measuring power consumption and increasing the use of virtualisation. In other words, analyse waste. Once these schemes were in place, Gartner recommends IT leaders develop initiatives that use ICT to reduce the enterprise’s overall environmental presence. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   Amazon.com   Gartner

    11. The scary side of virtualization

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (Nov 8 2010) Cloud Computing

      The scary side of virtualization At the Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders conference in March, one CIO stood up to express his unease about the security of a virtual infrastructure that has subsumed more than half of his company's production servers. Two other IT executives chimed in with their own nagging worries. None of the executives in that room wanted to admit on the record that they feel vulnerable, but Jai Chanani, senior director of technical services and architecture at Rent-A-Center Inc., feels their pain. "One of my biggest fears is the ability to steal [virtual servers]," he says. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Europe   Intel   EMC Corp.

    12. Cloud computing and the new normal

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (Nov 8 2010) Cloud Computing

      Cloud computing and the new normal As the "new normal" of the post-recession economy stretches before us, cloud computing services are become more widely considered and adopted by large mainstream enterprises. Many organizations just last year refused to accept the premise and are now enthusiastic advocates looking forward to a new future of computing flexibility and choice. And with a new class of complex enterprise buyers entering the market, a higher standard of performance and reliability is being applied to the purveyors of cloud services. (Read Full Article)

    13. Hopkins to build data analysis super machine

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (Nov 3 2010)

      Hopkins to build data analysis super machine The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has provided US$2.1 million for the system, called Data-Scope. Hopkins itself is contributing $1 million as well. Thus far, 20 research groups within Hopkins have indicated they could use the system to study problems in genomics, ocean circulation, turbulence, astrophysics and environmental science. The university will also allow outside organizations to use the machine. Data-Scope is expected to go live by next May. Data-Scope will be housed in a new campus green data center being built with $1.3 million in funding from the NSF. (Read Full Article)

    14. Microsoft puts Windows Server instances in the cloud

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (Oct 28 2010) Cloud Computing

      Microsoft puts Windows Server instances in the cloud Microsoft bolstered Windows Azure with several new capabilities today, including the ability to run Windows Server instances on Azure, theoretically making applications portable between the data center and Microsoft cloud platform. Microsoft spending millions on mid-term election candidates New capabilities include the Windows Azure Virtual Machine Role and Server Application Virtualization, Microsoft announced at the Professional Developers Conference at its corporate headquarters in Redmond, Wash. (See also Steve Ballmer is "pumped up!" about smart devices) (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Amazon.com   Bob Muglia   Microsoft Corp

    15. Ice balls help data center go green

      Explore Business Technology Leadership (Oct 13 2010) Fossil Fuel , Solar

      Ice balls help data center go green Green isn't usually the first color that comes to mind when one visits the hot, dry desert climate of Phoenix, where temperatures recently topped 109 degrees. But that's exactly where I/O Data Center has opened a 180,000-square-foot commercial data center collocation facility that couples an energy-efficient design with the use of innovative green technologies. Those range from an unusual setup ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Gartner   Uptime Institute   Hewlett-Packard Co.