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Profitable future for data centre services market: report

By Hamish Barwick | 20 May, 2013 14:21

The Australian data centre services market is forecast to hit revenues of over $1.5 billion by 2019, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan.

NextDC awarded ISO quality management certification

By Hamish Barwick | 20 May, 2013 10:59

NextDC (ASX: NXT) has received a quality management system certification from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).

Santos migrates to Windows 7 before XP support ends

By Hamish Barwick | 17 May, 2013 11:57

The ending of Windows XP support in April 2014 combined with slow log in times led Australian oil and gas producer Santos (ASX: STO) to start its Windows 7 migration.

Transaction transformation

By Hamish Barwick | 17 May, 2013 09:26

Like many banks in Australia, ME Bank is undertaking a technology transformation designed to lower costs and improve customer services. In this case however it doesn’t have bricks and mortar branches to worry about.

NextDC completes S1 base building

By Hamish Barwick | 16 May, 2013 10:48

Data centre provider NextDC (ASX: NXT) has received the thumbs up that its Sydney (S1) facility achieved practical completion.

Information security still lacking at WA universities: report

By Hamish Barwick | 15 May, 2013 15:09

Little progress has been made with securing Western Australia universities and TAFEs against cyber security attacks, according to the Audit Results Report 2012 tabled by Western Australian Auditor General, Colin Murphy.

Third-party organisations could pose security challenge: NAB

By Hamish Barwick | 14 May, 2013 16:08

National Australia Bank’s (NAB) technology transformation is causing an extra security challenge because of the reliance on third-party suppliers, according to the bank’s head of IT security, Andrew Dell.

Brisbane Grammar School prepares for Lync

By Hamish Barwick | 13 May, 2013 11:26

Students at Brisbane Grammar School in Queensland will be able to connect with classrooms in Australia and overseas in about six weeks’ time when the School rolls out Microsoft’s unified communications suite Lync.

Profile IT: MCC general manager of IT and innovation, Rey Sumaru

By Hamish Barwick | 13 May, 2013 09:55

Heading up IT at the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) has been a dream come true for Rey Sumaru, an avid sports fan.

Earthwave acquired by Dimension Data

By Hamish Barwick | 10 May, 2013 10:35

Global IT services firm Dimension Data has expanded its security division with the acquisition of Australian managed security services provider Earthwave for an undisclosed sum.

eBay bids on big data challenge

By Hamish Barwick | 09 May, 2013 11:39

Trying to make sense of the estimated 100 terabytes of new data received every day led eBay to start using big data platforms.

BigPond email scam emerges

By Hamish Barwick | 08 May, 2013 15:10

A BigPond email scam has been flagged after a security professional received an email addressed to 'Dear BigPond User' which contained malicious links.

Overcome FUD with a clear cloud services policy: Ovum

By Hamish Barwick | 08 May, 2013 11:13

Australian policy makers need to explain the benefits of cloud services clearly if state and federal government adoption is to improve, according to Ovum Australia's research director, Steve Hodgkinson.

Research projects drive CQUniversity Australia storage expansion

By Hamish Barwick | 07 May, 2013 09:50

CQUniversity Australia in Brisbane has implemented a new high performance computing (HPC) system to help it store and process big data for healthcare and environmental projects.

Department of Defence security training needed: analyst

By Hamish Barwick | 06 May, 2013 16:30

The focus on cyber security in the Department of Defence’s White Paper is a good start but retraining and upgrading skills that are in short supply at present is needed according to one security analyst.

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