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  • IBM hikes virtualized storage performance with SSDs

    IBM will add support for SSDs to version 5.0 of its SAN Volume Controller and is promising a big boost in performance with or without flash storage.

    Written by Stephen Lawson • 15 Oct. 09 08:16

  • Intel looks to save $250M by consolidating data centers

    Intel is maintaining a four-year refresh cycle for servers in data centers as it looks to save close to US$250 million in data center costs over an eight-year period, a company executive said on Tuesday.

    Written by Agam Shah • 07 Oct. 09 11:53

  • Microsoft rallies businesses to start Win 7 migrations now

    In a last promotional run-up to the Windows 7 release next month, Microsoft is urging business customers to start their upgrades now with examples of customers already using the software, and another acknowledgement that the company learned lessons from how it handled Vista's release three years ago.

    Written by Elizabeth Montalbano • 15 Sept. 09 05:17

  • Enterprise architecture: 10 things to avoid

    Gartner has released its view on the ten most common pitfalls when it comes to enterprise architecture

    Written by CIO Staff • 10 Sept. 09 15:57

  • Five Windows 7 features to make IT managers jobs easier

    Speaking from Microsoft's Tech Ed event on the Gold Coast, Windows 7 commercial group lead and the woman responsible for the launch of Windows 7 in Australia, Sarah Vaughan, outlines the top five features of Windows 7 to make the lives of IT managers a little easier.

    Written by Kathryn Edwards • 10 Sept. 09 11:13

  • Cloud backlash: you can't call the whole thing off

    I am privileged to co-chair the SDForum Cloud Services SIG. This SIG, which Tibco graciously hosts in its Silicon Valley facility (directly across the street from VMware's HQ, I might add), is fortunate with its location-it attracts a fascinating range of speakers from innovative startups to large established technology powerhouses, all presenting on their cloud computing products, services, and plans. So I was a bit taken aback at the last meeting, when, during the pre-presentation networking, one attendee told me "I'm starting an anti-cloud company."

    Written by Bernard Golden • 09 Sept. 09 00:44
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    NPS subscribes to virtualisation in $250K IT overhaul

    The unstoppable march of virtualisation has won another victory with Australia’s National Prescribing Service (NPS) consolidation 39 physical servers down to three and saving enough power to pay for future infrastructure upgrades.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 28 Aug. 09 14:30
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    Water cooling, virtualisation saves Uni data centre

    Explosive business growth has caught up with Open Universities Australia which has used a combination of blade servers, water cooling and virtualisation to save its in-house data centre and a million dollar outsourcing contract.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 29 July 09 14:05

  • Nonprofits sometimes on cutting edge of technology

    Cash-strapped nonprofits may not be the first place many would think to look for novel uses of technology, but it turns out some of them are on the cutting edge.

    Written by Nancy Gohring • 22 May 09 04:06

  • Microsoft gives server app virtualisation sneak peek

    Microsoft Tuesday demonstrated for the first time its server application virtualisation technology designed to enable on-demand deployment of applications.

    Written by John Fontana • 30 April 09 01:12

  • Tassie Govt deploys unified virtualisation

    The Tasmanian government has standardised its entire server farm architecture on a single virtualisation platform thanks to a deal struck with VMware.

    Written by Darren Pauli • 17 June 08 16:42

  • Vic's Eastern Health moves from legacy to leader

    A four-year IT modernisation overhaul of Victorian health provider Eastern Health will spell the end of server sprawl, expensive Private Automatic Branch Exchanges (PABXs), and soaring printing costs.

    Written by Darren Pauli • 19 June 08 10:37
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