News

• Optus Business to debut new Cloud, mobility services

  By Dylan Bushell-Embling | 24 May, 2012 15:00

  Optus Business has revealed plans to expand its portfolio of Cloud computing and enterprise mobility offerings.

• CeBIT 2012: NSW Cancer Council begins Cloud journey

  By Hamish Barwick | 23 May, 2012 14:26

  Faced with growing data and outdated infrastructure, the not-for-profit organisation, New South Wales Cancer Council, made the decision to move some of its business functions to a private Cloud in early 2012.

• Brocade outlines its SDN approach

  By Jim Duffy | 23 May, 2012 05:30

  Brocade this week said it added hardware-based support for the OpenFlow software-defined networking (SDN) API and protocol to its NetIron and MLX series 100Gbps routers as part of a broader SDN strategy.

• Does standardized interoperability in data center fabrics matter?

  By Jim Duffy | 21 May, 2012 20:32

  Despite interoperability trials and demonstrations involving alternative data center fabric standards, a non-standard fabric technology is said by proponents to be at the front of the pack.

• Cloud, BYOD increases need for automated IAM systems

  By Thor Olavsrud | 12 May, 2012 23:25

  Increased adoption of cloud services, combined with the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) phenomenon, is causing identities and access rights to proliferate throughout the enterprise, putting ever-greater stress on organizations to go beyond perimeter defenses to secure access to sensitive information.

• HP has all the ingredients for software defined networking, almost

  By Jim Duffy | 11 May, 2012 02:52

  LAS VEGAS -- HP says it has all of the necessary orchestration tools for its software defined networking strategy - the big question is, will it build its own controller?

• Five outsourcing trends to watch

  By Stephanie Overby | 11 May, 2012 02:25

  1. Smaller Deals. A decade-long decline in the size of IT services contracts continues. While the number of mega-deals and midrange contracts awarded each year has remained fairly stable since 2002, the number of those worth $100 million or less has more than tripled, according to outsourcing consultancy Information Services Group (formerly TPI).

• Is your Cloud provider exposing remnants of your data?

  By Thor Olavsrud | 10 May, 2012 23:31

  If your organization uses a multi-tenant managed hosting service or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud for some or all of your data—and you aren't following best practices by encrypting that data—you may be inadvertently exposing it.

• HP: SDNs are key to Cloud deployment

  By Jim Duffy | 10 May, 2012 05:42

  LAS VEGAS: Software-defined networks (SDN) have the capability to provision applications in minutes instead of months, and speed deployment into the cloud, according to the head of HP Networking.

• Cisco offers API to fight call fraud

  By Jim Duffy | 09 May, 2012 00:31

  LAS VEGAS -- Cisco this week at Interop 2012 released an API for its branch routers designed to enable third-party developers to write applications to enhance the security of phone calls over the router network.

• Google Drive begs the question: Who owns your data in the Cloud?

  By John Brandon | 03 May, 2012 04:47

  Like any new technology, data storage in the cloud has gone through a maturation period. Employees started out, way back in 2007, moving a few files over to Dropbox.com. Then, IT started experimenting with cloud storage through more robust services like Rackspace Cloud Files. Now, executives are starting to wonder if all enterprise storage can be hosted in the cloud, and not in an on-premise data center.

• Cloud to add $3b to Aus economy: KPMG

  By Diana Nguyen | 02 May, 2012 12:50

  A new report by accounting firm KPMG takes a look at the Cloud in Australia and estimates more than $3 billion could be added to the nation’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) in 10 years, as well as drive growth of start-ups and small businesses.

• Data sovereignty awareness lacking in Australia: Security experts

  By Hamish Barwick | 02 May, 2012 07:00

  While the US Patriot Act may make many headlines for the legal authority it bestows on US agencies to access data held in foreign countries, Australian companies need to be aware of similar legislation in both the US and Australia, according to security industry experts.

• Opinion: CIOs' Cloud strategy must include public Cloud

  By Bernard Golden | 27 April, 2012 02:58

  Over the past year, I've noticed a significant shift in my conversations about cloud with senior IT managers.

• Google Drive for Linux is on the way

  By Katherine Noyes | 26 April, 2012 08:07

  The Google Drive launch has been one of the big announcements of the week, but it was a fairly unequivocal disappointment for one vocal category of users: Linux users are justifiably miffed that the new cloud storage service doesn't support the free and open source operating system.