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• Macquarie Uni to expand desktop virtualization program

  By Diana Nguyen | 05 April, 2012 10:16

  Macquarie University has flagged plans to deliver faculty-specific virtual labs by semester two this year following the take-up of its virtualized computer labs.

• Macquarie Uni to virtualize computer labs

  By James Hutchinson | 17 May, 2011 12:09

  Macquarie University has flagged plans to virtualize many of its student computer labs from the second semester of this year, as part of a ploy to better utilise licensed software both on-premise at the university and remotely.

• Marc bails out Macquarie Uni on business intelligence

  By James Hutchinson | 16 May, 2011 10:51

  Marc Bailey wants to kill the spreadsheet. At least, that’s what the research fellows at Macquarie University asked for when he first stepped on board as CIO in late 2009.

• Macquarie University to 'wait and see' on the iPad

  By Tim Lohman | 28 October, 2010 13:02

  The plethora of tablet PCs expected to flood the Australian market next year will see Macquarie University take a ‘wait and see’ approach on whether to standardise on Apple’s iPad for its staff and students.

• Macquarie University deploys Oracle RAC

  By Tim Lohman | 27 October, 2010 11:30

  If asked to determine which is of greater importance — the bar opening on time or keeping IT up and running — many university students would likely argue the former, but according to Macquarie University’s CIO, Marc Bailey, there are two occasions a year when the student response is universally IT: Exam results night.

• Solar tech, chicken chatter get top science prizes

  By Rodney Gedda | 18 August, 2010 04:02

  Developments in solar energy research, chicken chat analysis and the search for the perfect sunscreen are among the 19 winning entries in this year's Eureka Prizes for science held by the Australian Museum in Sydney.

• In pictures: The tech behind Macquarie's new hospital

  By James Hutchinson | 01 July, 2010 09:30

  Despite lacking a medical school a year ago, Macquarie University has become a hub of medical research overnight, with a brand new, state-of-the-art hospital, an advanced school of medicine, and it will soon play host to the global headquarters for Cochlear Limited and a hearing hub for varied deafness societies.

• Macquarie Uni Hospital IT infrastructure a "spaghetti" of systems

  By James Hutchinson | 01 July, 2010 12:46

  The newly opened Macquarie University Hospital (MUH) may boast a number of Australian firsts in technology, but its IT infrastructure is a "spaghetti" of systems, according to chief information officer (CIO), Geoff Harders.

• Macquarie University completes OneNet.Wired project

  By Lisa Banks | 25 June, 2010 13:30

  Macquarie University will today put the finishing touches on its $8.5 million investment in wireless infrastructure across its Sydney campus.