virtualisation

News

• In brief: ABS to create server panel

  By Computerworld Staff | 07 May, 2012 12:03

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is to establish a panel of suppliers for the supply and delivery of blade and rack mount x86 servers.

• Red Hat: Beware of cloud 'open-washing'

  By Sophie Curtis | 31 March, 2012 06:08

  Open source software company Red Hat believes that companies like VMware and Microsoft are skewing the definition of open cloud by claiming that their virtualisation products are open when in fact they are closed.

• Taking the plunge — desktop virtualization

  By Brad Howarth | 12 December, 2011 09:00

  Natural disasters, bring-your-own (BYO) computing and the overall familiarity that many organisations now have with virtualization has generated a groundswell of activity, with CIOs seeing desktop virtualization as a means to reassert their authority over the end-points in their business.

• Microsoft and HP to collaborate on public and private cloud services

  By Sophie Curtis | 12 December, 2011 08:29

  HP and Microsoft have announced a new four-year partnership to deliver public, private and hybrid cloud solutions built around Microsoft Office 365 and its on-premise equivalents.

• NSW DET, AARNet, click through to collaborative learning in schools

  By Lisa Banks | 02 November, 2011 15:27

  Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has enabled the NSW Department of Education and Training to collaborate learning for students across the state.

• Q&A: Barwon Health CIO, Ann Larkins

  By Chloe Herrick | 02 November, 2011 12:02

  A tertiary nursing education and years of clinical experience combined with a Masters in Business Technology helped prepare Ann Larkins for the CIO role at Barwon Health.

• Citrix: Virtual desktops about to become cheaper than physical ones

  By Tim Greene | 27 October, 2011 06:44

  Citrix claims it's driven down costs to the point that next year it will be cheaper to deploy virtual desktops than traditional desktops.

• OpenWorld 2011: Coopers upgrades to JDE 9

  By Tim Lohman | 04 October, 2011 06:31

  In the competitive world of beer brewing responding to the complex demands of major retailers, distributors and pubs can be just a big a challenge as nailing the perfect blend of malt, hops, water and yeast.

• In Brief: AppSense hires new ANZ MD

  By Hamish Barwick | 21 September, 2011 15:51

  Former Sybase ANZ sales director, Michael Bosnar, has joined virtualization vendor, AppSense, as its new ANZ managing director. Based in Melbourne, he replaced outgoing MD, Sean Walsh.

• Curtin Uni moves to Microsoft Cloud

  By Lisa Banks | 14 September, 2011 08:37

  Curtin University has moved its email and collaboration apps to Microsoft’s Cloud, with students now having anywhere anytime access to university files thanks to the rollout.

• Fujitsu, Maquarie Telecom onboard AGIMO data panel

  By Chloe Herrick | 12 September, 2011 16:27

  The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has added a number of Greenfield facilities to its data centre facilities panel, including Fujitsu and Macquarie Telecom.

• Beyond today’s Cloud to Outsourcing 3.0

  By Rodney Gedda | 12 September, 2011 11:50

  Today’s public Cloud services will combine with on-premise virtual private Clouds to deliver business services in the form of ‘Outsourcing 3.0’, according to IT industry analysts.

• Alarm sounded on lack of virtualization disaster recovery plans

  By Hamish Barwick | 05 September, 2011 12:12

  Only 22 per cent of CommVault's ANZ customers are backing up their virtual server environments while another 25 per cent do not have a disaster recovery (DR) plan, according to the results of a global survey conducted by the vendor.

• Tech Ed 2011: Westpac debunks Cloud myths for banks

  By Chloe Herrick | 01 September, 2011 08:21

  Westpac has moved to dispel a number of common myths associated with banks using Cloud services, following its own recent journey to the Cloud.

• Q&A with NYSE Euronext executive vice-president and CIO, Steve Rubinow

  By Georgina Swan | 31 August, 2011 09:44

  Can you share a little bit about the role NYSE Euronext plays in capital markets in the global economy?