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Exclusive interview: CA Technologies on digital transformation in Australia
Digital Transformation

Exclusive interview: CA Technologies on digital transformation in Australia

There's yet another gap here; and that's between what the executive and IT teams believe is needed in the businesses' digital transformation journey.

By Julia Gabel • 6 min read • Tue, 5th Dec 2017
Minister welcomes Canberra's new $12m R&D co-working space
Unified Communications

Minister welcomes Canberra's new $12m R&D co-working space

Leidos Australia opens new co-working facility in Canberra, creating over 20 jobs, with research agreements signed with two universities.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Dec 2017

Global Stories

Written by Julia

Equinix connects global data centers to create inter-metro connectivity fabric
DataCentre infrastructure

Equinix connects global data centers to create inter-metro connectivity fabric

Any Equinix customer will be able to request connections to any of the more than 1,000 participants on ECX Fabric today.

By Julia Gabel • 4 min read • Wed, 6th Dec 2017
6 key features of VMware's new Pivotal Container Service
Virtualisation

6 key features of VMware's new Pivotal Container Service

Aiming to simplify the deployment and operation of Kubernetes clusters, this Kubernetes solution is for service providers and enterprise.

By Julia Gabel • 4 min read • Wed, 6th Dec 2017
Cloudera announces launch of cloud based data warehouses
Cloud Services

Cloudera announces launch of cloud based data warehouses

Cloudera claims this is the first data warehouse cloud service that actually brings the warehouse to the data.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Wed, 6th Dec 2017
The global enterprise getting Kiwi kids into coding
Coding

The global enterprise getting Kiwi kids into coding

Accenture employees across 55 of these countries have pledged to volunteer more than 10,000 hours to Hour of Code.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Wed, 6th Dec 2017
Kasten emerges from the shadows with new data management platform
Virtualisation

Kasten emerges from the shadows with new data management platform

Kasten unveils its K10 platform at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, offering innovative data management for stateful containerised apps across Kubernetes deployments.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Wed, 6th Dec 2017
Australia's clean technology sector gets a $4.8m boost
DataCentre infrastructure

Australia's clean technology sector gets a $4.8m boost

Australia's National Energy Resources Australia will provide $4.8m in funding for eight clean technology projects in the energy sector.

By Julia Gabel • 4 min read • Wed, 6th Dec 2017
Scaling digital business: Making “everywhere, everyone and everything” a reality
Hyperscale

Scaling digital business: Making “everywhere, everyone and everything” a reality

While digital creates new possibilities across all industries, it also poses a big challenge to traditional IT models.

By Julia Gabel • 5 min read • Tue, 5th Dec 2017
Facing a hidden truth: Running data centers is not your core competency
DataCentre infrastructure

Facing a hidden truth: Running data centers is not your core competency

Many firms, even large ones, lack the core competency of running data centers efficiently, reveals Schneider Electric. Key services are often better outsourced.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Tue, 5th Dec 2017
New initiative pushes equal access to learning for all corporate staff
Education, Learning & Training

New initiative pushes equal access to learning for all corporate staff

Skillsoft unveils a USD $2 million annual initiative to ensure equal learning access for all corporate staff, embedding accessibility in platform development.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Dec 2017
Fujitsu rolls out world's smallest, battery-free IoT sensor
Internet of Things

Fujitsu rolls out world's smallest, battery-free IoT sensor

Another notable feature of the sensor is that it eliminates the need to replace batteries as it uses solar cells instead.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Dec 2017
New cloud tech helps businesses avoid data breaches
Security Information and Event Management

New cloud tech helps businesses avoid data breaches

The tech can automate an extensive range of tasks – including incident response, platform administration and, of course, threat detection.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Dec 2017

Stories from Other Regions

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Government report shines light on NZ's digital divide
Government

Government report shines light on NZ's digital divide

Curran says the previous government didn't make the report public until after the election as it exposed the digital divide in New Zealand.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Wed, 6th Dec 2017
Auckland District Law Society gets behind digital alternative to paper signing
Digital Signage

Auckland District Law Society gets behind digital alternative to paper signing

Auckland District Law Society partners with Secured Signing to launch a Digital Signing Service, enhancing efficiency and security for over 1,000 NZ law firms.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Wed, 6th Dec 2017
Chinese data center calls on Rolls-Royce for emergency power supply
Disaster Recovery

Chinese data center calls on Rolls-Royce for emergency power supply

Specifically, Rolls-Royce has supplied ten 20V 4000 MTU engines for emergency diesel gensets, each with an electrical output of 2,000 kW.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Dec 2017
Exclusive interview: Serverfarm on getting the most out of your DCIM
DataCentre infrastructure

Exclusive interview: Serverfarm on getting the most out of your DCIM

Asia Pacific data center market grows rapidly as businesses become interconnected enterprises, says Serverfarm's Dave Eastman.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Tue, 5th Dec 2017