News

• Samsung targets enterprises and consumers with Galaxy S III

  By Hafizah Osman | 31 May, 2012 17:40

  Samsung Electronics is not only targeting the newly launched Galaxy S III at consumers but also enterprises, Samsung Australia vice-president of telecommunications, Tyler McGee, claimed.

• Carbon tax: Silver lining to taxing times

  By Hafizah Osman | 28 May, 2012 07:57

  Channel businesses should be planning on how to deal with forthcoming Carbon Tax now, according to experts.

• CeBIT 2012: Cloud productivity requires help from industries and agencies

  By Nermin Bajric | 22 May, 2012 13:36

  Making the Cloud productive requires the aid of external contributors in addition to a calculated strategy, according to Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) first assistant secretary, Glenn Archer.

• EMC backs its channel with Cloud solutions

  By Mike Gee | 22 May, 2012 12:35

  EMC has announced a bunch of new initiatives and products to enable channel partners to accelerate their customers’ journey to the Cloud.

• Santos and Horizon Power select Red Hat technology

  By Hafizah Osman | 19 May, 2012 20:40

  Western Australian regional and remote electricity provider, Horizon Power, and oil and gas producer, Santos, have implemented technologies from open source company, Red Hat.

• Datacentre spend to hit $3 billion: DPSA

  By Hafizah Osman | 20 May, 2012 18:00

  The datacentre spend in Australia is expected to grow from $2 billion in 2010 to $3 billion this year, according to DPSA national datacentre architect, Jason Rylands.

• VMWare announces View 5.1 for post-PC era

  By Patrick Budmar | 04 May, 2012 10:16

  The post-PC era is here and VMware is aiming to capitalise on it with the latest version of its View software, 5.1.

• 6YS uses Brocade to address Cloud evolution

  By Nermin Bajric | 01 May, 2012 15:35

  Australian hosted application and Cloud computing services provider, 6YS, has replaced its Gigabit Ethernet and fiber channel infrastructure with Brocade’s VDX 6720 datacentre switches to serve as a foundation for its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering, Ironpoint.

• Dell launches Sydney Solutions Centre (+ slideshow)

  By Nermin Bajric | 01 May, 2012 13:10

  Dell has cut the ribbon at the official launch of its Sydney Solutions Centre in Frenchs Forest.

• IN PICTURES: NewLease Cloud roundtable

  By Hafizah Osman | 27 April, 2012 12:29

  NewLease and some of its partners gathered at the Vue De Monde restaurant at the top of Melbourne's Rialto tower to discuss the Cloud and trends surrounding it.

• Coreplus comes to Australia

  By Patrick Budmar | 26 April, 2012 17:24

  Texas-based software vendor, Coreplus, is entering the Australia market, and it is doing it by harnessing a local distributor and partner network.

• Techplus acquired by NZ distributor

  By Spandas Lui | 03 April, 2012 09:43

  Melbourne-based value-added distributor, Techplus, has been acquired by New Zealand company, Connector Systems.

• Panel emphasises risk management for journey to private Cloud

  By Nermin Bajric | 28 March, 2012 10:18

  At a time where the first generation of virtualised IT infrastructures are being prepared for renewal and the shift from virtualisation to private Cloud continues, well-planned risk management has become a critical measure in avoiding vulnerabilities in security, power, data management, and disaster recovery, according to a panel of Australian industry experts.

• In depth: The infinite datacentre

  By Patrick Budmar | 16 March, 2012 11:49

  Tablets making inroads in the enterprise and power costs continually on the rise were some of the key topics of last year, and Gartner expects these issues to grow in importance in 2012 and beyond

• The quest for consolidation requires new models and reskilling: EMC

  By Patrick Budmar | 15 March, 2012 08:37

  Consolidation of IT can bring cost and time savings but may cause a shift in the IT workforce, according to EMC.