Equinix opens ME2 Melbourne data centre
Data centre operator Equinix has opened ME2, its fourth IBX data centre in Melbourne.
Data centre operator Equinix has opened ME2, its fourth IBX data centre in Melbourne.
Equinix has opened its eighth international business exchange (IBX) data centre in Sydney, SY5, and is already hosting infrastructure for other businesses.
Brisbane-based ISV boosts reach of cloud management platform through regional distribution push.
Start-up continues expansion plans with global solutions partner deal.
The Distribution Central history goes back to when it was founded in 1992 as Firewall Systems, an IT security services provider. The company was acquired by Scott Frew and Nick Verykios in 2004, with Frew founding LAN Systems - now Westcon-Comstor - and both founding 1World Systems and Micro Networks. This slideshow pays tribute to DC over the years, its co-founders, and the people that have graced both it and Frew and Verykios' associated companies. So here's some some DC party meltdowns plus plenty of history.
Synnex officially launched its new Cloud Automation platform in Sydney on March 9. After two years in development, partners were keen to see what one of the country’s most successful distributors came up with. Synnex management took them through the offering that gives the channel the ability to provision hardware, software and Cloud in the one simple management tool. Photos by Chris Player.
Datacentre and co-location company, Digital Realty, has launched Direct Link Colo, a solution that connects customers in Digital Realty datacentres directly to IBM Cloud via SoftLayer’s global Cloud infrastructure platform.
Diagnostic imaging company, GIG Radiology, has selected IBM Cloud to enhance the processing time and availability of diagnostic images which could lead to quicker treatment for patients.
IT distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions, has introduced its Avnet Cloud Toolset (ACT) for Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) partners.
Distribution Central is attempting to put the power back into the hands of resellers with a new open standards-based Cloud Services platform.
IBM has opened its second Australian SoftLayer cloud centre in Sydney as part of IBM’s $1.2 billion investment to expand its cloud services.
SoftLayer, an IBM company, plans to launch its first datacentre in Melbourne in September.
ARN's latest roundtable, 'Tag-teaming it: Collaborating in the channel to pull in the big Cloud deals’ was held at Est. in Sydney, and sponsored by IBM. The event saw industry experts from across the spectrum discuss the various methods managed service providers, independent software vendors, systems integrators and their Channel partners can work together in the new, rapidly maturing Cloud market to grow their businesses. ARN's full feature write up of the session will be available in the August 20 edition. Photographs by Ian Sharp.
SoftLayer has fuelled hybrid Cloud adoption by attracting thousands of new customers according to parent company IBM.
Cisco's senior vice-president of global Cloud sales and go to market discusses the company's plan to help push its ambitious new Cloud platform, InterCloud, through the channel.
Delivering business success with application security