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Telstra Cloud receives tick of approval from Cisco

Telstra's infrastructure as a service (IaaS) Cloud has received certification from Cisco.

By Rebecca Merrett | 23 March, 2012 10:49

Tags: Cisco, cloud, IaaS, Telstra

Dimension Data releases Managed Cloud Platforms in Amsterdam and Sydney

ICT services and solutions provider, Dimension Data, has announced the availability of new Managed Cloud Platforms (MCPs) for the delivery of enterprise-class Cloud services in Amsterdam and Sydney.

By Rebecca Merrett | 19 March, 2012 17:00

Tags: Amsterdam, dimension data, Managed Cloud Platforms, Sydney

Red Hat RHEV pressed into action

Red Hat has released the third version of its Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization RHEV virtualization software package, which includes improvements that would make it suitable for larger deployments, and a new console for self-provisioning.

By Joab Jackson | 19 January, 2012 08:54

Tags: Red Hat, server virtualization, Virtualization

Jaspersoft aims its open-source analytics suite at PaaS vendors

Open-source BI (business intelligence) vendor Jaspersoft wants its software to become another arrow in the quiver for developers using commercial PaaS (platform-as-a-service) offerings.

By Chris Kanaracus | 13 January, 2012 00:02

Tags: application development, applications, business intelligence, cloud computing, Development tools, heroku, internet, JasperSoft, open source, Red Hat, salesforce.com, software, talend, Vertica, VMware

The University of Sydney moves to virtual desktop as part of learning network rollout

The popularity of consumer devices combined with the launch of four learning hubs has caused the University of Sydney to deploy desktop virtualization software across its campuses.

By Lisa Banks | 01 November, 2011 09:03

Tags: desktop virtualisation, education, university of sydney

New local Cloud built with Linux-based KVM hypervisor

A Sydney-based IT services provider has built a public Cloud with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) virtualisation hypervisor instead of one of the better-known commercial or open source products making it one of the first of its kind in Australia.

By Rodney Gedda | 14 June, 2011 11:23

Tags: cloud computing, Evolution Systems, hypervisor, kvm, Linux, open source, Red Hat, virtualisation, VMware

Department of Human Services finalises hosting consolidation

The Department of Human Services (DHS) has virtualised its internet hosting environment as a means of reducing hosting costs as well as improving business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities.

By Tim Lohman | 06 January, 2011 10:48

Tags: Department of Human Services, John Wadeson, macquarie telecom, network virtualisation, virtual infrastructure, virtualisation

Red Hat buddies up with Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus Systems has struck a partnership with Red Hat that should ultimately ease the deployment of Eucalyptus private cloud platform on Red Hat software.

By Joab Jackson | 16 December, 2010 04:43

Tags: cloud computing, development platforms, Eucalyptus Systems, Infrastructure services, internet, open source, private clouds, Red Hat

Virtualization boosts LG Android phones

If you carry one cell phone for work and another for personal use, you'll be pleased to hear that LG will soon release a phone capable of securely switching between home and work identities, and in a way your IT manager will approve of.

By Keir Thomas | 08 December, 2010 09:20

Tags: Google, lg, LG Electronics, Virtualization

Microsoft Server 2008 gets virtualisation boost

Microsoft is updating the server version of its Windows operating system to give the OS more virtualisation capabilities.

By Joab Jackson | 27 October, 2010 06:02

Tags: Microsoft, operating systems, software, Windows, Windows 7, windows server

Corporate Express deploys Cisco infrastructure

Business support specialist Corporate Express has deployed Cisco’s combined server and network infrastructure as part of plans to fully implement virtualisation and private cloud computing within its operations.

By Renai LeMay | 26 October, 2010 15:01

Tags: Cisco, Corporate Express, EMC, private cloud, Unified Computing System (UCS), virtualisation, VMware

Microsoft embraces cloud productivity with Office 365

Microsoft has a dominant stake in office productivity software. However -- virtual monopoly aside -- the trend has been moving from locally installed applications to cloud-based solutions for some time. Now, Microsoft is combining various cloud-based elements to offer a new productivity suite -- Office 365.

By Tony Bradley | 21 October, 2010 04:04

Tags: cloud computing, internet, Microsoft, microsoft office, productivity

Defence to tender thin clients in November

The Department of Defence will go to tender in November for thin client desktops and infrastructure, to be deployed over two years across the organisation in order to simplify processes and consolidate the agency’s computer fleet.

By James Hutchinson | 08 October, 2010 02:04

Tags: department of defence, Matt Yannopoulos, thin clients

Parallels opens Sydney office

US virtualisation software vendor, Parellels, has expanded its reach to Australia and New Zealand in an attempt to increase its responsiveness to local customers.

By Chloe Herrick | 14 September, 2010 16:48

Tags: parralels, virtualisation

IBM code unfetters virtual workloads

Some of the first fruits of a European Union-funded project led by IBM are making their way into the field of cloud computing, in the form of a virtual machine migration technology.

By Joab Jackson | 04 September, 2010 07:23

Tags: cloud computing, IBM, Infrastructure services, internet, server virtualization, storage, Storage Management, Storage virtualization, Virtualization

Red Hat offers its cloud APIs as industry standard

As the industry call for cloud interoperability grows more fervent, open-source enterprise software company Red Hat has submitted its cloud platform, Deltacloud, to the DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) as a potential standard for cloud interoperability, the company said Wednesday.

By Joab Jackson | 26 August, 2010 04:02

Tags: api, Application servers, cloud computing, Enterprise application integration, enterprise architecture, Linux, middleware, open source, Red Hat, server virtualization, software, Virtualization

Eucalyptus strengthens its back end

Two months after releasing version 2 of the enterprise edition of its open-source cloud software, Eucalyptus Systems has posted a new version of the software's base platform, the company announced on Wednesday.

By Joab Jackson | 26 August, 2010 04:05

Tags: Amazon Web Services, cloud computing, development platforms, eucalyptus, internet, open source, software

Oracle, Amazon offer new ways to run Linux from afar

Organizations hoping to streamline their deployments of Linux got two new options this week for running the open source OS remotely.

By Joab Jackson | 16 August, 2010 03:11

Tags: amazon, cloud computing, Linux, non-Windows, novell, open source, operating systems, oracle, software, unix, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

RackSpace's OpenStack targets cloud lock-in

Rackspace's contribution of code to a new open-source project called OpenStack could help establish a counterweight to larger and proprietary players like Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), according to some observers.

By Chris Kanaracus | 20 July, 2010 04:02

Tags: amazon ec2, Amazon Web Services, Citrix Systems, cloud computing, dell, development platforms, Infrastructure services, open source, OpenStack, rackspace, software, VMware

Eucalyptus expanded for Windows use

Eucalyptus Systems has released an update to the commercial version of its private cloud software, Eucalyptus Enterprise Edition.

By Joab Jackson | 17 June, 2010 05:03

Tags: amazon ec2, Amazon Web Services, cloud computing, eucalyptus, mysql, open source, windows server

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