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  New ASX data centre to open in February

  The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has announced that its Sydney-based data centre will be open for equity trading from 6 February 2012.

  By Hamish Barwick | 25 January, 2012 12:37

  Tags: SaaS, FFastFill, data centre, co-location, ASX

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  OBT establishes Melbourne point of presence

  Australian private Cloud services company, OBT, has increased its disaster recovery offering customers in Melbourne a second point of presence (PoP).

  By Hamish Barwick | 13 December, 2011 11:47

  Tags: point of presence (POP), OBT, data centre

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  iiNet launches business Cloud offering, partners with VMware

  iiNet has unveiled its latest Cloud offering, which is aimed at small to medium businesses (SMB).

  By Lisa Banks | 30 November, 2011 14:19

  Tags: VMware, TransAct, iinet, Greg Bader, data centre

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  Firewalls fail to stem tide of DDoS attacks, survey finds

  Companies still rely heavily on firewalls to defend themselves against denial-of-service attacks despite the fact that this class of device is often not up to the task, a new survey by F5 Networks has found.

  By John E Dunn | 11 November, 2011 01:51

  Tags: software, security, hardware systems, F5 Networks, data centre, Configuration / maintenance, applications

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  Gen-i to provide Westpac NZ data centre services

  Telecom New Zealand (ASX: TEL) subsidiary, Gen-i, has extended its existing IT contract with Westpac NZ to include data centre services.

  By Hamish Barwick | 28 October, 2011 09:11

  Tags: Westpac NZ, Telecom NZ, gen-i, data centre

• Four considerations for SSD deployment

  While solid state drives offer increased performance, the key to figuring out the role they can play in the data center is balancing that performance against cost.

  By Bob Fine | 02 November, 2009 19:01

  Tags: SSD, solid-state drives, data centre

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  Six Steps to a Green Data Center

  Environmental issues exposed by the media and driven by consumers have placed IT departments under pressure to develop "green" data centers. Factors including the reduction of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions in large data centers often provide the impetus for becoming green. A recent report issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) highlights the need for data center efficiency and demonstrates the increased pressure that IT departments are under.

  By Darryl Wilson | 13 October, 2008 09:31

  Tags: data centre, green

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  Running servers in a tent outside: It works

  You've heard about data centers in shipping containers. But how about a data center in a tent? And in rainy Seattle?

  By Nancy Gohring | 26 September, 2008 11:24

  Tags: data centre

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