• In brief: ABS to create server panel

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is to establish a panel of suppliers for the supply and delivery of blade and rack mount x86 servers.

  By Computerworld Staff | 07 May, 2012 12:03

  Tags: virtualisation, servers, hardware, Australian Bureau of Statistics, abs

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  Red Hat: Beware of cloud 'open-washing'

  Open source software company Red Hat believes that companies like VMware and Microsoft are skewing the definition of open cloud by claiming that their virtualisation products are open when in fact they are closed.

  By Sophie Curtis | 31 March, 2012 06:08

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, data centre, hardware systems, Microsoft, Red Hat, virtualisation, Virtualization, VMware

• Microsoft and HP to collaborate on public and private cloud services

  HP and Microsoft have announced a new four-year partnership to deliver public, private and hybrid cloud solutions built around Microsoft Office 365 and its on-premise equivalents.

  By Sophie Curtis | 12 December, 2011 08:29

  Tags: applications, Microsoft, software, virtualisation, Virtualization

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  Hackers, like security vendors, are embracing the cloud; can you?

  Large-volume hackers have become cloud pioneers, utilising public infrastructure to threaten companies that often effect ambitious but poorly-considered cloud-computing strategies, a security industry technologist has warned.

  By David Braue | 01 December, 2011 08:40

  Tags: cloud, cloud security, hackers, Raimund Genes, security, trend micro, virtualisation

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  CSIRO to mesh Azure Cloud with HPC infrastructure

  The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has announced plans to integrate Microsoft’s Windows Azure Cloud with its high performance computing (HPC) infrastructure.

  By Diana Nguyen | 16 November, 2011 11:33

  Tags: cloud computing, cloud security, computed tomography (CT) reconstruction, csiro, CT reconstruction, John Taylor, security, virtualisation, Virtualization, virtual labs, Windows Azure Cloud

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  Cloud Computing: How big is big data? IDC's answer

  I came across a link to a new report from IDC called the "2010 Digital Universe Study".

  By Bernard Golden | 08 May, 2010 00:37

  Tags: cloud computing, data, IDC, virtualisation

• Saving money, space and energy with blade virtualisation

  In 1986, Attorney Nicholas Barrett founded Nicholas Barrett & Associates with just himself and an assistant running the business. But over the last 24 years, that small two-person office has grown into a bustling 45-person law firm specializing in litigation, real estate law, collections, and loan servicing.

  By Lisa Shorr | 18 February, 2010 08:51

  Tags: blade servers, virtualisation

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  NY hospital cuts power bill with thin-client virtualization

  New York City's Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers is saving power and money by replacing its desktop computers with thin clients running virtualized operating systems.

  By Joab Jackson | 05 February, 2010 04:33

  Tags: energy efficiency, hospital, medical, power, thin clients, virtualisation

• Special report: Emerging IEEE Ethernet standards could soothe data center headaches

  Cisco, HP and others are waging an epic battle to gain control of the data center, but at the same time they are joining forces to push through new Ethernet standards that could greatly ease management of those increasingly virtualized IT nerve centers.

  By Jim Duffy | 19 January, 2010 17:34

  Tags: Cisco, datacentre, Ethernet, HP, VEPA, virtualisation

• How a virtualized server saved one small business

  Even tech companies need an IT overhaul from time to time. Case in point: Last year, a Canadian software developer (who preferred to remain nameless for the purposes of this story) called my team at Microtek to give its server room a badly needed upgrade.

  By David Papp | 22 January, 2010 08:36

  Tags: virtualisation

Whitepapers about virtualisation

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  Learning To Compete: IT’s Next Transformation

  CIOs must become competitive players in managing relationships between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerisation, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. This interactive white paper from CIO Magazine and EMC explores this transformation as a leadership opportunity, as an opportunity to create new models for IT, and as a catalyst to fundamentally change the dynamic between IT and the business. Embedded videos feature CIOs from T-Mobile USA and Wharton School of Business and a quick survey provides benchmarking between CIO peers.

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  OVUM Report: Governance Risk and Compliance-- GRC usage and buying trends in the ANZ markets

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  Guidance for Calculation of Efficiency (PUE) in Data Centers

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  Virtualisation and Cloud Computing: Optimised Power, Cooling, and Management Maximises Benefits