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• Vocus acquires NZ data centre operator Maxnet

  Vocus Communications (ASX: VOC) has entered a binding agreement to acquire New Zealand-based data centre and Cloud provider, Maxnet, for a sum of $A7.3 million (NZ$9.5 million)

• Speed to screen drives Fox Sports Australia’s networking upgrade

  Fox Sports Australia has moved to meet demand for play-by-play sports coverage on high definition (HD) TVs, tablets and smart phones by building a virtual private network enabling the media giant to send three HD broadcast feeds from sporting venues back to the studio over one connection.

• aCure continues with its data centre expansion

  aCure Technology has expanded its data centre capacity, with its third data centre to open in Perth’s CBD in August this year.

• In pictures: Fujitsu celebrates data centre re-opening with sake

  The Victorian Minister for Technology, Gordon Rich-Phillips, and Fujitsu executives took the Japanese approach and broke open a barrel of sake to toast the $60 million upgrade of Fujitsu’s Tier III data centre in Noble Park, Melbourne.

• Fujitsu invests $60m in Melbourne data centre upgrade

  Data centre provider, Fujitsu, has spent $60 million adding a fourth data hall to its 6,700 metre Tier III facility in Noble Park, Melbourne, with the option of adding a further two data halls in the future if customer demand warrants it.

• Pacnet embarks on SYCS1 expansion

  Data centre and telecommunications provider, Pacnet, has started the second phase of expansion at its Sydney CloudSpace1 (SYCS1) data centre as part of its long-term strategy to be the third largest data centre operator in Asia Pacific by 2019.

• Toyota Australia ramps up IT transformation projects

  Auto maker, Toyota Australia, is in the closing stages of a major IT modernisation initiative which will see the company replace data centre hardware, migrate to Windows 7 and iPad/iPhone trials.

• OpenMarket co-locates Sydney data centre to meet customer demand

  Mobile transaction provider, OpenMarket, has opened a Sydney co-location data centre in response to customer requirements for data to be hosted within Australia.

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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.

• NextDC launches iPhone app for data centre monitoring

  Data centre provider NextDC has launched an iPhone app that allows its customers to use their smartphone to remotely monitor and manage their racks in the company's facilities.

• How ARTC reduced data centre cooling costs

  Adelaide based government agency, Australian Rail Transport Corporation (ARTC), has saved over $100,000 per year in cooling costs following the implementation of a new data centre.

• Gartner shares nine IT infrastructure cost saving tips

  Trying to make savings in a lean data centre environment might seem like a hard task but there are a number of steps IT managers can take to reduce spend further, says analyst firm Gartner.

• Macquarie Telecom awards data centre security deal

  Macquarie Telecom (ASX:MAQ) has contracted TZ Limited (ASX:TZL) to supply the TZ Centurion security fastening system in an upcoming Macquarie Telecom data centre.

• Australian data centre numbers to peak in 2012 then decline: Report

  The total number of data centres in Australia is expected to peak at 49,577 this year, but will be followed by a slow decline to 45,545 by 2015 because of virtualization, according to analyst firm Gartner.

• NextDC posts profit loss of $3.26m

  Australian data centre operator, NextDC, has posted a loss in net profits after tax of $3.26 million for the six months to 31 December 2011, attributable to start-up costs of its first data in Brisbane which went live in October.