virtualisation

News

• 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.

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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• NSW DET, AARNet, click through to collaborative learning in schools

  Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has enabled the NSW Department of Education and Training to collaborate learning for students across the state.

• Q&A: Barwon Health CIO, Ann Larkins

  A tertiary nursing education and years of clinical experience combined with a Masters in Business Technology helped prepare Ann Larkins for the CIO role at Barwon Health.

• Citrix: Virtual desktops about to become cheaper than physical ones

  Citrix claims it's driven down costs to the point that next year it will be cheaper to deploy virtual desktops than traditional desktops.

• Data#3 to invest in more infrastructure

  ICT solutions company Data#3 (ASX:DTL) will invest in more Australian ICT infrastructure, to support its new Infrastucture-as-a-Service offerings.

• NextDC flicks switch on Brisbane data centre

  Data centre start-up NextDC (ASX:NXT) has announced the opening of its Brisbane-based facility, B1.

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  OpenWorld 2011: Coopers upgrades to JDE 9

  In the competitive world of beer brewing responding to the complex demands of major retailers, distributors and pubs can be just a big a challenge as nailing the perfect blend of malt, hops, water and yeast.

• In Brief: AppSense hires new ANZ MD

  Former Sybase ANZ sales director, Michael Bosnar, has joined virtualization vendor, AppSense, as its new ANZ managing director. Based in Melbourne, he replaced outgoing MD, Sean Walsh.

• Curtin Uni moves to Microsoft Cloud

  Curtin University has moved its email and collaboration apps to Microsoft’s Cloud, with students now having anywhere anytime access to university files thanks to the rollout.

• Fujitsu, Maquarie Telecom onboard AGIMO data panel

  The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has added a number of Greenfield facilities to its data centre facilities panel, including Fujitsu and Macquarie Telecom.

• Virtualization 101: Virtualization concepts

  Understanding the basic concepts of different kinds of virtualization.

• Virtualization 101: What is virtualization?

  The installation of x86-based virtual machines (VMs) has doubled every year since 2001, and this rate of unprecedented growth is set to explode even further.