Global Stories

Why the future of hybrid IT is now, and how AWS is shaping it

A hybrid IT model, combining corporate computing resources with cloud computing, has become the clear choice for business. It could stay like that.

By Rick Moore • 4 min read • Fri, 16th Sep 2016

Hyperscale

Tenable partners with Google to unburden security managers

The security organisation says this particular issue is a hard one to tackle, especially in traditional environments.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Wed, 14th Sep 2016

Storage

Red Hat pulls the cat out with new OpenStack platform

The open Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform is designed to deploy, scale and manage private cloud, public cloud and NFV environments.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Sep 2016

Hyperscale

Heavy investment by Chinese govt creates opportunities for data center market

China's data center market is set to grow 13% from 2016-2020, driven by increased adoption of cloud-based services and big data analytics.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 5th Sep 2016

Microsoft

WebSecure Technologies now official HexaTier reseller in Australia

WebSecure Technologies is now an official Australian reseller of HexaTier security and compliance software across across cloud and offline databases.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 5th Sep 2016

Gaming

Could Edge Computing have solved Pokémon GO's server issues?

Edge Computing is gaining popularity as an alternative to conventional approaches where the data centre can be remote and geographically distant.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 22nd Aug 2016

Hyperscale

AWS named leader in Gartner's 2016 IaaS Magic Quadrant

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been named a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant Cloud Infrastructure as a Service category for the 6th consecutive year.

By Sara Barker • 1 min read • Wed, 10th Aug 2016

Hyperscale

Global data center market set to grow, report says

The global data center market is set to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of close to 11% during the forecast period.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Thu, 4th Aug 2016

Data Analytics

Technavio reports data center growth will hit $75 billion by 2020

Cloud data centers, analytics, IoT and colocation services are powering increased demand for data centers - spending may reach $75 billion by 2020.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 2nd Aug 2016

DevOps

In depth analysis of AWS, Azure and Google IaaS: Who came out on top?

Gartner's latest IaaS review reveals AWS leading, with Azure close behind, but Google trails in cloud service race.

By Elias Khnaser • 2 min read • Thu, 21st Jul 2016

Hyperscale

Google Cloud Platform buys major video software provider Avanto

Google Cloud Platform expands media prowess with the acquisition of video software giant Anvato, bolstering OTT and mobile video services.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 11th Jul 2016

Microsoft

Synnex goes elastic with Megaport deal

Synnex partners now have access to Megaport's Elastic Interconnection platform, providing dedicated secure connections to a range of cloud offerings.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 4th Jul 2016

Semiconductors

The great race to power machine learning

Since the birth of the modern era of computing there has been an arms race between CPU microprocessor manufacturers.

By Michael Azoff • 3 min read • Wed, 29th Jun 2016

Hyperscale

Behind the scenes - and 360 - at Google's Dalles data center

Google has opened the - virtual - doors to its Dalles, Oregon data center, with a youTube 360 video taking viewers behind usually closed doors.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Tue, 29th Mar 2016

Hyperscale

Google ups the ante with 12 new cloud platform data centers

Google has announced a dramatic expansion of its global data center network, with 12 new cloud platform regions coming online in the next 18 months.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 23rd Mar 2016

Disaster Recovery

Cloud disaster recovery confidence up, but challenges remain

Confidence in cloud-based disaster recovery is growing, but risks, outages and downtime costs are still posing challenges for enterprises.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 9th Mar 2016

Storage

Spotify ditches its data centers for Google cloud

Spotify is shifting from using its own data centers to Google's Cloud Platform, saying cloud is now as high quality as traditional offerings.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 29th Feb 2016

Stories from Other Regions

Hyperscale

Green a key trend in $359m Southeast Asian data center market

Southeast Asia's data center market is expected to reach US$359 million by 2020, with demand for green facilities becoming a key trend.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 22nd Apr 2016

Storage

How can you take advantage of public cloud object-based storage?

It's almost a given that you've had cloud service providers and vendors flooding your inbox with emails about object-based storage. So what is it?.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Tue, 5th Apr 2016

Disaster Recovery

Veritas announces support for Google Cloud

Veritas extends its info management prowess to Google Cloud, offering robust hybrid cloud control and insights, post-Australia data centre launch.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2016