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Slideshows about datacentres

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  IN PICTURES: ARN Roundtable - Build the Cloud of the Future (+37 photos)

  It was a rainy day but that didn't dampen spirits at the latest ARN Roundtable, held at Sydney's est restaurant. Attendees discussed everything Cloud related, focusing on data sovereignty and colocation. In addition, they spoke about the Cloud's evolution, what the channel needs to do to support the move to the Cloud, and also addressed the need for services in this space.This roundtable was sponsored by NextDC. Photographs by IAN SHARP.

  IN PICTURES: ARN Roundtable - Build the Cloud of the Future (+37 photos)
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  IN PICTURES: ARN Roundtable - Balancing the integration equation: Cloud, Big Data, and the datacentre

  The latest ARN Roundtable, held at Sydney's Bentley restaurant, saw representatives of businesses in the channel discuss issues surrounding the Cloud, Big Data and datacentres. They spoke about the need for transparent cost models, the purpose of having a consulting world in these industries, as well as the need for companies to alter their offerings to meet each individual customers' needs. The attendees also discussed data sovereignty, the growth of applications, and the quality of Australia's telco infrastructure. This roundtable was sponsored by Cisco, IBM and Ingram Micro. Photographs by Ian Sharp.

  IN PICTURES: ARN Roundtable - Balancing the integration equation: Cloud, Big Data, and the datacentre
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  In Pictures: Fave raves - 33 tech pros share their favourite IT products

  What IT pros like, in their own words

  In Pictures: Fave raves - 33 tech pros share their favourite IT products
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  In pictures: The (mostly) cool history of the IBM mainframe

  In its 50-year history the IBM mainframe has been hailed and vilified. It has been born, reborn (many times) and pronounced dead. And yet the Big Iron remains a key computing resource for many large companies and will do so for many years. Here we take a look at the mainframe’s long history, from its use with the US space program to its prominence inside large business datacentres. Take a look.

  In pictures: The (mostly) cool history of the IBM mainframe
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  In pictures: The world's coolest, greenest datacentres

  Datacentres are taking advantage of energy saving technologies to run more efficiently in order to be kind to the environment and the bottom line

  In pictures: The world's coolest, greenest datacentres
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  IN PICTURES: ARN Roundtable: Datacentres - What’s Next? Vision for 2014 (26 images)

  ARN's latest roundtable was held at the Langham Hotel, Sydney. From software-defined datacentres (SDDC) to an ever-increasing focus on sustainability, the datacentre market in Australia is thriving and undergoing massive change thanks to game-changing technologies including Cloud computing. The exclusive Roundtable discussed the latest trends in the datacentre space, predictions for 2014 and looked at areas of opportunity for channel players. Photographs by Ian Sharp

  IN PICTURES: ARN Roundtable: Datacentres - What’s Next? Vision for 2014 (26 images)

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News about datacentres

• AirTrunk makes double hire to bolster Asia Pacific presence

  Appoints Dana Adams as new COO

• Equinix wraps up $1B Metronode buy

  Now counts 15 data centres nationally, 40 in Asia Pacific and 200 globally

• Datacom invests $45 million to expand data centres

  Upgrades to Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton and Wellington data centres will deliver a 40 per cent increase in capacity.

• NetSuite to launch Australian data centre, New Zealand office

  Oracle's NetSuite announces massive global expansion plans.

• Datacom unveils National Network of datacentres

  Uses several third party telco providers and gives customers a choice with selecting a dedicated data connection

• AWS SUMMIT 2016: Telcos need to push barriers to remain relevant, says TPG

  Addresses the changing datacentre landscape and how it affects telcos

Features about datacentres

• Just rewards

  Brett Hibbert has been working for Loyalty NZ, which runs the FlyBuys loyalty scheme, for five years, and as its head of IT and operations ...

• Datacentres unmasked

  ARN feature on datacentres.