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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)
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
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
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
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
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)
In Pictures: 10 more of the world’s coolest datacentres

From a repurposed chapel to inflatable modules, datacentres don’t fit the same mold

In Pictures: 10 more of the world’s coolest datacentres
IN PICTURES: Datacenter Dynamics Asia-Pacific conference

Datacenter Dynamics Asia-Pacific conference was recently held in Sydney featuring an impressive list of speakers and a strong display area ... here are highlights.

IN PICTURES: Datacenter Dynamics Asia-Pacific conference
IN PICTURES: APC roundtable at Est in Sydney

Power pressures and the datacentre was a hot topic of discussion for attendees at an APC Roundtable at Est private dining in Sydney. Eliminating power management issues is essential for IT and facilities managers to maintain system availability of increasing higher density equipment. The growing complexity of IT environments, from wiring closets and server rooms to datacentres of all sizes, has increased the need for reliable power distribution to the rack level. The need for high-efficiency, high-density datacentres due to ever-increasing computing needs is forcing many organisations to address the challenges of spiralling energy costs and datacentre power consumption. Roundtable attendees discussed the notable trends sweeping the datacentre power management space, and the growing channel opportunities.

IN PICTURES: APC roundtable at Est in Sydney