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• Outsourcing — the right decision for Elders CIO

  When rural services company, Elders, made the decision to overhaul its IT infrastructure, Adelaide-based CIO, Shaun Hughes, was faced with the difficult task of cutting his IT department staff.
  

• Australian data centre market requires $8 billion construction boost: IDC

  Some $8 billion worth of additional data centre facilities will be needed if Australia is going to have a sustainable IT economy in the future, according to analyst firm IDC Australia
  

• Revera, Datacom awarded NZ government data centre contracts

  New Zealand data centre providers Revera and Datacom are set to build new tier-three facilities after being awarded infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) contracts by the NZ government as part of a bid to reduce IT costs.
  

• Data centre hardware spending to reach US$99 billion worldwide this year: Gartner

  Data centre hardware spending is set to reach US$99 billion worldwide this year, up from $87.8 billion last year, as in-house data centres decrease in influence, Gartner has claimed.

• Emerson Network Power signs $100 million NBN Co deal

  Emerson Network Power has been awarded a one year, $100 million contract to design, supply, install and commission 10 network facility centres for the NBN Co.

• 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.

• How to: Choosing the right colocation provider

  With a plethora of private data centres available and a remarkable number currently being built, it is an opportune time for businesses needing to expand their data capacity to take a closer look at what is on offer.

• Harbour IT to offer Brisbane data centre services

  Brisbane customers of Melbourne-based IT services provider, Harbour IT, will have their own dedicated rack space by the end of 2011 following talks by the company with data centre providers.

• NextDC posts $1.67m net loss

  Melbourne-based data centre operator, NextDC (ASX:NXT) has reported a net loss of $1.67 million, which it expected due to the start-up nature of the business, according to a full-year results statement released to the ASX.

• Vocus acqusitions lead to 77% revenue growth

  Following numerous acquisitions over the last 12 months, fibre wholesaler Vocus Communications (ASX:VOC) has posted a 77 per cent increase in revenue to $33.98 million for the year ending 30 June 2011.

• Equinix mulls Melbourne data centre

  Data centre provider Equinix is mulling construction of a Melbourne facility in response to growing demand from customers at its Sydney 1 (SY1) and Sydney 2 (SY2) facilities.
  

• NextDC to add new Melbourne data hall

  Melbourne-based data centre provider, NextDC (ASX:NXT), has added another data hall to its tier three M1 facility construction plans to provide six mega watts of additional IT load for customers upon completion in November this year.

• Digital Realty Trust eyes up data centre acquisitions

  US data centre provider, Digital Realty Trust, has announced plans to launch in the Australian market with construction to shortly begin on a Sydney data centre -- the first of potentially many to come in the Asia Pacific region, according to its regional head.
  

• ANZ outlines Toward 2017 strategy

  ANZ Bank has announced its technology roadmap designed to facilitate two decades of continued growth through the integration of Australia and New Zealand with the Asia Pacific to form a super-regional business.

• TPG to acquire IntraPower

  TPG (ASX: TPM) has announced it is to acquire IntraPower (ASX:IPX) in an off market takeover deal worth some $12.8 million.