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• Revera moves to hybrid Cloud

  New Zealand-based data centre company, Revera, has partnered with VMware to move its data centres to an enterprise hybrid Cloud.

• In brief: NextDC's Brisbane, Melbourne facilities on track

  A Brisbane data centre facility scheduled for launch in May by provider NextDC (ASX:NXT) is set to go ahead with the company receiving development approval for installation of emergency standby generators.
  

• NextDC raises $33.6 million funding for Sydney facilities

  Data centre provider NextDC (ASX:NXT) has completed a funding round of $33.6 million in capital to fund a new Sydney facility and expand existing data centres later this year.

• AGIMO progresses data centre strategy

  The Australian Government’s lead procurement agency to soon announce preferred vendors for a number of tenders forming part of the government’s 15-year data centre strategy in an attempt to progress from interim arrangements.
  

• Gartner picks hybrid data centres as future trend

  The global market for hybrid data centres is growing while the vendor push of containerised data centres is fading, according to analyst firm Gartner.

• Bouris brings security products to local data centres

  Sydney-based serial entrepreneur and star of The Apprentice Australia, Mark Bouris, has launched a suite of IP-based, data centre access control systems to local customers in a partnership with cabling supplier Anixter.
  

• Cloud services push drives Interactive Melbourne data centre expansion

  Melbourne-based IT services provider, Interactive, has planned for more cloud services by spending an additional $10 million on its $40 million data centre complex at Port Park, Melbourne.

• Lynas signs NTT Australia for global managed network

  Australian rare earths mining company, Lynas Corporation Limited (ASX: LYC), has finalised a global managed network, deployed by NTT Australia to help streamline communications.

• Carbon tax an impetus for green data centres

  The debate about the implementation of a carbon tax in Australia may be heating up, but major data centre providers are keeping relatively cool despite the implications of such a tax on the ICT industry.

• AGIMO sounds out industry on data centre services

  The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has called for industry feedback on its proposal to offer government agencies data centres as a service (DCaaS).

• Kaspersky eyes up Melbourne for new data centre

  Security software provider Kaspersky Lab is considering locating its next data centre in Victoria, with plans to expand its Cloud services in Australia.

• In pictures: CeBIT Future-Proofing your Data Centre 2011

  CeBIT organiser Hannover Fairs held its annual Future-Proofing your Data Centre conference this week in Sydney, bringing IT managers and CIOs together to discuss best practices and the changing face of the data centre. Here's all the action in pictures.

• Green not just the colour of money for Deutsche Bank

  Deutsche Bank's Australian data centres are set for redevelopment as the German-based financial institutions continues its Green agenda on the global stage.
  

• New approach to data centres key to green IT: Hitachi Data Systems CTO

  The next stage in data centre development is to understand its associated environmental costs and implement appropriate technological solutions to prevent such costs, according to Hitachi Data Systems’ CTO.

• Salmat to embark on massive data centre consolidation

  Australian customer communications solution company Salmat (ASX: SLM) is in the planning stages of shrinking 35 data centre sites across the country down to just two.