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  • Unisys extends DIAC IT services contract

    The Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has extended its IT services agreement with Unisys for another five years in a deal valued at $104.1 million.

    Written by Hamish Barwick11 June 13 11:59
  • Red Hat's OpenShift PaaS goes live

    After two years of beta testing, the Red Hat OpenShift Online platform as a service (PaaS) has been pressed into commercial use, charging customers and offering professional commercial support.

    Written by Joab Jackson10 June 13 20:02
  • Amazon's RDS database gets SLA, becomes generally available

    After three and a half years in operation, Amazon Web Services' RDS is finally generally available, and users can also get a service-level agreement if they choose to run the database in multiple places.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs06 June 13 10:40
  • NEC to provide ICT support to MPs and senators

    NEC Australia won a three-year contract with the Department of Parliamentary Services to provide managed ICT services and support to 260 electorate offices of Australian senators and members of Parliament across the country.

    Written by Adam Bender27 May 13 12:08
  • Rackspace to help customers debug their programs

    Facing fierce competition in the market for cloud services, hosting provider Rackspace has pledged to help its users debug the programs they'll run on Rackspace's OpenStack platform.

    Written by Joab Jackson14 May 13 17:29
  • Optus Business restructure integrates Alphawest, NCS

    Optus has completed a business restructuring that integrates Optus Business with Alphawest and SingTel subsidiary NCS. The groups, which serve enterprise and government customers, previously operated separately.

    Written by Adam Bender02 May 13 13:12
  • 10gen expands MongoDB with storage service

    Open source database provider 10gen is expanding into storage services, offering a hosted backup service for its flagship MongoDB data store.

    Written by Joab Jackson30 April 13 20:51
  • Amazon looks to move security appliances to the cloud, says CISO

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking to expand its security offerings with hosted intrusion protection appliances and more extensive encryption features, as it looks to increase the level of protection users can get in its cloud.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs24 April 13 09:52
  • AWS offers a free month of automated system analysis

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) is offering users a month-long free trial of a set of system analysis tools that the company is developing. The free offer is one of a number of price cuts and expanded services the company has introduced in the past few weeks.

    Written by Joab Jackson04 March 13 18:13
  • Profile IT: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

    Sydney's Mardi Gras is the highest profile annual event in Australia for members of the country's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex communities. And although the event has its origins as a political protest, and some parade participants still take aim at the inequalities and violence suffered by non-heterosexual people in Australia, it's also big business.

    Written by Rohan Pearce01 March 13 15:40
  • Microsoft joins Open Data Center Alliance

    Microsoft has joined the Open Data Center Alliance, a user-led organization that aims to simplify the purchasing of data center and cloud services by promoting interoperability and common standards.

    Written by Peter Sayer27 Feb. 13 13:05
  • Engine Yard revamps user interface

    Paving the way for more flexible use of its platform as a service (PaaS), Engine Yard has revamped its user interface and underlying infrastructure, which should provide customers with more ways to configure and run their workloads.

    Written by Joab Jackson26 Feb. 13 21:17
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