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• Cisco and IBM offer a managed private cloud service

  Cisco and IBM have partnered to offer managed private cloud-as-a-service for VMware and IBM/RedHat OpenShift environments.

• IBM closes Red Hat deal for $34 billion

  IBM has officially gobbled up Red Hat for $34 billion, a technology acquisition considered one of the largest in history.

• How to balance cloud investment risk

  The C-suite and boards of directors often think about investment decisions under three key pillars – Will this decision make money? Will it save money elsewhere? And what is the risk?

• Macquarie launches cloud for health data

  Macquarie Cloud Services on Tuesday launched a secure private cloud offering for the health care sector.

• Westpac claims Australian banking first with offsite private cloud move

  ​Westpac today announced it has implemented an offsite private cloud environment in 'an Australian banking first'.

• In pictures: Managing enterprise apps in the cloud (Melbourne)

  IT chiefs gathered at Melbourne's Eureka 89 to discuss the challenges they face in moving big enterprise apps to the cloud. The luncheon was sponsored by Rackspace and Microsoft.

• Cancer Council CIO, Branko Ceran, talks transformation and change management

  ​The Cancer Council of NSW, considered the largest of any state or territory, has made significant inroads into its transformation plans, according to CIO Branko Ceran, who has spearheaded a multitude of projects over the past two years.

• Most enterprises plan to boost Cloud use this year

  Fully 90 per cent of enterprises plan to maintain or boost spending on Cloud computing this year.

• Transporting data to the cloud

  The Department of Agriculture and Food in Western Australia is successfully using a private cloud and virtualisation to rein in data growth and kickstart new business programs.

• Optus and Microsoft partner on cloud

  Optus Business will be the first Australian network service provider to partner with Microsoft in its Cloud OS Network.

• Dairy Farm Group migrating SAP to Telstra private cloud

  Pan-Asian retailer, Dairy Farm Group, is migrating its SAP suite to Telstra’s private cloud, in a multi-million dollar project that will be completed by next month.

• A/NZ companies eye cloud for business growth: survey

  About two thirds of Australian and New Zealand companies are interested in using public and private cloud services to aid cost effective business growth, according to the results of an IDG Connect/ EMC survey.

• Allianz Australia embraces IT-as-a-service

  Allianz Australia’s IT department has moved to a service-oriented model where IT provides for the needs of the business in a timely fashion.

• SAP invests $150 million on new Centre for Digital Government

  German software giant SAP is investing 150 million in a dedicated Centre for Digital Government in Canberra. This centre, to be operational by mid-2015, will be fully integrated with hosted private cloud services.

• CIOs to cloud providers: We don’t trust you

  Many Australian organisations aren’t confident that their cloud service providers can help them move workloads between multiple environments, which is slowing the uptake of hybrid cloud.